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Lanark County School Information
Information on Historical Schools in Lanark County.

This table shows the current schools in the Lanark area at the top and the past schools/schoolhouses below. The table contains information regarding: the school name, location/township, closing date, and the location that students went to after the school/schoolhouse closed. Schools that include a historic photograph are underlined. Click the underlined school name to see the photograph. To see the complete collection of photos, please look through the gallery listed on the sidebar.

Legend-Lanark

  • N-North
  • S-South
  • E-East
  • W-West
  • Twp.-Township
  • Bd.-Board
  • S.S. No.-School Section Number
  • Beckwith
  • North Lanark
  • Carleton Place
  • Pakenham
  • Ramsay
  • Lanark County
  • Drummond


SCHOOL NAME

LOCATION/ TOWNSHIP

CLOSING DATE

WHERE STUDENTS WENT

Carambeck School

Carleton Place

September 2012

Arklan Community Public School


Beckwith Public School


Caldwell Public School

S.S. No. 1 Beckwith-Gillie’s Corners School

Lot 3 Conc. 2

1966

North Elmsley Public School


Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 2 Beckwith-Franktown School

Lot 11 Conc. 3

1966

Beckwith Public School


Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 3 Beckwith-Cuckoo’s Nest School

Lot 15 Conc. 3

1945

Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 4 Beckwith-Prospect School

Lot 24 Conc. 4

1966

Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 5 Beckwith-Elmstone School

1st: Lot 14 Conc. 6


2nd: Lot 8 Conc. 6


3rd:Lot 9 Conc. 7


7th Line Beckwith East

1966

Tennyson Union School S.S. No. 5 Beckwith

Beckwith twp


Lot 1 Conc. 7 Tennyson

1966

Caldwell School in Carleton Place

Union School S.S. No. 10 Drummond

Drummond twp

Lot 1 Conc. 7 Tennyson

 1966 Caldwell School in Carleton Place

S.S. No. 6 Beckwith-Derry

Lot 22 Conc. 6

616 Kidd Rd. Ashton

June 1945

S.S. No. 4 Prospect School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 7 Beckwith-Hillview School

Lot 11 Conc. 9-Blacks Corners

Students crossed 10th Line Beckwith West

1967

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 8 Beckwith-Goodwood School

Lot 19 Conc. 8

9th Line Beckwith East

S.S. No. 9 Beckwith-Ferguson’s School

Lot 22 Conc. 10

11th Line Beckwith East

1966

Union School S.S. No. 10 Scotch Corners (U.S.S. No. 14 Drummond & No. 10 Beckwith Scotch Corners School)

Lot 2 Conc. 10 Beckwith twp

1966

Union School S.S. No. 14 Beckwith-Scotch Corners

Lot 2 Conc. 10 Drummond twp.

Scotch Corners

June 1959

Innisville School


S.S. No. 9 Ferguson’s School


Drummond Central School


Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

Union School S.S. No. 11 Beckwith

Beckwith twp

Carleton Place

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

Union School S.S No. 12 Goulbourn

Goulbourn twp

Carleton City

Union School S.S. No. 13 Beckwith-Montague twp

Beckwith twp

Lot 1 Conc. 10

Union School S.S. No. 10 Beckwith- Montague twp

Montague twp

Lot 1 Conc. 10

Union School S.S. No. 15 Beckwith-Marlborough

Montague twp

Lot 1 Conc. 10

S.S. No. 14 Beckwith

Lot 14 Conc. 11

Highway 7 Carleton Place

Ramsay

1966

Arklan Public School


Caldwell Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. #1 Darling (MacIllraiths)

Northeast of Lavant

1960

Maple Grove Public School


Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

Church Street School

Church Street Almonte

1970

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

G.L. Comba

Almonte

2005

Naismith Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 11

Ramsay

Appleton

1969

Almonte:

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 12

Ramsay

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

Central School-Carleton Place

Carleton Place

1964

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 1 Pakenham-Lower Cedar Hill School

270 Cedar Hill Side Rd., Pakenham

Lot 6 W Conc. 8


2nd: South corner of lot 6 W

1968

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 2 Pakenham-Sadler’s School

1956

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 3 & 11 Pakenham and McNab-Cedar Hedge School

1959

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 8 Pakenham-Upper Cedar Hill School

Built 2 miles from S.S. 1 Pakenham


Pakenham

Pakenham Public School

Pakenham Continuation School

Pakenham

1946

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 3 Pakenham-White Lake

Pakenham

1959

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 6 Pakenham-MacGregor’s

Pakenham

1968

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 7 Pakenham-Bellamy Road

Pakenham

1959

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 4 Pakenham

Pakenham

1968

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 5 Pakenham-Scott’s School

Pakenham

1968

Pakenham Public School

S.S. No. 1 Ramsay-McCleary’s School

Lot 3 Conc. 3 near hwy. 7

1968

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 2 Ramsay-Wright’s School

935 Old Perth Rd., Mississippi Mills

1962

Reopened in 1963-students from S.S. No. 14 came after fire

1969-final

Union Hall S.S. No. 3


Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 3 Ramsay-Union Hall

1st: Near Clayton


2nd: Clayton Rd.

