Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Wawa has 3 French-language schools among its 6
They are École élémentaire Saint-Joseph, École secondaire catholique Saint-Joseph and École publique l'Escalade, run by CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario. 4 of 4 schools with results score below the middle in Ontario. In or within 3 km of Wawa: 4 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, with 485 students.
What stands out about Wawa’s schools
Four systems, one town
English and French, public and Catholic boards all run schools here: CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario, Algoma DSB, Huron-Superior CDSB and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario. The boards ↓
More Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 3 of 6 here, above the 34% in Ontario, under CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario and Huron-Superior CDSB. Who runs them ↓
Small elementary schools
At 108 students on average, against 365 in Ontario, the elementary schools are small. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Schooling in English and French around Wawa
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario runs the French-language ones: École élémentaire Saint-Joseph, École secondaire catholique Saint-Joseph and École publique l'Escalade.
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.
How Wawa’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 | 1 | 17% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 8% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 17% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 88% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 56% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 31% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 41% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 71% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 8% here, against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 7 below. Over three years, 0 schools gained on most measures and 2 lost ground.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École élémentaire Saint-JosephElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 56% · G6 math 31% | Fourth fifth |
| Michipicoten High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 44% · OSSLT 64% | Bottom fifth |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-JosephSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 38% · OSSLT 77% | Bottom fifth |
| St Augustine French Immersion Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 17% · G3 writing 8% · G3 math 17% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | 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 6 schools in and around Wawa are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Wawa’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 2, English Catholic 1 and French-language 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
4 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Ontario funds four systems side by side, and here all four overlap: a family picks English or French, public or Catholic, and each choice has its own board and its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSDC du Nouvel-OntarioSaint-Joseph, Saint-Joseph | French Catholic | 2 | 195 |
| Algoma DSBMichipicoten, Sir James Dunn | English public | 2 | 200 |
| Huron-Superior CDSBSt Augustine French Immersion | English Catholic | 1 | 90 |
| CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontariopublique l'Escalade | French public | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Wawa
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Wawa
High schools within reach of Wawa
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 French Catholic. Closest of all: Michipicoten High School (0.4 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michipicoten High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algoma DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 105 | 0.4 km |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-JosephSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario | French Catholic | Bottom fifth | 55 | 0.5 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay | 4,692 | 39 | 17,625 | 8 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | 4 | 310 | 3 | 34 km |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 9 | 3,775 | 1 | 9.8 km |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 8 | 4,815 | 0 | 3 km |
| Gilkson | 2,963 | 30 | 14,945 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Wawa | 2,943 | 6 | 485 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Carpenter | 2,941 | 19 | 11,230 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Butler | 2,922 | 28 | 12,235 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Algonquin Highlands | 2,915 | 2 | — | 0 | 19 km |
| Port Credit NHD (West) | 2,902 | 19 | 7,845 | 0 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
Of the 154 others, 109 count more schools. Of the 155, 90 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. The area is Wawa plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Wawa
How many schools are there in Wawa?
All 6 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Wawa?
Yes, schooling in French is at École élémentaire Saint-Joseph, École secondaire catholique Saint-Joseph and École publique l'Escalade.
Which boards run the schools in Wawa?
By number of schools: CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario (2), Algoma DSB (2), Huron-Superior CDSB (1) and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Wawa?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides 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).