The school in Caramat, Ontario, has the capacity for 60 students, but has steadily lost enrollment as the town has shrunk, the Globe and Mail reported Tuesday.

The school now has six students, but one is preparing to graduate and move on to a high school in another town.

"My personal opinion, if you shut the school down, you may as well shut the door to Caramat. There'll be no potential," said Armand Giguere, chairman of the Caramat District School Area Board.

Canadian Education Ministry spokeswoman Jan Nguyen said decisions about whether to close schools are left up to local authorities.

"For us as a ministry, we just go with their recommendations. If we agree with the needs, then we continue to fund and it doesn't matter if it's just one child in the school, or two," Nguyen said.