Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0The 7 schools of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
2 are inside the town itself and 5 lie within 3 km of its edge. We don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 7 schools in and around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Schooling in English isn’t on offer here.
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-Étienne-des-Grès’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Among 2 boards, Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie leads with 5. The French service centre and the English board cover the same territory, each with its own schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire de l'ÉnergieFélix-Leclerc, Sainte-Marie, de la Source, des Bâtisseurs, Val-Mauricie | French public | 5 |
| Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-RoyAmi-Joie-et-des-Grès, Ami-Joie-et-des-Grès (Grès, des) | French public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
English schools in Quebec
Bill 101 limits English public schools to eligible children, mostly those with a parent schooled in English in Canada.
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
High schools within reach of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
6 secondary schools are within 15 km: 5 French public and 1 English public. Closest of all: École secondaire Val-Mauricie (10 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Val-MauricieSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie | French public | 10 km |
| École secondaire de ShawiniganAll grades | Commission scolaire Central Québec | English public | 13 km |
| École secondaire Val-MauricieSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire des ChutesSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire du RocherSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie | French public | 13 km |
| École de l'ÉnergieAll grades | Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie | French public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 7,464 | 113 | 52 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 7 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 2 | 1 | 16 km |
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 2 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 7 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 1 | 0 | 7 km |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare | 4,615 | 8 | 1 | 4.7 km |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 24 | 3 | 4.8 km |
| Berthierville | 4,591 | 4 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 km |
53 out of 190 comparable towns have more schools. 64 towns of the 191 have a English-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Barnabé 7.3 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Saint-Boniface 8.4 km | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 km |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel 9.4 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 km |
| Charette 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 14 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Shawinigan 16 km | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 km |
The busiest neighbour is Shawinigan, with 30 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Saint-Étienne-des-Grès and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- 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. The 2025-26 list.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
Questions about schools in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Register at the service centre; a school outside the area takes a child if it has room.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
No, none within 3 km of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès; ask the English-language board for the nearest.
Which boards run the schools in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
By number of schools: Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie (5) and Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy (2).
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).