Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0St. Thomas’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 9 of the 14 with results
Results have climbed at 8 of 14 schools over three years. Counting a 3 km margin, St. Thomas has 10 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, for 8,555 students.
What stands out about St. Thomas’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 14 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
Big elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 554 students, against 365 in Ontario; St. Anne's Separate School and Mitchell Hepburn Public School are the largest. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How St. Thomas’s schools do on Ontario’s tests
EQAO’s Grade 3, 6 and 9 assessments and the literacy test, 2024-25: each school against every school in Ontario.
Its School Grade is C: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 10 | 63% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 10 | 51% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 10 | 56% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 10 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 10 | 80% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 10 | 38% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 4 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 81% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 38% against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 8: that is the 8 measures.
Every school’s results (14)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 66% | Middle fifth |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 92% | Middle fifth |
| Mitchell Hepburn Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 66% | Middle fifth |
| Southwold Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 51% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 52% | Middle fifth |
| Lockes Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 37% | Middle fifth |
| Monsignor Morrison Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Parkside Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 52% · OSSLT 82% | Fourth fifth |
| St. Anne's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 39% | Fourth fifth |
| Central Elgin Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 50% · OSSLT 79% | Fourth fifth |
| John Wise Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 34% | Fourth fifth |
| June Rose Callwood Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 31% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 18% | Bottom fifth |
| Forest Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 29% · G3 writing 22% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 57% · G6 math 39% | Bottom fifth |
| Arthur Voaden Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 27% · OSSLT 48% | Bottom fifth |
| Elgin Court Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 36% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 58% · G6 writing 55% · G6 math 29% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Where the 14 schools in and around St. Thomas are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around St. Thomas
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs St. Thomas’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 11 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is Thames Valley DSB: 11 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley DSBParkside, Mitchell Hepburn, Central Elgin, Southwold, Lockes, John Wise, Forest Park, Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion … | English public | 11 | 6,270 |
| London District Catholic School BoardSt Joseph's, St. Anne's Separate, Monsignor Morrison Separate | English Catholic | 3 | 2,285 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in St. Thomas
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 14 schools in and around St. Thomas
High schools within reach of St. Thomas
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 6: 4 English public and 2 English Catholic. For the shortest journey, Central Elgin Collegiate Institute: 0.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elgin Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 690 | 0.6 km |
| Arthur Voaden Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 355 | 1.4 km |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 960 | 2.4 km |
| Parkside Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,015 | 2.7 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 860 | 14 km |
| East Elgin Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 985 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe | 75,618 | 32 | 11,730 | 1 | 5.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Bradford | 51,346 | 18 | 9,525 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Alliston | 50,739 | 18 | 9,475 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| Innisfil | 50,686 | 35 | 18,590 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Quinte West | 50,385 | 40 | 11,730 | 5 | 3 km |
| St. Thomas | 49,388 | 14 | 8,555 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 52 | 27,215 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Lakeshore | 45,954 | 31 | 13,415 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| Timmins | 45,569 | 27 | 6,290 | 12 | 1.1 km |
| Paris | 45,565 | 59 | 23,285 | 1 | 2.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Alloa | 29,669 | 35 | 22,180 | 0 | 1.4 km |
48 of 53 similar towns count more schools. In 41 of the 54, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around St. Thomas
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| Central Elgin 2 km | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 km |
| Southwold 13 km | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 km |
| Aylmer 15 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Malahide 17 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Lambeth 18 km | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 km |
| White Oaks 19 km | 34 | 2 | 10 | 2.9 km |
Most schools next door: White Oaks, 34.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside St. Thomas or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in St. Thomas
Is there a French-language school in St. Thomas?
No, none within 3 km of St. Thomas; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in St. Thomas?
The town holds 13 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in St. Thomas?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which boards run the schools in St. Thomas?
By number of schools: Thames Valley DSB (11) and London District Catholic School Board (3).
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).