Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0No high school in or near Wasaga Beach: the closest is 9 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 4 elementary schools, and no high school. 4 of 4 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario.
What stands out about Wasaga Beach’s schools
Big elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 536 students, against 365 in Ontario; Birchview Dunes Elementary School and St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary School are the largest. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
High schools within reach of Wasaga Beach
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. First by distance comes Stayner Collegiate Institute, at 8.8 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stayner Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 310 | 8.8 km |
| Our Lady of the Bay Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 620 | 13 km |
| Collingwood Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,510 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Wasaga Beach’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 D: 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 | 4 | 60% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 49% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 77% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 70% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 26% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 26% against 51% in Ontario. Of 6 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 6 below. At 0 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 2, more fell.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Birchview Dunes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 45% | Fourth fifth |
| Worsley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 29% | Fourth fifth |
| Wasaga Beach Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 52% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 56% · G6 math 22% | Bottom fifth |
| St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 43% · G3 writing 33% · G3 math 29% · G6 reading 59% · G6 writing 59% · G6 math 14% | 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 4 schools in and around Wasaga Beach are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Wasaga Beach
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Wasaga Beach’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 3 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
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The biggest of the 2 is Simcoe County DSB: 3 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe County DSBBirchview Dunes, Worsley, Wasaga Beach | English public | 3 | 1,555 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBSt Noel Chabanel Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 590 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Wasaga Beach
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Wasaga Beach
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 45,954 | 31 | 13,415 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Meadowvale Village | 30,139 | 56 | 26,240 | 6 | 1.5 km |
| Portobello South | 29,960 | 44 | 20,810 | 24 | 2.3 km |
| Alloa | 29,669 | 35 | 22,180 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| King | 29,077 | 70 | 35,320 | 3 | 5.3 km |
| Wasaga Beach | 28,736 | 4 | 2,145 | 0 | 9 km |
| Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay | 28,714 | 43 | 24,850 | 11 | 1.3 km |
| Wexford/Maryvale | 28,591 | 112 | 44,375 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| York University Heights | 28,557 | 73 | 31,910 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| West Hill | 28,414 | 62 | 23,205 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Willowdale West | 17,210 | 53 | 25,060 | 2 | 1.3 km |
It has fewer schools than any of 194 similar towns. Teaching in French: 158 of the 195 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wasaga Beach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasaga Beach | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 km |
| Stayner 10 km | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 km |
| Collingwood 14 km | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1.1 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Stayner (21).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Wasaga Beach and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
Questions about schools in Wasaga Beach
How many schools are there in Wasaga Beach?
Every one of them, 4, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Wasaga Beach?
There is none in or near Wasaga Beach (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Wasaga Beach?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Wasaga Beach?
Simcoe County DSB (3) and Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).