Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainStarlight Village’s teenagers travel 9.1 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. The province publishes no results school by school, which leaves towns in New Brunswick without a schools grade.
High schools within reach of Starlight Village
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 3 English public and 1 French public. 9 km away, Fredericton High School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericton High SchoolSecondary | Asd-W | English public | 9 km |
| Fredericton Education Centre (Enterprise Centre)All grades | – | English public | 9.1 km |
| École Sainte-AnneAll grades | Dsf-S | French public | 9.6 km |
| Leo Hayes High SchoolSecondary | Asd-W | English public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Starlight Village are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Starlight Village
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.
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 Starlight Village’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Starlight Village
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Starlight Village
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 |
| … | ||||
| 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 |
| Hampton | 4,754 | 4 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 11 | 0 | 18 km |
Set against 36 others, 29 have more schools in reach. Teaching in French: 21 of the 37 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Starlight Village
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Village | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 km |
| New Maryland 5.3 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 km |
| New Maryland 7.1 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Kingsclear 10 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| Fredericton 11 km | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| Lincoln 13 km | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 km |
| Devon 30 14 km | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 km |
Top among the neighbours: Fredericton, 24 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Starlight Village and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- The year. StatCan’s ODEF (2019–22) is the open source here; it may miss new schools.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
Questions about schools in Starlight Village
How do I get a place at a school in Starlight Village?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
How many schools are there in Starlight Village?
0 are inside the town itself and 2 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Starlight Village?
Not near Starlight Village: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).