1964

School moved to corner of Eighth Line and the Old Perth Rd


Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School
.

S.S. No. 4 Ramsay-Clayton School

1st: 2nd line at Clayton Lake and Beaton’s Resort


2nd: Lot 21 Conc. 2


3rd: Corner of lot 23 and Conc. 4

1969

G.L. Comba


After: Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 5 Ramsay-Galbraith School

West half of lot 11 Conc. 5

1969

Almonte:

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School


Carleton Place:

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No 6 & 7 Ramsay-Clayton Rd. (Union school)

Clayton Rd.

1969

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 8 Ramsay-McNeely’s School

1st: NE corner of lot 5 Conc. 7


2nd: NE corner of lot 3 Conc. 7

1963

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 9 Ramsay- Leckie’s Corners School, Hillside Public School, the Tannery

1st: 8th line Ramsay twp.

1953 Ramsay Conc. 8, Almonte

1970

Arklan Public School


Caldwell St. Public School


Beckwith Public School

S.S. No. 10 Ramsay-Bennie’s Corners School

Bennie’s Corners

1969

Almonte:

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie School

S.S. No. 11 Ramsay-Appleton School

Donaldson’s Corners

December 1969

Almonte:

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie School

S.S. No. 12 Ramsay-Thompson’s School

11th Line of Ramsay

1965

Appleton or Almonte

Naismith: Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie School

S.S. No. 14 Ramsay-Greig’s School

8th Line, lot 10 Conc. 7

1970;

1963 (temporarily)

S.S. No. 2 (temporarily)


Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 15 Ramsay-Greenbush School or Blakeney School

E half of lot 23, Ramsay

April 1970

Almonte:

Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

S.S. No. 19 Elliotts

Elliot Rd.

Near Christie Lake

Lanark County

1949

Queen Elizabeth Elementary School

Fallsbrook

Fallbrook

Conc. 7 near Playfairville

Lanark county

1959

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

French Line

French Line, near Lanark

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 1 Lanark

Lanark

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 6 Lanark-Middleville School

Middleville

1969

Maple Grove Public School

S.S. No. 8 Lanark & S.S. No. 19 Drummond

1106 Ferguson Falls Road, Ferguson Falls

Maple Grove Public School

S.S. No. 11 Lanark-Bishop’s Mills

Bishops’s Mills

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 13 Lanark-Hopetown School

5633 Highway 511, Hopetown

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Lanark Public School

Lanark

1954

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Lanark S.S.  #4

Lanark

1949

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Lanark S.S. #3

Lanark

1969

Maple Grove Public School

Lanark S.S. #5

Lanark

1969

Maple Grove Public School

S.S. #3 Lanark and Darling (Hall’s Mill)

Halls Mills

1966

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 10 Lanark

Lanark

1965

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 12 Lanark (James School)

Lanark

1954

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 9 Lanark (Rosetta School)

Lanark

1968

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Bathurst S.S. #1 and #15

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1967

Glen Tay Public School

 

Bathurst S.S. #3,4,12,13,15

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1967

Glen Tay Public School

 

Bathurst S.S. #5

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1966

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

 

Bathurst S.S. #5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1967

Glen Tay Public School

 

Bathurst S.S. #7

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1943

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

Bathurst S.S. #8

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1944

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S.S. No. 5-10 Bathurst

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1944

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S.S. #11 Bathurst (MacVeigh’s)

MacVeigh Rd., Perth

1967

Glen Tay Public School

S.S. #12 Bathurst

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1967

Glen Tay Public School

S.S. #7 and #18 North Burgess and Bathurst (Centre Scotch Line)

Upper Scotch Line Rd., Perth

1966

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

SS#1 – North Burgess & SS#2 Bathurst (same book)

513 Upper Scotch Line Rd., Perth

Tay Valley twp.

