Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDouglas’s teenagers travel 15 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 4 elementary schools, and no high school. We don’t grade schools in New Brunswick. The reason: the province publishes no results school by school.
High schools within reach of Douglas
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 3 English public. First by distance comes Leo Hayes High School, at 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Hayes High SchoolSecondary | Asd-W | English public | 15 km |
| Fredericton Education Centre (Enterprise Centre)All grades | – | English public | 15 km |
| Fredericton High SchoolSecondary | Asd-W | English public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 4 schools in and around Douglas are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Douglas
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.
None of them teaches 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 Douglas’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
A single 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 Douglas
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Douglas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shediac | 9,849 | 5 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Oromocto | 9,451 | 7 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est | 8,138 | 4 | 4 | 15 km |
| Lincoln | 8,093 | 9 | 1 | 10 km |
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 8 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Douglas | 6,840 | 4 | 0 | 15 km |
| Sackville | 6,572 | 4 | 0 | 1 km |
| Beresford | 6,543 | 4 | 4 | 15 km |
| Woodstock | 6,260 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 7 | 1 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Simonds | 4,263 | 1 | 0 | 13 km |
Of the 26 others, 12 count more schools. 17 of 27 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Douglas
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Bright 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 km |
| Fredericton 14 km | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| Devon 30 14 km | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Starlight Village 17 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 km |
| Kingsclear 18 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| New Maryland 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 km |
Top among the neighbours: Fredericton, 24 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Douglas and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. Schools come from StatCan’s ODEF of 2019–22, so a recent opening or closure may not show.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Douglas
How do I get a place at a school in Douglas?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
How many schools are there in Douglas?
1 are inside the town itself and 3 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Douglas?
There is none in or near Douglas (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).