Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Results around Wellesley lean high: 3 of 5 schools in the top two fifths in Ontario
The strongest include Abraham Erb Public School, Laurel Heights Secondary School and St Clement Catholic Elementary School. The largest is Laurel Heights Secondary School, with 1,765 students. The 3 km around Wellesley counts 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 3,400 students between them.
What stands out about Wellesley’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Abraham Erb Public School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Wellesley’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 | 4 | 76% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 78% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 71% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 87% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 86% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 70% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 83% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 87% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 83% against 55% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 4 of 8 measures and behind on 0. Over three years, 2 schools gained on most measures and 1 lost ground.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Abraham Erb Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 85% | Top fifth |
| Laurel Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 83% · OSSLT 87% | Second fifth |
| St Clement Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 66% | Second fifth |
| Wellesley Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 73% | Middle fifth |
| Linwood Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 26% · G3 writing 21% · G3 math 19% · G6 reading 63% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 0% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 5 schools in and around Wellesley
Where the 5 schools in and around Wellesley are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Wellesley
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 Wellesley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Among 2 boards, Waterloo Region DSB leads with 4.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Region DSBLaurel Heights, Wellesley, Abraham Erb, Linwood | English public | 4 | 3,150 |
| Waterloo CDSBSt Clement Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 250 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Wellesley
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Wellesley
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 English public. 13 km away, Laurel Heights Secondary School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Waterloo Region DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,765 | 13 km |
| Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Waterloo Region DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,460 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 40 | 23,215 | 7 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Bayview Woods-Steeles | 12,499 | 68 | 25,740 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| Highland West | 12,476 | 32 | 17,680 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Forest Hill North | 12,432 | 64 | 28,695 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Yonge-Eglinton | 12,424 | 53 | 25,880 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Wellesley | 12,413 | 5 | 3,400 | 0 | 13 km |
| Orleans Village - Chateauneuf | 12,399 | 52 | 23,190 | 23 | 0.9 km |
| DT Hospital | 12,384 | 52 | 24,490 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Dovercourt Village | 12,378 | 106 | 34,910 | 7 | 0.8 km |
| Norwich | 12,321 | 12 | 4,920 | 0 | 18 km |
| … | |||||
| Teston | 7,437 | 24 | 12,005 | 2 | 1.1 km |
In 369 of the 391 others the count is higher. Schooling in French is on hand in 293 of the 392.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wellesley
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 km |
| New Hamburg 15 km | 34 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 km |
| Perth East 17 km | 23 | 0 | 7 | 15 km |
| Waterloo 17 km | 58 | 2 | 16 | 0.7 km |
| Elmira 18 km | 54 | 5 | 19 | 6.5 km |
| Highland West 18 km | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0.7 km |
| Westmount 19 km | 40 | 1 | 10 | 1.6 km |
Next door, Waterloo counts 58 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Wellesley’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
Questions about schools in Wellesley
Which boards run the schools in Wellesley?
Waterloo Region DSB (4) and Waterloo CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Wellesley?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Is there a French-language school in Wellesley?
None within 3 km of Wellesley. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Wellesley?
Inside the town there are 3; another 2 sit within 3 km.
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).