Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo high school in or near Walpole Island 46: the closest is 9.6 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Ontario.
What stands out about Walpole Island 46’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 190 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
High schools within reach of Walpole Island 46
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Wallaceburg District Secondary School (9.3 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallaceburg District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lambton Kent DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 575 | 9.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Walpole Island 46’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 | 2 | 57% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 52% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 60% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 80% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 83% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 31% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 31% against 51% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 6 below, out of 6. At 1 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 1, more fell.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 81% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 38% | Middle fifth |
| A A Wright Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 42% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 68% · G6 writing 65% · G6 math 23% | 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 2 schools in and around Walpole Island 46 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 Walpole Island 46
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
No school here 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 Walpole Island 46’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 1 and English Catholic 1.
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 St Clair CDSB: 1 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair CDSBSacred Heart | English Catholic | 1 | 125 |
| Lambton Kent DSBA A Wright | English public | 1 | 255 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Walpole Island 46
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
Catholic schools
The Catholic boards are as public as the others: free, with elementary schools that generally require a Catholic parent and high schools open to everyone.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Walpole Island 46
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Walpole Island 46 and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
Questions about schools in Walpole Island 46
Which boards run the schools in Walpole Island 46?
By number of schools: St Clair CDSB (1) and Lambton Kent DSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Walpole Island 46?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
How many schools are there in Walpole Island 46?
0 in the town, 2 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Walpole Island 46?
Not near Walpole Island 46: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).