Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0The nearest high school to Berwick is 12 km away
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. 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 Berwick
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: West Kings District High School, 12 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kings District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 2 schools in and around Berwick 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.
Schooling in English and French around Berwick
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Nova Scotia marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
Not one 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 Berwick’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Berwick
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 2 schools in and around Berwick
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 5 | 1 | 12 km |
| … | ||||
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 3,273 | 4 | 1 | 26 km |
| Head of St Margarets Bay | 2,885 | 4 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | 2,746 | 3 | 0 | 46 km |
| Musquodoboit Harbour | 2,719 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Berwick | 2,631 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 14 | 2 | 3.3 km |
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
In 10 of the 17 others the count is higher. In 4 of the 18, 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 Berwick
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Next door, Kingston counts 11 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. The province’s 2025-26 list.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. The area is Berwick plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Berwick
How do I get a place at a school in Berwick?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Berwick?
The town holds 1 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Berwick?
None within 3 km of Berwick. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).