Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.07 of Thamesford’s 10 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Top of the area on results: Little Falls Public School and St Marys D.C. & V. I. High School. The Catholic boards run 1 of its 11 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. Within 3 km of Thamesford are 9 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, teaching 5,015 students.
What stands out about Thamesford’s schools
Several boards
The area’s schools come under 3 boards, Thames Valley DSB, Avon Maitland DSB and London District Catholic School Board. The boards ↓
No French-language school
None of the 11 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Thamesford’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 B−: 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 | 8 | 64% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 8 | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 8 | 51% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 8 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 8 | 83% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 8 | 50% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 52% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 86% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 51% here, against 65% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 0 above the middle, 6 below. At 6 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 4, more fell.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Little Falls Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 74% | Second fifth |
| St Marys D.C. & V. I. High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 54% · OSSLT 97% | Second fifth |
| Royal Roads Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 81% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 63% | Second fifth |
| St Jude's SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 36% | Fourth fifth |
| A J Baker Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 69% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 54% | Fourth fifth |
| Harrisfield Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 54% · G3 writing 35% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Zorra Highland Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 35% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Ingersoll District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 74% | Bottom fifth |
| Laurie Hawkins Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 25% | Bottom fifth |
| Thamesford Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 48% · G3 writing 23% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 66% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 37% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Who runs Thamesford’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 10 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 11 schools in and around Thamesford are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Thamesford
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
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.
3 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley DSBIngersoll District, Harrisfield, Zorra Highland Park, Laurie Hawkins, Thamesford, Royal Roads, A J Baker | English public | 7 | 3,620 |
| Avon Maitland DSBLittle Falls, St Marys D.C. & V. I., St Marys D.C. & V.I. - | English public | 3 | 1,005 |
| London District Catholic School BoardSt Jude's | English Catholic | 1 | 390 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Thamesford
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
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 11 schools in and around Thamesford
High schools within reach of Thamesford
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
The one high school within 15 km is Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute, at 12 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingersoll District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 895 | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Willowdale | 15,514 | 59 | 24,595 | 5 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Mineola | 9,849 | 45 | 19,345 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Rosenberg | 9,831 | 35 | 18,790 | 1 | 2 km |
| Wiarton | 9,799 | 5 | 1,325 | 0 | 11 km |
| Guildwood | 9,797 | 48 | 17,910 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 11 | 5,015 | 0 | 12 km |
| Laurentian Valley | 9,714 | 16 | 5,115 | 5 | 3.4 km |
| Lakelands Village | 9,636 | 48 | 23,865 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| North London | 9,584 | 49 | 24,775 | 4 | 2 km |
| Plympton-Wyoming | 9,548 | 9 | 2,505 | 0 | 14 km |
| … | |||||
| River Bend | 5,930 | 13 | 7,405 | 1 | 2.2 km |
In 299 of the 382 others the count is higher. Teaching in French: 269 of the 383 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Thamesford
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thamesford | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 km |
| Ingersoll 13 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 km |
| Dorchester 16 km | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3.6 km |
| Tavistock 17 km | 21 | 3 | 8 | 13 km |
| Woodstock 17 km | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0.6 km |
Tavistock leads the neighbours with 21 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. The area is Thamesford plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in Thamesford
Which boards run the schools in Thamesford?
By number of schools: Thames Valley DSB (7), Avon Maitland DSB (3) and London District Catholic School Board (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Thamesford?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Thamesford?
The town holds 3 of them; 8 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Thamesford?
Not in or within 3 km of Thamesford; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).