Photo: Paulo O from Halifax, Canada · CC BY 2.0In and around Woodlawn, 37 schools: 23 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade
The town holds 9 of them; 28 more are within 3 km of its outline. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 37; in Nova Scotia, 6% of schools teach in it.
Where the 37 schools in and around Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn
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 Bois-Joli, École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre and École secondaire Mosaïque, 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 Woodlawn’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Grouped by system: English public 34 and French-language 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education counts 34, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationAdmiral Westphal, Alderney, Astral Drive, Astral Drive Junior High, Auburn Drive High, Bel Ayr, Bicentennial, Brookhouse … | English public | 34 |
| 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 Woodlawn
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 37 schools in and around Woodlawn
High schools within reach of Woodlawn
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
30 secondary schools are within 15 km: 28 English public and 2 French public. Caledonia Junior High is closest, at 0.3 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 0.3 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 0.9 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.4 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.2 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.1 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.3 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.8 km |
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.8 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.9 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 3.9 km |
All 30 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.6 km |
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.8 km |
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.6 km |
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.4 km |
| Highland Park Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.9 km |
| OxfordAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.1 km |
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.2 km |
| Halifax Central Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.4 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 7.4 km |
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.4 km |
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| Rocky Lake Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Bedford and Forsyth Education CentresSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Ridgecliff Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Charles P Allen HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Sackville HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | 28,848 | 19 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Westmount | 23,207 | 29 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| South End | 22,012 | 27 | 1 | 2 km |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 29 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | 21,578 | 15 | 1 | 8.4 km |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 37 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Windsor | 20,318 | 11 | 0 | 0.2 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 |
| … | ||||
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 11 | 0 | 7 km |
Of 21 towns its size, none has more schools. In 17 of the 22, 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 Woodlawn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Manor Park 2.7 km | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Portland Estates 3.3 km | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 km |
| Westphal 3.6 km | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Austinville 4 km | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Cole Harbour 4.7 km | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| North End 6.1 km | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 km |
None of its 6 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Woodlawn or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Woodlawn
How do I get a place at a school in Woodlawn?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Is there a French-language school in Woodlawn?
Yes: École Bois-Joli, École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre and École secondaire Mosaïque, the French-language schools here.
Which boards run the schools in Woodlawn?
Halifax Regional Centre for Education (34) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Schools grade in Nova Scotia: none (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).