Photo: OhanaUnited Talk page · CC BY-SA 4.0The nearest high school to Rankin Inlet is 451 km away
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. Because the province publishes no results school by school, towns in Nunavut aren’t graded on schools.
High schools within reach of Rankin Inlet
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Schooling in English and French around Rankin Inlet
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Nunavut.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nunavut.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Rankin Inlet’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 Rankin Inlet
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 3 schools in and around Rankin Inlet
Canadian towns its size
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normand Park | 5,299 | 39 | 3 | 2.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Compton | 3,351 | 11 | 11 | 5.6 km |
| Northmount | 3,349 | 60 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Atholville | 3,346 | 7 | 3 | 8.5 km |
| Inuvik | 3,337 | 2 | 0 | 54 km |
| Rankin Inlet | 3,336 | 3 | 0 | 451 km |
| Sheet Harbour | 3,334 | 2 | 0 | 42 km |
| Eaux Claires | 3,334 | 48 | 1 | 1 km |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 7 | 6 | 7 km |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 4 | 4 | 13 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
652 of the 895 others have more schools in reach. Of the 896, 451 offer 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
- 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. Counted: Rankin Inlet’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. The list is Statistics Canada’s ODEF (2019–22): schools opened since are missing, and some closed since may still appear.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in Rankin Inlet
How do I get a place at a school in Rankin Inlet?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Is there a French-language school in Rankin Inlet?
There is none in or near Rankin Inlet (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Rankin Inlet?
The town holds all 3; none is outside it.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Educational Facilities v2.1 (2019–22) · 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).