Photo: SimonP at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Springhill’s teenagers travel 24 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 6 elementary schools, and no high school. The schools grade is left out in Nova Scotia, as the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
High schools within reach of Springhill
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Where the 6 schools in and around Springhill are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Springhill
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.
No school here teaches in French.
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 Springhill’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 Springhill
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Springhill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timberlea | 11,014 | 21 | 2 | 4.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Clare | 8,020 | 6 | 3 | 46 km |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Digby | 7,528 | 5 | 0 | 75 km |
| Yarmouth | 7,129 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Springhill | 7,015 | 6 | 0 | 24 km |
| Harrietsfield | 6,786 | 7 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Barrington | 6,720 | 4 | 0 | 56 km |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A | 6,719 | 3 | 0 | 57 km |
| Pictou County, Subdivision A | 6,575 | 5 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Westphal | 4,201 | 23 | 2 | 0.5 km |
Set against 46 others, 19 have more schools in reach. 16 towns of the 47 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. Inside Springhill’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Springhill
Is there a French-language school in Springhill?
Not in or within 3 km of Springhill; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Springhill?
3 in the town, 3 just beyond it, within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Springhill?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).