Photo: Andrew Thomas from Shrewsbury, UK · CC BY-SA 2.08 schools serve Yarmouth, 7 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
The town holds 4 of them; 4 more are within 3 km of its outline. Of the 8, one teaches in French (6% of schools in Nova Scotia).
Where the 8 schools in and around Yarmouth are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Yarmouth
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.
The French-language schools are École secondaire de Par-en-Bas, run by Conseil scolaire acadien provincial.
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 Yarmouth’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: English public 7 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is Tri-County Regional Centre for Education: 7 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Regional Centre for EducationCarleton Consolidated, Maple Grove Education Centre, Meadowfields, Plymouth, Port Maitland Consolidated, Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial, Yarmouth | English public | 7 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialde Par-en-Bas | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Yarmouth
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Yarmouth
High schools within reach of Yarmouth
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School, 8.2 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Tri-County Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 16,296 | 26 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Chester | 11,740 | 6 | 0 | 4 km |
| Timberlea | 11,014 | 21 | 2 | 4.6 km |
| Liverpool | 10,997 | 6 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Eastern Passage | 10,745 | 17 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Yarmouth | 10,637 | 8 | 1 | 8.4 km |
| New Glasgow | 10,378 | 6 | 0 | 3 km |
| Portland Estates | 10,164 | 29 | 0 | 2 km |
| Amherst | 10,072 | 5 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Bridgewater | 9,989 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Pictou County, Subdivision B | 6,482 | 12 | 0 | 6.6 km |
More schools are within reach in 19 of the 36 other towns. In 14 of the 37, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Yarmouth
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
It has more schools than any of its 2 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Yarmouth’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in Yarmouth
How do I get a place at a school in Yarmouth?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Yarmouth?
Tri-County Regional Centre for Education (7) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Yarmouth?
Yes: École secondaire de Par-en-Bas, the French-language schools here.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Why no schools grade in Nova Scotia? The province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20. · 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).