Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0English or French, public or Catholic: Fontainebleau’s schools come under 4 boards
Greater Essex County DSB has 19 of them, and Windsor-Essex CDSB, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and CS Viamonde share the others. Results are mixed: 9 of 33 schools above the middle in Ontario, 14 below it. Taken together, Fontainebleau and its 3 km edge hold 27 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school for 16,840 students.
What stands out about Fontainebleau’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: St Rose Catholic School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Which of the 4 boards runs which 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Essex County DSBRiverside, Hon W C Kennedy, W. F. Herman Academy, Walkerville, Forest Glade, Prince Edward, J.L. Dunn, Ford City … | English public | 19 | 9,210 |
| Windsor-Essex CDSBSt. Michael's Adult, Catholic Central, F J Brennan Catholic, H J Lassaline, St Teresa of CalcuttaCatholic, St Angela, St Anne French Immersion, St Christopher … | English Catholic | 12 | 6,175 |
| Conseil scolaire catholique ProvidenceE.J.Lajeunesse, Sainte-Thérèse, Georges P Vanier | French Catholic | 3 | 1,290 |
| CS ViamondeL'Envolée | French public | 1 | 165 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Fontainebleau’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 | 26 | 71% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 26 | 62% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 26 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 26 | 88% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 26 | 84% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 26 | 53% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 7 | 42% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 7 | 83% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 42% against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 4: that is the 8 measures. At 14 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 13, more fell.
Every school’s results (33)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Rose Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 85% · G3 math 90% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 98% · G6 math 68% | Top fifth |
| École secondaire catholique E.J.LajeunesseSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 65% · OSSLT 92% | Second fifth |
| St Teresa of CalcuttaCatholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 55% | Second fifth |
| H J Lassaline Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 87% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 36% | Second fifth |
| Princess Elizabeth Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| J.L. Dunn Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 67% | Second fifth |
| Dr. David Suzuki Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 54% | Second fifth |
| Hugh Beaton Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 75% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 54% | Second fifth |
| W. F. Herman Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 71% | Second fifth |
| Riverside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 61% · OSSLT 87% | Middle fifth |
| St Christopher Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 56% | Middle fifth |
| W J Langlois Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 51% | Middle fifth |
| Catholic CentralSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 22% · OSSLT 98% | Middle fifth |
| St Anne French Immersion Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 66% · G3 writing 34% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 75% | Middle fifth |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 44% | Middle fifth |
| St Angela Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 75% | Middle fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Georges P VanierElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 58% | Middle fifth |
| David Maxwell Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 41% | Middle fifth |
| Forest Glade Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 41% | Middle fifth |
| Walkerville Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 83% | Fourth fifth |
| F J Brennan Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 79% | Fourth fifth |
| J A McWilliam Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 43% | Fourth fifth |
| King Edward Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 33% | Fourth fifth |
| École élémentaire L'EnvoléeElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 53% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 62% · G6 math 56% | Fourth fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Sainte-ThérèseElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 60% | Fourth fifth |
| Coronation Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 33% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| Ford City Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 33% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 71% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 46% | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Edward Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 20% | Fourth fifth |
| Roseville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 40% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 26% | Fourth fifth |
| William G Davis Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 39% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 37% | Fourth fifth |
| John Campbell Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 52% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 44% | Bottom fifth |
| Hon W C Kennedy Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 23% · OSSLT 58% | Bottom fifth |
| W. F. Herman Academy Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 34% · OSSLT 69% | 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 35 schools in and around Fontainebleau are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Fontainebleau
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French, 4 schools: École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Thérèse, École secondaire catholique E.J.Lajeunesse, École élémentaire catholique Georges P Vanier and École élémentaire L'Envolée, with Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and CS Viamonde running the public ones.
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 Fontainebleau’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 19, English Catholic 12 and French-language 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Fontainebleau
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 35 schools in and around Fontainebleau
Show all 27 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Fontainebleau
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 18: 8 English public, 7 English Catholic, 2 French Catholic and 1 French public. The closest high school is W. F. Herman Academy Secondary School, 1.2 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. F. Herman Academy Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 710 | 1.2 km |
| École secondaire catholique E.J.LajeunesseSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | French Catholic | Second fifth | 460 | 1.9 km |
| F J Brennan Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 625 | 3 km |
| Riverside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,020 | 4 km |
| Walkerville Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 705 | 4.1 km |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,325 | 4.6 km |
| Catholic CentralSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 845 | 4.6 km |
| Hon W C Kennedy Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 900 | 4.9 km |
| St Anne Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,335 | 6.1 km |
| Tecumseh Vista Academy- SecondarySecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Top fifth | 740 | 6.3 km |
All 18 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Names Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,165 | 6.4 km |
| Vincent Massey Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,750 | 7 km |
| École secondaire de Lamothe-CadillacSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 135 | 7.1 km |
| Westview Freedom Academy Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 710 | 7.7 km |
| Assumption College SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 905 | 8.2 km |
| École secondaire catholique l'EssorSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | French Catholic | Second fifth | 610 | 8.3 km |
| Sandwich Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Top fifth | 1,020 | 12 km |
| St Thomas of Villanova Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Top fifth | 1,290 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Fontainebleau
Also within reach: adult and continuing education at St. Michael's Adult High School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Hope | 18,446 | 6 | 1,705 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Mississauga Valleys | 11,799 | 58 | 26,050 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Chapel Hill North | 11,715 | 38 | 16,525 | 17 | 1.6 km |
| Cardinal Creek | 11,676 | 42 | 19,805 | 20 | 1.3 km |
| Dundalk | 11,599 | 7 | 2,675 | 0 | 12 km |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 35 | 16,840 | 4 | 1.2 km |
| Ramara | 11,551 | 10 | 3,330 | 0 | 16 km |
| Drayton | 11,518 | 8 | 1,895 | 0 | 17 km |
| Ebenezer West | 11,510 | 13 | 9,310 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Millbrook | 11,507 | 20 | 7,310 | 1 | 13 km |
| … | |||||
| Perth | 6,972 | 8 | 2,440 | 0 | 0.5 km |
In 196 of the 381 others the count is higher. A French-language school is within reach in 280 of the 382.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Fontainebleau
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontainebleau | 35 | 4 | 15 | 1.2 km |
| East Windsor 2.4 km | 41 | 5 | 17 | 0.8 km |
| Forest Glade 3.2 km | 43 | 7 | 22 | 1.9 km |
| South Walkerville 3.2 km | 40 | 7 | 17 | 1.5 km |
| Riverside 3.2 km | 29 | 3 | 12 | 1.2 km |
| Remington Park 3.5 km | 49 | 8 | 21 | 1.5 km |
| Devonshire 3.8 km | 25 | 2 | 13 | 3.7 km |
Remington Park leads the neighbours with 49 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Fontainebleau and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Fontainebleau
How many schools are there in Fontainebleau?
Inside the town there are 3; another 32 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Fontainebleau?
Yes: École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Thérèse, École secondaire catholique E.J.Lajeunesse, École élémentaire catholique Georges P Vanier and École élémentaire L'Envolée, the French-language schools here.
How do I get a place at a school in Fontainebleau?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Fontainebleau?
Greater Essex County DSB (19), Windsor-Essex CDSB (12), Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (3) and CS Viamonde (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).