Photo: Rioux Photography Edmonton, AB · Public domainIn and around Clarenville, 3 schools: 1 elementary school and 2 secondary schools
All of them belong to NLESD - Central Region. No schools grade in Newfoundland and Labrador: the province publishes no results school by school.
Where the 3 schools in and around Clarenville are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
2 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Clarenville
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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 Clarenville’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 Clarenville
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Clarenville
Towns its size in Newfoundland and Labrador
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | 5 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 2 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 4 | 0 | 6.9 km |
| Happy Valley-Goose Bay | 8,197 | 4 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Labrador City | 7,965 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Clarenville | 7,441 | 3 | 0 | 101 km |
| Stephenville | 6,840 | 5 | 0 | 16 km |
| Bay Roberts | 6,407 | 2 | 0 | 37 km |
| Deer Lake | 5,319 | 3 | 0 | 44 km |
| Marystown | 5,196 | 2 | 0 | 36 km |
| … | ||||
| Pasadena | 3,930 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
More schools than here: 5 of the 12 others. Teaching in French: 2 of the 13 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Clarenville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarenville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 km |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K 9 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 km |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L 17 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 km |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision M 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 km |
Of 3 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Inside Clarenville’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- The year. Statistics Canada’s ODEF, 2019–22: the latest open list for this province.
Questions about schools in Clarenville
Is there a French-language school in Clarenville?
Not within 3 km of Clarenville. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Clarenville?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an 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).