Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.035 schools serve Austinville, 24 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade
9 in the town, 26 just beyond it, within 3 km. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 35; in Nova Scotia, 6% of schools teach in it. No schools grade in Nova Scotia: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
Where the 35 schools in and around Austinville are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Austinville
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
The French-language schools are École secondaire Mosaïque, École Bois-Joli and École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre, run by 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.
Who runs Austinville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 32 and French-language 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education has 32 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationAdmiral Westphal, Alderney, Bicentennial, Brookhouse, Caledonia Junior High, Citadel High, Crichton Park, Dartmouth High … | English public | 32 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialBois-Joli, du Carrefour du Grand-Havre, Mosaïque | French public | 3 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Austinville
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 35 schools in and around Austinville
High schools within reach of Austinville
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 30 high schools: 28 English public and 2 French public. First by distance comes John Martin Junior High, at 0.8 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 0.8 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1 km |
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.1 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 2.8 km |
| Highland Park Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.9 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.6 km |
| OxfordAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.7 km |
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.9 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.2 km |
| Halifax Central Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.3 km |
All 30 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.7 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.7 km |
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.7 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 5.4 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.7 km |
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.3 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.5 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.1 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.2 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.2 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.7 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.4 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.8 km |
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.9 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.9 km |
| Ridgecliff Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.6 km |
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
| Sackville HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 24 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 19 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Austinville | 28,021 | 35 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| Enfield | 26,960 | 13 | 0 | 14 km |
| Lunenburg | 26,862 | 16 | 1 | 2.8 km |
| Kingston | 24,574 | 11 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Westmount | 23,207 | 29 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 24 | 1 | 0.8 km |
More schools than here: 1 of the 14 others. In 13 of the 15, 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 Austinville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austinville | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Manor Park 2.6 km | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| North End 2.8 km | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 km |
| Windsor Park 3.2 km | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Schmidtville 4 km | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Woodlawn 4 km | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Fairview 5 km | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 km |
Next door, Woodlawn counts 37 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Austinville or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
Questions about schools in Austinville
How do I get a place at a school in Austinville?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Austinville?
By number of schools: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (32) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (3).
Is there a French-language school in Austinville?
Yes: École secondaire Mosaïque, École Bois-Joli and École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre, the French-language schools here.
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).