Photo: Sarbelito Avila · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Echo’s teenagers travel 8.6 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 5 elementary schools. A single French-language school is among them; in Nova Scotia the share is 6%. The province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20, which leaves towns in Nova Scotia without a schools grade.
High schools within reach of Lake Echo
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
10 secondary schools are within 15 km: 10 English public. The nearest is Graham Creighton Junior High, 8.4 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.4 km |
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.4 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 12 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schooling in English and French around Lake Echo
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.
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial runs the French-language ones: École des Beaux-Marais.
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 5 schools in and around Lake Echo are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Lake Echo’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
System by system: English public 4 and French-language 1.
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.
The biggest of the 2 is Halifax Regional Centre for Education: 4 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationBell Park Academic Centre, Nelson Whynder, OConnell Drive, Porters Lake | English public | 4 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialdes Beaux-Marais | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Lake Echo
French-language schools
French-language schools are for children of section 23 rights-holders first; the board may admit others case by case.
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 5 schools in and around Lake Echo
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 8,216 | 6 | 4 | 17 km |
| … | ||||
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 6 | 1 | 5.9 km |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 4 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | 5,389 | 3 | 1 | 15 km |
| Upper Tantallon | 5,248 | 15 | 1 | 2.2 km |
| Lake Echo | 5,223 | 5 | 1 | 8.6 km |
| Antigonish | 5,175 | 3 | 0 | 1 km |
| Inverness | 5,138 | 5 | 0 | 8 km |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 5,086 | 3 | 0 | 26 km |
| Guysborough | 4,721 | 3 | 1 | 6.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 3,273 | 4 | 1 | 26 km |
Of the 43 others, 15 count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 13 towns of 44.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lake Echo
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Echo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| East Preston 5.3 km | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 km |
| Lawrencetown 7.6 km | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Gaetz Brook 8.9 km | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 km |
| Westphal 9.9 km | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| East Lawrencetown 10 km | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 km |
| Cole Harbour 12 km | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
29 schools make Cole Harbour the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Lake Echo plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
Questions about schools in Lake Echo
Is there a French-language school in Lake Echo?
Yes: École des Beaux-Marais, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Lake Echo?
3 are inside the town itself and 2 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Lake Echo?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Lake Echo?
By number of schools: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (4) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (1).
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).