Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn and around Colchester County, Subdivision A, 4 schools: 3 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade
All of them belong to Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education. With no open results to compare (the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20), there’s no schools grade in Nova Scotia.
Where the 4 schools in and around Colchester County, Subdivision A are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Colchester County, Subdivision A
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Colchester County, Subdivision A’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 Colchester County, Subdivision A
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Colchester County, Subdivision A
High schools within reach of Colchester County, Subdivision A
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
West Colchester Consolidated School, 8.8 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Colchester Consolidated SchoolAll grades | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.8 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 6,040 | 7 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Victoria County, Subdivision B | 4,258 | 4 | 0 | 40 km |
| Stellarton | 4,251 | 6 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 23 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 5 | 1 | 12 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision A | 3,891 | 4 | 0 | 9 km |
| Westville | 3,731 | 4 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 9 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Richmond County, Subdivision C | 3,444 | 1 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,442 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
More schools are within reach in 10 of the 34 other towns. In 11 of the 35, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Colchester County, Subdivision A and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Colchester County, Subdivision A
Is there a French-language school in Colchester County, Subdivision A?
No, none within 3 km of Colchester County, Subdivision A; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Colchester County, Subdivision A?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).