Photo: André Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 2.0Argyle’s teenagers travel 17 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 6 elementary schools, and no high school. Of 6 schools, 4 teach in French; in Nova Scotia, 6% do. We don’t grade schools in Nova Scotia. The reason: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
High schools within reach of Argyle
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Schooling in English and French around Argyle
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
By name, in French: École Belleville, École Pubnico-Ouest, École secondaire de Par-en-Bas and École Wedgeport (Conseil scolaire acadien provincial).
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.
Where the 6 schools in and around Argyle 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.
Who runs Argyle’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Their systems: English public 2 and French-language 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial counts 4, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialBelleville, Pubnico-Ouest, Wedgeport, de Par-en-Bas | French public | 4 |
| Tri-County Regional Centre for EducationDrumlin Heights Consolidated, Plymouth | English public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Argyle
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Argyle
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 32 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Fall River | 9,214 | 18 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Beaver Bank | 9,157 | 21 | 1 | 4.9 km |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 9 | 0 | 3.4 km |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C | 8,847 | 10 | 0 | 5.4 km |
| Argyle | 8,216 | 6 | 4 | 17 km |
| Clare | 8,020 | 6 | 3 | 46 km |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Digby | 7,528 | 5 | 0 | 75 km |
| Yarmouth | 7,129 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 5,086 | 3 | 0 | 26 km |
In 20 of the 41 others the count is higher. In 13 of the 42, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Argyle
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Yarmouth leads the neighbours with 8 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Argyle’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
Questions about schools in Argyle
How many schools are there in Argyle?
All 6 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Argyle?
Yes, schooling in French is at École Belleville, École Pubnico-Ouest, École secondaire de Par-en-Bas and École Wedgeport.
How do I get a place at a school in Argyle?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Argyle?
By number of schools: Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (4) and Tri-County Regional Centre for Education (2).
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · 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).