Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0In Winchester, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic
Upper Canada DSB leads with 5 schools, alongside CDSB of Eastern Ontario, CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario and CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario. French-language schooling is strong here, 2 of 8, where in Ontario it is 10%. Counting a 3 km margin, Winchester has 7 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, for 1,750 students.
What stands out about Winchester’s schools
Results on both sides
The results split: 3 of 6 schools in the upper two fifths in Ontario, 2 in the lower, with École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Thérèse-d'Avila, North Dundas District High School and Winchester Public School on top. Results ↓
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 5 schools of the 6 with results, North Dundas District High School, Winchester Public School and Nationview Public School among them. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
The 4 boards that run schools here
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBNorth Dundas District, Nationview, Winchester, Chesterville, North Dundas Intermediate | English public | 5 | 1,365 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioSt Mary's Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 215 |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'OntarioSainte-Thérèse-d'Avila | French Catholic | 1 | 170 |
| CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontariointermédiaire Rivière-Rideau | French public | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Schooling in English and French around Winchester
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario and CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario runs the French-language ones: École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Thérèse-d'Avila and École intermédiaire Rivière-Rideau.
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 Winchester’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 | 5 | 73% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 91% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 76% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 41% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 59% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 91% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 41% against 51% in Ontario. On 5 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 3 it trails.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Thérèse-d'AvilaElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 94% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 88% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 77% | Second fifth |
| North Dundas District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 59% · OSSLT 91% | Second fifth |
| Winchester Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 43% | Second fifth |
| Nationview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 38% | Middle fifth |
| St Mary's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Chesterville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 12% | Fourth 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 8 schools in and around Winchester 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.
Who runs Winchester’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 5, English Catholic 1 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Winchester
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Winchester
High schools within reach of Winchester
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: North Dundas District High School, 5.3 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dundas District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Second fifth | 380 | 5.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Doris | 20,298 | 44 | 19,455 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Westboro | 12,899 | 39 | 13,315 | 13 | 1 km |
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 12,888 | 79 | 22,925 | 5 | 0.5 km |
| New Springbrook | 12,804 | 61 | 35,925 | 5 | 3.5 km |
| Regent Park | 12,797 | 69 | 22,765 | 6 | 0.7 km |
| Winchester | 12,706 | 8 | 1,750 | 2 | 5.4 km |
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 65 | 22,315 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Meaford | 12,652 | 11 | 6,165 | 2 | 7.2 km |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 37 | 16,950 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Spring Valley | 12,564 | 41 | 26,720 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Port Credit | 7,606 | 26 | 11,210 | 0 | 0.9 km |
Of the 393 others, 339 count more schools. Teaching in French: 296 of the 394 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Winchester
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5.4 km |
| Metcalfe 19 km | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 km |
Metcalfe has the most schools nearby, 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Winchester and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Winchester
Which boards run the schools in Winchester?
Upper Canada DSB (5), CDSB of Eastern Ontario (1), CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario (1) and CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Winchester?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in Winchester?
Yes, schooling in French is at École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Thérèse-d'Avila and École intermédiaire Rivière-Rideau.
How many schools are there in Winchester?
6 are inside the town itself and 2 lie within 3 km of its edge.
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).