Photo: Verne Equinox at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.09 schools in and around Coverdale: 7 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade
Counting the 3 km margin adds 9 to the town’s own 0. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 9; in New Brunswick, 28% of schools teach in it. The schools grade is left out in New Brunswick, as the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 9 schools in and around Coverdale are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Coverdale
The language each school teaches in, against every school in New Brunswick.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in New Brunswick.
The French-language schools are École Amirault, run by Dsf-S.
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 Coverdale’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is English public 8 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Asd-E runs the most, 8 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Asd-EClaude D. Taylor, Frank L. Bowser, J.M.A. Armstrong/Salisbury, Riverview East, Riverview, Riverview, Salisbury, West Riverview | English public | 8 |
| Dsf-SAmirault | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Coverdale
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
French-language schools
French-language schools are for children of section 23 rights-holders first; the board may admit others case by case.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Coverdale
High schools within reach of Coverdale
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
7 secondary schools are within 15 km: 5 English public and 2 French public. The closest high school is Riverview High School, 7 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview High SchoolSecondary | Asd-E | English public | 7 km |
| Bernice MacNaughton High SchoolSecondary | Asd-E | English public | 11 km |
| Therapeutic Education Support SiteSecondary | – | English public | 11 km |
| Harrison Trimble High SchoolSecondary | Asd-E | English public | 12 km |
| École Mathieu-MartinSecondary | Dsf-S | French public | 13 km |
| Caledonia Regional High SchoolAll grades | Asd-E | English public | 13 km |
| École L'OdysséeSecondary | Dsf-S | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in New Brunswick
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est | 8,138 | 4 | 4 | 15 km |
| … | ||||
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 5 | 3 | 10 km |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | 5,465 | 5 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Burton | 5,424 | 9 | 1 | 6.8 km |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | 5,202 | 5 | 0 | 7.9 km |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 9 | 1 | 7.1 km |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 km |
| Sussex | 4,994 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| St. Stephen | 4,876 | 4 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Bathurst | 4,840 | 10 | 4 | 6.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 11 | 0 | 18 km |
3 of 36 similar towns count more schools. 21 towns of the 37 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 Coverdale
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverdale | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 km |
| Riverview 7 km | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Hillsborough 11 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Dieppe 12 km | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.6 km |
| Moncton 13 km | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 km |
| Hillsborough 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Memramcook 19 km | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
Next door, Moncton counts 34 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The open list is ODEF (2019–22), which may still show schools since closed.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Coverdale’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
Questions about schools in Coverdale
How do I get a place at a school in Coverdale?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Is there a French-language school in Coverdale?
Yes, schooling in French is at École Amirault.
Which boards run the schools in Coverdale?
Asd-E (8) and Dsf-S (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).