Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAround Kings County, Subdivision C, 6 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools: 9 schools in all
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education is the only board. None of them teaches in French, though 6% of schools in Nova Scotia do. Because the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20, towns in Nova Scotia aren’t graded on schools.
Schooling in English and French around Kings County, Subdivision C
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Kings County, Subdivision C are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Kings County, Subdivision C’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Kings County, Subdivision C
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Kings County, Subdivision C
High schools within reach of Kings County, Subdivision C
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 3 English public. The closest high school is Kings County Adult High School, 3.3 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County Adult High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.3 km |
| Highbury Education CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.3 km |
| Horton High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 18 | 1 | 9.3 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 |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 4 | 0 | 3.8 km |
Of the 38 others, 16 count more schools. Teaching in French: 13 of the 39 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Kings County, Subdivision C
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 km |
| Kentville 2.8 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Kings County, Subdivision B 9 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 km |
| Wolfville 11 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Kings County, Subdivision D 13 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 km |
Kings County, Subdivision B leads the neighbours with 11 schools.
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. A school counts when it sits inside Kings County, Subdivision C or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
Questions about schools in Kings County, Subdivision C
How do I get a place at a school in Kings County, Subdivision C?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Is there a French-language school in Kings County, Subdivision C?
Not in or within 3 km of Kings County, Subdivision C; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).