Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0In and around Beaver Bank, 21 schools: 18 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools
3 in the town, 18 just beyond it, within 3 km. Of the 21, one teaches in French (6% of schools in Nova Scotia).
Where the 21 schools in and around Beaver Bank 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 Beaver Bank
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.
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial runs the French-language ones: École du Grand-Portage.
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 Beaver Bank’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: English public 20 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Halifax Regional Centre for Education, with 20.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationA J Smeltzer Junior High, Ash Lee Jefferson, Beaver Bank Kinsac, Beaver Bank Monarch Drive, Caudle Park, Cavalier Drive, Georges P Vanier Junior High, Harold T Barrett Junior High … | English public | 20 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialdu Grand-Portage | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Beaver Bank
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
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 21 schools in and around Beaver Bank
High schools within reach of Beaver Bank
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 8 high schools: 8 English public. 4.8 km away, Lockview High is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockview HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.8 km |
| Millwood HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.5 km |
| Sackville HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.6 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Uniacke District SchoolAll grades | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Madeline Symonds Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truro | 14,652 | 9 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Hatchet Lake | 9,930 | 19 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 9,682 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | 24 | 0 | 0.4 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 |
| … | ||||
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 4 | 0 | 3.8 km |
More schools are within reach in 5 of the 39 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 14 towns of 40.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Beaver Bank
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Bank | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Fall River 4.7 km | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Middle Sackville 6.1 km | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Lower Sackville 7.3 km | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Dutch Settlement 11 km | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Bedford 13 km | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Hammonds Plains 14 km | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 km |
31 schools make Hammonds Plains the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Beaver Bank and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
Questions about schools in Beaver Bank
Is there a French-language school in Beaver Bank?
Yes, schooling in French is at École du Grand-Portage.
Which boards run the schools in Beaver Bank?
By number of schools: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (20) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Beaver Bank?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Source note: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20, so there’s no schools grade in 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).