Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain15 schools serve Middle Sackville, 13 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools
5 in the town, 10 just beyond it, within 3 km. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 15; in Nova Scotia, 6% of schools teach in it.
Where the 15 schools in and around Middle Sackville 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 Middle Sackville
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 Middle Sackville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 14 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education has 14 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationA J Smeltzer Junior High, Beaver Bank Monarch Drive, Caudle Park, Cavalier Drive, Harold T Barrett Junior High, Harry R Hamilton, Leslie Thomas Junior High, Millwood … | English public | 14 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialdu Grand-Portage | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Middle Sackville
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions 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 15 schools in and around Middle Sackville
High schools within reach of Middle Sackville
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
11 secondary schools are within 15 km: 10 English public and 1 French public. First by distance comes Millwood High, at 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millwood HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 0.7 km |
| Sackville HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.5 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.4 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.5 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.6 km |
| Madeline Symonds Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.2 km |
| Lockview HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.8 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Uniacke District SchoolAll grades | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 14 km |
All 11 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Bridges Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | 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
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 23,207 | 29 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 21 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| North End | 19,733 | 31 | 1 | 1 km |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 24 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 26 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 15 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Truro | 14,652 | 9 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 18 | 1 | 9.3 km |
| Manor Park | 14,148 | 30 | 4 | 1.7 km |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 31 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 9 | 0 | 3.4 km |
19 of 31 similar towns count more schools. Schooling in French is on hand in 19 of the 32.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Middle Sackville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sackville | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Lower Sackville 3.8 km | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Beaver Bank 6.1 km | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 km |
| Hammonds Plains 7.7 km | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Bedford 8.2 km | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Fall River 8.2 km | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Clayton Park West 13 km | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 km |
Of the neighbours, Hammonds Plains counts the most schools: 31.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Middle Sackville plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
Questions about schools in Middle Sackville
How do I get a place at a school in Middle Sackville?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Middle Sackville?
By number of schools: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (14) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (1).
Is there a French-language school in Middle Sackville?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École du Grand-Portage.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Towns in Nova Scotia aren’t in the schools rankings: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20. · 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).