Photo: Skytrain3514 at English Wikipedia · Public domainThornbury’s teenagers travel 13 km to the nearest high school
Within 3 km of the town there are 1 elementary school only.
High schools within reach of Thornbury
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Georgian Bay Community School Secondary School, 13 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Bay Community School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bluewater DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 445 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Thornbury’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 | 87% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 87% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 85% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 96% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 87% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 50% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 3 writing, where the area’s schools reach 87% against 65% in Ontario. Above the middle on 4, below on 0: that is the 6 measures. The three-year changes lean upward at 1 schools and downward at 0.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver Valley Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 87% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 50% | 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 Thornbury is
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Thornbury
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Thornbury
Towns its size in Ontario
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | 17,851 | 67 | 33,270 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Carson Grove - Carson Meadows | 11,290 | 36 | 17,360 | 14 | 0.4 km |
| Dufferin Grove | 11,276 | 99 | 34,620 | 7 | 0.3 km |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town | 11,205 | 88 | 29,175 | 6 | 0.5 km |
| Princess-Rosethorn | 11,177 | 64 | 28,930 | 3 | 1.3 km |
| Thornbury | 11,162 | 1 | 620 | 0 | 13 km |
| Penetanguishene | 11,141 | 12 | 3,660 | 4 | 1.9 km |
| Laurentian | 11,133 | 38 | 14,405 | 9 | 0.5 km |
| Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park | 11,111 | 46 | 16,930 | 9 | 1 km |
| Sheridan | 11,110 | 41 | 20,000 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Old Ottawa South | 6,704 | 54 | 23,490 | 12 | 1.6 km |
Set against 379 others, 378 have more schools in reach. 279 of the 380 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 Thornbury
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Collingwood 17 km | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1.1 km |
9 schools make Collingwood the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Thornbury or within 3 km of it are 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. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Thornbury
How many schools are there in Thornbury?
All 1 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Thornbury?
No, none within 3 km of Thornbury; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
Which schools near Thornbury have the best results?
No school reaches the top fifth in Ontario; Beaver Valley Community School comes closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Thornbury?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
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).