Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBright’s teenagers travel 23 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. We don’t grade schools in New Brunswick. The reason: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Bright
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Where the 2 schools in and around Bright are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Bright
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in New Brunswick marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in New Brunswick.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in French.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Bright’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Bright
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Bright
Towns its size in New Brunswick
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 7 | 1 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Haut-Madawaska | 4,098 | 2 | 2 | 23 km |
| Salisbury | 3,806 | 5 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Alnwick | 3,767 | 4 | 2 | 5 km |
| Studholm | 3,668 | 4 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| Bright | 3,648 | 2 | 0 | 23 km |
| Kingston | 3,577 | 11 | 1 | 9.7 km |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 5 | 4 | 3.1 km |
| Atholville | 3,346 | 7 | 3 | 8.5 km |
| Hampton | 3,268 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
More schools are within reach in 25 of the 38 other towns. 21 towns of the 39 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Bright
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 km |
| Queensbury 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 km |
| Douglas 13 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Kingsclear 15 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
11 schools make Kingsclear the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Bright’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. The schools are those in ODEF, 2019–22; check with the board for any opened since.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
Questions about schools in Bright
How many schools are there in Bright?
Inside the town there are 1; another 1 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Bright?
No, none within 3 km of Bright; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Bright?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · 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).