Rainy River District School Board


The Rainy River District School Board is a school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The school board is the school district administrator for English language public schools in the Rainy River District, Ontario with approximately 3,300 students as of 2013. It operates schools in an administrative region of 10,886 km².

High schools

[Fort Frances High School]

Located in Fort Frances, Ontario, Fort Frances High School offers grades 7 through 12. It is the only high school in Fort Frances.
Fort Frances High School began offering grades 7 and 8 starting in the 2016-17 school year. Grade 7/8 students from the neighbouring J.W. Walker Elementary will be transferred to Fort Frances High School and that school will only offer up to grade 6.
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Atikokan High School is located in the small town for Atikokan, Ontario. It offers grade 7 through 12 and is the only high school in Atikokan.
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Rainy River High School is the only high school in the town of Rainy River, Ontario and offers grade 9 through 12.
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Robert Moore Public School

Robert Moore Public School is located in Fort Frances, Ontario. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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J.W. Walker Public School is located in the Fort Frances, Ontario. It offers Grades JK through 6.
Starting in the 2016-2017 school year, JW Walker School stopped offering grades 7 and 8. Grade 7/8 students from J.W. Walker will be transferred to the neighbouring Fort Frances High School.
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North Star Community School is located in Atikokan, Ontario, approximately 140 km East of Fort Frances. It serves the Eastern part of the Rainy River District and offers Grades JK through 6.
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Crossroads Elementary School is located in Devlin, Ontario, approximately 20 km West of Fort Frances. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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Donald Young School is located in Emo, Ontario, approximately 30 km West of Fort Frances. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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Nestor Falls Elementary School is located in Nestor Falls, Ontario, approximately 110 km West and North of Fort Frances on Highway 71. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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Sturgeon Creek Elementary School is located just north of Barwick, Ontario, approximately 40 km West of Fort Frances. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program is located in the community of Stratton, Ontario, approximately 55 km West of Fort Frances. The school offers Grades JK to 12.
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McCrosson-Tovell Elementary School is located in Bergland, Ontario, approximately 150 km West and North of Fort Frances, on Highway 621 towards Morson, Ontario. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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Located in the community of Rainy River, Ontario, approximately 90 km West of Fort Frances on the border of Baudette, Minnesota. It offers Grades JK through 8.
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As of 2013, the Rainy River District School Board has partnered with the Seven Generations Education Institute, the Ministry of Education, and local First Nations’ communities in development of new technologies and programs for revitalization of the Ojibwe language.