Photo: JustSomePics · CC0Of Wingham’s 3 tested schools, 0 sit above the middle in Ontario and 1 below
In or within 3 km of Wingham: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 1,260 students.
How Wingham’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 | 2 | 78% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 70% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 78% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 43% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 27% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 69% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 27% against 55% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 2 above the middle, 5 below. The three-year changes lean upward at 2 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 36% | Middle fifth |
| Maitland River Elementary Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 49% | Middle fifth |
| F E Madill Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 27% · 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 4 schools in and around Wingham are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Wingham
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
No school here teaches in French.
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 Wingham’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 3 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.
Avon Maitland DSB has 3 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Maitland DSBF E Madill, Maitland River Elementary, F. E. Madill | English public | 3 | 1,070 |
| Huron Perth CDSBSacred Heart Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 190 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Wingham
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
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 4 schools in and around Wingham
High schools within reach of Wingham
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km there is one high school, F E Madill Secondary School (0.9 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F E Madill Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Avon Maitland DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 520 | 0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton Heights-Courtland Park | 8,621 | 67 | 28,835 | 12 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Southwold | 5,473 | 9 | 5,050 | 0 | 11 km |
| Garner | 5,456 | 12 | 6,855 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| North Gower - Kars | 5,439 | 7 | 2,650 | 1 | 12 km |
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | 12 | 4,140 | 2 | 1 km |
| Wingham | 5,411 | 4 | 1,260 | 0 | 1 km |
| Billings Bridge - Heron Park | 5,370 | 48 | 21,465 | 8 | 1.1 km |
| Central Frontenac | 5,348 | 4 | 450 | 0 | 6.3 km |
| The Ravines of Rainbow Creek | 5,333 | 24 | 11,115 | 3 | 2.6 km |
| Norwood | 5,308 | 5 | 1,185 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| St. Clair | 3,201 | 40 | 18,495 | 2 | 0.8 km |
More schools than here: 245 of the 286 others. 180 towns of the 287 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingham | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 km |
| Morris-Turnberry 5.5 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 km |
| Howick 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Wingham’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Wingham
How do I get a place at a school in Wingham?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Wingham?
By number of schools: Avon Maitland DSB (3) and Huron Perth CDSB (1).
How many schools are there in Wingham?
All 4 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Wingham?
There is none in or near Wingham (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).