Photo: Community Archives · CC0Tweed’s teenagers travel 15 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. Of the 2 with published results, 1 land in the top two fifths in Ontario.
High schools within reach of Tweed
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Central Hastings School Secondary School (14 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Hastings School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 495 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Tweed’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 | 2 | 82% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 93% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 61% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 61% against 51% in Ontario. 4 measures above the provincial middle, 0 below, out of 6. The three-year changes lean upward at 1 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Tweed Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 48% | Second fifth |
| St Carthagh Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 73% | Middle 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 2 schools in and around Tweed 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 Tweed
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.
None of them teaches in French.
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 Tweed’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 1 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB runs the most, 1 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBTweed | English public | 1 | 395 |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSBSt Carthagh | English Catholic | 1 | 120 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Tweed
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Tweed
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Central | 10,392 | 38 | 17,935 | 6 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Corman | 6,566 | 32 | 18,515 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Battlefield | 6,531 | 24 | 14,035 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Oliver Paipoonge | 6,524 | 5 | 1,345 | 0 | 14 km |
| Bramalea Woods | 6,521 | 61 | 30,915 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Tweed | 6,504 | 2 | 515 | 0 | 15 km |
| Glencoe | 6,468 | 5 | 1,120 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| City View | 6,468 | 47 | 20,375 | 8 | 0.6 km |
| Fisher Heights | 6,451 | 33 | 14,785 | 6 | 1.1 km |
| Petrolia | 6,422 | 5 | 1,875 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Bridgeport East | 3,903 | 40 | 22,565 | 2 | 1.7 km |
Set against 312 others, 299 have more schools in reach. In 207 of the 313, 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 Tweed
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 km |
| Centre Hastings 12 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Madoc 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
Of the neighbours, Madoc counts the most schools: 3.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Tweed’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- 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. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
Questions about schools in Tweed
How do I get a place at a school in Tweed?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Tweed?
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (1) and Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Tweed?
Not near Tweed: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Tweed?
All 2 sit within the town’s own boundary.
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).