Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0The nearest high school to Oxford is 27 km away
Within 3 km of the town there are 1 elementary school only. 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.
High schools within reach of Oxford
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Where the school in or near Oxford is
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.
How children get a place in Oxford
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Oxford
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. The area is Oxford plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
Questions about schools in Oxford
How do I get a place at a school in Oxford?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Oxford?
Not in or within 3 km of Oxford; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Oxford?
The town holds all 1; none is outside it.
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).