Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Westville and its edges hold 4 schools: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education. 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.
Where the 4 schools in and around Westville 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 Westville
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 Westville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Westville
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend 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 Westville
High schools within reach of Westville
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 Northumberland Regional High School, at 4.3 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland Regional High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.3 km |
| North Nova Education CentreSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.7 km |
| CCRCE Alternate High SchoolSecondary · Grades 8–12 | Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 6 | 1 | 5.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Stellarton | 4,251 | 6 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 23 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 5 | 1 | 12 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision A | 3,891 | 4 | 0 | 9 km |
| Westville | 3,731 | 4 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 9 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Richmond County, Subdivision C | 3,444 | 1 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,442 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Meaghers Grant | 3,430 | 3 | 0 | 17 km |
| … | ||||
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
In 9 of the 33 others the count is higher. A French-language school is within reach in 11 of the 34.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Westville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westville | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B 3.8 km | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Stellarton 4.2 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| New Glasgow 6.6 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 km |
| Trenton 9.1 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C 12 km | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 km |
| Pictou 14 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 km |
Pictou County, Subdivision B has the most schools nearby, 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Westville and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Westville
Is there a French-language school in Westville?
Not within 3 km of Westville. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Westville?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).