South Windsor schools span all four Windsor-Essex boards — English public, English Catholic, and both French-language boards. Below is the verified breakdown, plus how to confirm catchment for any specific address.
For a lot of Windsor families, the house-hunt starts with South Windsor schools and works backward to the home. That’s how strong the reputation is here. Let me give you the honest lay of the land.
School attendance boundaries depend on your exact address, and the boards review them every year. Use these official locators to confirm for any specific property — happy to help you check.
French-language schools admit eligible francophone rights-holder families region-wide and bus across Windsor-Essex, so they aren’t address-restricted.
The anchor public high school is Vincent Massey Secondary School — a Greater Essex County DSB school with roughly 2,000 students, offering Enriched (application-based), AP, and French Immersion programs. (Vincent Massey is not an IB school — its academic distinction comes from the Enriched/AP/FI streams.)
The Catholic secondary serving South Windsor is Holy Names Catholic High School.
French-language secondary: de Lamothe-Cadillac (French public) and E.J. Lajeunesse (French Catholic).
Public elementary: Local public elementaries include Roseland Public School (a named feeder for Vincent Massey’s Enriched program), Dougall Avenue P.S., and École Bellewood Public School (single-track French Immersion).
Catholic: Christ the King Catholic Elementary (Catholic French Immersion) plus several English-track Catholic elementaries — Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Gabriel — depending on address.
French-language: École élémentaire Louise-Charron (French public, in South Windsor); Monseigneur-Jean-Noël / Saint-Edmond (French Catholic elementary).
Family life here is parks, sports, and space: Oakwood Park, the Capri Pizzeria Recreation Complex, the St. Clair College SportsPlex, and Roseland’s green space to the south.
Safe, established streets and a genuine community make it the kind of place families settle into for the long haul.
Vincent Massey Secondary School (Greater Essex County DSB) — roughly 2,000 students, offering Enriched (application-based), AP, and French Immersion programs. Vincent Massey is not an IB school — its academic distinction comes from the Enriched/AP/FI streams. The Catholic secondary serving the area is Holy Names Catholic High School.
Public feeders include Roseland P.S. (a named feeder for Vincent Massey’s Enriched program), Dougall Avenue P.S., and École Bellewood P.S. (single-track French Immersion). Catholic options include Christ the King (FI), Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and St. Gabriel — depending on address.
Yes — one of Windsor’s top family neighbourhoods, anchored by Vincent Massey’s academic reputation plus parks, recreation, safe established streets, and quick highway access.
