Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Acton Vale and its edges hold 5 schools: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
All of them belong to Centre de services scolaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 5 schools in and around Acton Vale 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 Acton Vale
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in English.
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language sends most children to French-language schools; English public schooling is for children who hold a certificate of eligibility.
Who runs Acton Vale’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Acton Vale
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
English schools in Quebec
English public schooling in Quebec needs a certificate of eligibility, usually earned through a parent’s English elementary schooling in Canada; other children attend French schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Acton Vale
High schools within reach of Acton Vale
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Polyvalente Robert-Ouimet, 1.7 km away.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyvalente Robert-OuimetSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Saint-Hyacinthe | French public | 1.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carignan | 12,618 | 33 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 46 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 62 | 12 | 0.8 km |
| La Malbaie | 8,293 | 7 | 0 | 2 km |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 5 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Bienville | 7,888 | 17 | 2 | 2.6 km |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 12 | 1 | 5.3 km |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 8 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | 2 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 km |
Of the 138 others, 94 count more schools. In 73 of the 139, at least one school teaches in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Acton Vale
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Vale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton 6.7 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 km |
| Roxton Falls 8.5 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Upton 8.9 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| Roxton 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Wickham 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
Top among the neighbours: Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, 6 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. The French service centre and the English board each cover the whole territory with their own schools.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Acton Vale or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
Questions about schools in Acton Vale
How do I get a place at a school in Acton Vale?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Is there a English-language school in Acton Vale?
Not near Acton Vale: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · 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).