Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Cleveland, 2 schools of 3 teach in English
Those are École secondaire régionale de Richmond and École primaire Saint-Françis (Commission scolaire Eastern Townships). Taken together, Cleveland and its 3 km edge hold 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. The schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Schooling in English and French around Cleveland
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The English-language schools are École secondaire régionale de Richmond and École primaire Saint-Françis, run by Commission scolaire Eastern Townships.
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language sends most children to French-language schools; English public schooling is for children who hold a certificate of eligibility.
Where the 3 schools in and around Cleveland are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Cleveland’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
The split by system: French service centres 1 and English boards 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Commission scolaire Eastern Townships, with 2. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire Eastern Townshipsprimaire Saint-Françis, régionale de Richmond | English public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire des Sommetsdu Plein-Coeur | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Cleveland
English schools in Quebec
A certificate of eligibility opens the English public schools; most children qualify for French-language schools only.
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 3 schools in and around Cleveland
High schools within reach of Cleveland
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: École secondaire régionale de Richmond, 2.9 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire régionale de RichmondSecondary | Commission scolaire Eastern Townships | English public | 2.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Cleveland
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Richmond 2.6 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Melbourne 5.3 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Windsor 15 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Durham-Sud 16 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Danville 16 km | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.3 km |
6 schools make Danville the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Cleveland plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- One school, two buildings. A school in two buildings appears twice, once per building, as the ministry lists them.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
Questions about schools in Cleveland
How many schools are there in Cleveland?
0 are inside the town itself and 3 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a English-language school in Cleveland?
Yes, schooling in English is at École secondaire régionale de Richmond and École primaire Saint-Françis.
How do I get a place at a school in Cleveland?
Register at the service centre; a school outside the area takes a child if it has room.
Which boards run the schools in Cleveland?
Commission scolaire Eastern Townships (2) and Centre de services scolaire des Sommets (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · 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).