Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain9 schools serve Lawrencetown, 5 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade
One board, Halifax Regional Centre for Education, runs them all. None of them teaches in French, though 6% of schools in Nova Scotia do. 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.
Schooling in English and French around Lawrencetown
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.
None of them 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.
Where the 9 schools in and around Lawrencetown 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.
Who runs Lawrencetown’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Lawrencetown
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Lawrencetown
High schools within reach of Lawrencetown
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 18 high schools: 16 English public and 2 French public. 3.5 km away, Ross Road is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.5 km |
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.7 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.7 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.2 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.2 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.8 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.6 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.6 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.2 km |
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.3 km |
All 18 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.5 km |
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 13 km |
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 14 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 4 | 0 | 3.8 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 |
| Meaghers Grant | 3,430 | 3 | 0 | 17 km |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision A | 3,401 | 4 | 0 | 42 km |
| … | ||||
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
Set against 32 others, 3 have more schools in reach. A French-language school is within reach in 10 of the 33.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lawrencetown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrencetown | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| East Preston 4.6 km | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 km |
| Westphal 6 km | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Cole Harbour 6 km | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Lake Echo 7.6 km | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| East Lawrencetown 8.7 km | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 km |
| Portland Estates 8.7 km | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 km |
The busiest neighbour is Cole Harbour, with 29 schools.
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 3 km band around Lawrencetown’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in Lawrencetown
Is there a French-language school in Lawrencetown?
Not within 3 km of Lawrencetown. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Lawrencetown?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).