1968

Glen Tay Public School

 

S.S. #11 and #14 Drummond (Bathurst)

Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1968

Glen Tay Public School

 

North Elmsley Public School

North Elmsley

1973

North Elmsley Elementary School

North Elmsley S.S. #2,3,4

North Elmsley

1966

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley S.S. #2,3,4

North Elmsley

1966

North Elmsley Elementary School

North Elmsley S.S. #5

North Elmsley

1966

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley S.S. #5

North Elmsley

1966

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley  S.S. #6

North Elmsley

1964

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley  S.S. #6

North Elmsley

1964

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley  S.S. #7 and #3

North Elmsley

1969

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley  S.S. #7 and #3

North Elmsley

1969

North Elmsley Elementary School

North Elmsley S.S. #8

North Elmsley

1966

North Elmsley Elementary School

North  Elmsley  S.S. #8

North Elmsley

1966

North Elmsley Elementary School

Lavant S.S. #1

Lavant

1969

Maple Grove Public School

Lavant S.S. #2

Lavant

1968

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Lavant S.S. #3

Lavant

1967

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Lavant S.S. #4

Lavant

1964

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Lavant S.S. #5

Lavant

1949

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

McDonald’s Corners S.S. #6

McDonalds Corners

1967

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

N. Sherbrooke S.S. #1

Tay Valley twp.

1969

Glen Tay Public School

N. Sherbrooke S.S. #2

Tay Valley twp.

1968

Glen Tay Public School

S. Sherbrooke S.S. #2

Tay Valley twp.

1966

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S. Sherbrooke S.S. #3

Tay Valley twp.

1968

Glen Tay Public School

S. Sherbrooke S.S. #5

Tay Valley twp.

1963

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S. Sherbrooke S.S. #5 and #10

Tay Valley twp.

1967

Glen Tay Public School

S. Sherbrooke S.S. #6

Tay Valley twp.

1949

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S.S. #3 South Sherbrooke

Tay Valley twp.

1969

Glen Tay Public School

S.S. No. 1 and No. 15 South Sherbrooke and Bathurst

Tay Valley twp.

1959

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S.S. No. 1 Dalhousie (Poland)

Poland, ON

1967

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Dalhousie S.S. No. 4

Lanark Highlands twp.

1967

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 8 Dalhousie (Gemmill’s)

Lanark Highlands twp.

1966

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 10 Dalhousie and S.S. No. 7 Lanark (lammermoor)

Lammermoor, ON

1965

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

Perth Public School

Perth

1949

Queen Elizabeth School

Watson’s Corners S.S. #3

Watsons Corners

1967

Maple Grove Public School (after 1969)

S.S. No. 4 Dewitt’s Corners School

DeWitts Corners

Glen Tay Public School (after 1967)

S.S. #2 Darling (Tatlock)

Tatlock (Tatlock Rd, past Lavant)

1949

Maple Grove Public School


Naismith Memorial Public School


R Tait Mackenzie Public School

Drummond S.S. #13

Drummond

1966

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

Drummond S.S. #9

Drummond

1966

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

U.S.S. No. 1 Drummond & No. 1 North Elmsley

Lot 20 Conc. 10

Drummond and North Elmsley

1967

 

Drummond Central School

U.S.S. No 2 Drummond & No. 4 North Elmsley McTavish’s School

Across road from lot 12 Conc. 1 Drummond

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 3 Drummond James’s School

W1/2 of lot Conc. 2

Beckwith

1967

Drummond Central School

U.S.S. No. 4 Drummond & No. 1 Beckwith

Gillie’s Corners on lot 3 Conc. 2 Beckwith

1966

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 5 Drummond

Drummond

1903- School section was divided into numbers 6, 8, and 12

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

U.S.S. No. 6 Drummond & No. 6 Bathurst

E1/2 of lot 24 Conc. 4 Bathurst

1967

Drummond Central School

U.S.S. No. 7 Drummond & No. 9 Bathurst Armstrong’s Corners School

Lot 1 Conc. 6 Bathurst

Union school with No. 9 Bathurst on lot 25 Conc. 6


3rd: built across road

1967

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

S.S. No. 8 Drummond Wayside or Hogan’s School

Wayside Dr., Perth

1968

 

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 9 Drummond McPhail’s or Code’s School

Lot 16 Conc. 3 on Tennyson Rd.


2nd school on other part of lot

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

U.S.S. No. 10 Drummond & No. 5 Beckwith

Tennyson

1966

Caldwell School in Carleton Place

S.S. No. 11 Drummond & S.S. No. 14 Bathurst Balderson’s School

Balderson’s Corners on lot 1 Conc. 8 Drummond

1968

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 12 Drummond McGarry’s School

Lot 11 Conc. 7

1968

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 13 Drummond Flintoff’s School

Drummond Centre

1968

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 15 Drummond-McIlquaham School

2397 10th Conc., McIlquaham-Blair Side Rd. Lanark


2nd: across Chas Campbell’s farm

1968

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 16 Drummond Prestonvale School

Prestonvale Road, Balderson

1967

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 17 Drummond Innisville School

Innisville

1967

Drummond Central School

S.S. No. 18 Drummond Ralston’s School

Drummond

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

U.S.S. No. 8 Lanark & S.S. No. 19 Drummond

1106 Ferguson Falls Rd, Ferguson Falls

Drummond Central School (after 1967)

S.S. #3 Drummond

Drummond

1966

Drummond Central School (after 1967)




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