Photo: Ann Baekken · CC BY 2.0The 4 schools of Millbrook 27: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
All of them belong to Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education. We don’t grade schools in Nova Scotia. The reason: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
Where the 4 schools in and around Millbrook 27 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.
Schooling in English and French around Millbrook 27
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Millbrook 27’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 Millbrook 27
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 4 schools in and around Millbrook 27
High schools within reach of Millbrook 27
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 3 English public. First by distance comes Cobequid Educational Centre, at 4.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobequid Educational CentreSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.7 km |
| Central Colchester Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 5.9 km |
| Bible Hill Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 8–9 | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Millbrook 27
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 km |
| Truro 3.7 km | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C 6.5 km | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B 13 km | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 km |
Colchester County, Subdivision C leads the neighbours with 18 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Millbrook 27 and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Millbrook 27
Is there a French-language school in Millbrook 27?
Not in or within 3 km of Millbrook 27; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Millbrook 27?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).