Photo: Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada · CC BY 2.0The nearest high school to Stirling is 16 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 1 elementary school, and no high school.
High schools within reach of Stirling
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Stirling’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 A+: 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 | 1 | 82% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 76% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 76% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 89% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 97% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 65% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 65% against 51% in Ontario. On 5 of 6 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 0 it trails. At 0 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 1, more fell.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 65% | Second 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 school in or near Stirling is
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Stirling
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Stirling
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Park | 8,781 | 17 | 10,745 | 1 | 2.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Gananoque | 5,568 | 4 | 915 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| West Lorne | 5,566 | 3 | 865 | 0 | 3.1 km |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 22 | 12,925 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Espanola | 5,504 | 5 | 1,205 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Stirling | 5,489 | 1 | 690 | 0 | 16 km |
| Island Park-Wellington Village | 5,486 | 36 | 10,600 | 13 | 2 km |
| Southwold | 5,473 | 9 | 5,050 | 0 | 11 km |
| Garner | 5,456 | 12 | 6,855 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| North Gower - Kars | 5,439 | 7 | 2,650 | 1 | 12 km |
| … | |||||
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | 3,319 | 43 | 22,315 | 0 | 0.8 km |
Among 286 towns its size, 279 have more schools nearby. 180 towns of the 287 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Stirling
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Campbellford 19 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 km |
Among the neighbours, Campbellford has 7, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Stirling and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Stirling
Is there a French-language school in Stirling?
Not near Stirling: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Stirling?
All 1 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Which schools near Stirling have the best results?
No school reaches the top fifth in Ontario; Stirling Public School comes closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Stirling?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).