Photo: Yannick Malouin · CC BY-SA 4.0The nearest high school to Franklin is 11 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 3 elementary schools, and no high school. 2 of the 3 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Franklin
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: École secondaire régionale Châteauguay Valley, 11 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire régionale Châteauguay ValleySecondary | Commission scolaire New Frontiers | English public | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schooling in English and French around Franklin
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
The English-language schools are École primaire Franklin (Étable) and École primaire Franklin, run by Commission scolaire New Frontiers.
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.
Where the 3 schools in and around Franklin are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Franklin’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
Grouped by system: French service centres 1 and English boards 2.
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.
Commission scolaire New Frontiers counts 2, more than any of the other boards of the 2. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Commission scolaire New Frontiersprimaire Franklin, primaire Franklin (Étable) | English public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire de la Vallée-des-TisserandsCentrale de Saint-Antoine-Abbé | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Franklin
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Franklin
Schools in the towns around Franklin
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 km |
| Ormstown 9.3 km | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.9 km |
| Saint-Chrysostome 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Hinchinbrooke 16 km | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 km |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 18 km | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 km |
Top among the neighbours: Ormstown, 4 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. 2025-26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Which schools count. Counted: Franklin’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
Questions about schools in Franklin
How do I get a place at a school in Franklin?
Each service centre publishes the designated school for every address and takes registrations.
Which boards run the schools in Franklin?
By number of schools: Commission scolaire New Frontiers (2) and Centre de services scolaire de la Vallée-des-Tisserands (1).
Is there a English-language school in Franklin?
Yes, schooling in English is at École primaire Franklin (Étable) and École primaire Franklin.
How many schools are there in Franklin?
The town holds all 3; none is outside it.
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).