Photo: Société du patrimoine des Beaucerons - Fonds PR86 - Collection Chantale Gilbert pl. 1, no 1 · Public domainSaint-Elzéar’s teenagers travel 6.5 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 3 elementary schools, and no high school. The schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Saint-Elzéar
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Polyvalente Benoît-Vachon, 6.4 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyvalente Benoît-VachonAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de la Beauce-Etchemin | French public | 6.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 3 schools in and around Saint-Elzéar are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Elzéar
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
There is no English-language school among them.
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 Saint-Elzéar’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one 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 Saint-Elzéar
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
English schools in Quebec
Under the Charter of the French Language, a child goes to an English public school only with a certificate of eligibility, generally because a parent did most of elementary school in English in Canada. Everyone else attends French-language schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Saint-Elzéar
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive | 4,393 | 30 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Labelle | 2,861 | 1 | 0 | 18 km |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 1 | 0 | 16 km |
| Weedon | 2,845 | 1 | 0 | 23 km |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Elzéar | 2,842 | 3 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| Saint-Michel-des-Saints | 2,841 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 2 | 0 | 13 km |
| Forestville | 2,835 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 3 | 0 | 4.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
In 77 of the 147 others the count is higher. Teaching in English: 36 of the 148 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Elzéar
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Elzéar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| Sainte-Marie 6 km | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Scott 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 km |
| Vallée-Jonction 11 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 km |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage 12 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Saint-Bernard 12 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Saint-Frédéric 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 km |
Most schools next door: Sainte-Marie, 10.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- One school, two buildings. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Saint-Elzéar and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
Questions about schools in Saint-Elzéar
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Elzéar?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
How many schools are there in Saint-Elzéar?
Inside the town there are 1; another 2 sit within 3 km.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Elzéar?
None within 3 km of Saint-Elzéar. The English-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).