Photo: Nova Scotia Archives · Public domain3 schools serve Yarmouth, 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Tri-County Regional Centre for Education runs every one of them. The province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20, which leaves towns in Nova Scotia without a schools grade.
Where the 3 schools in and around Yarmouth are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Yarmouth
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Yarmouth
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 3 schools in and around Yarmouth
High schools within reach of Yarmouth
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School, 1.1 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Tri-County Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
| … | ||||
| Argyle | 8,216 | 6 | 4 | 17 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 |
| … | ||||
| Richmond County, Subdivision A | 4,305 | 4 | 0 | 16 km |
Set against 43 others, 37 have more schools in reach. A French-language school is within reach in 15 of the 44.
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.
The neighbour with most schools is Yarmouth (8).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- The year. The province’s 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. Public schools belong to English and French-language boards (or districts); independent schools run themselves.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Yarmouth’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Yarmouth
Is there a French-language school in Yarmouth?
Not in or within 3 km of Yarmouth; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Yarmouth?
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).