Photo: Gene.arboit · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s teenagers travel 12 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 1 elementary school, and no high school. In Quebec, there’s no schools grade: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
High schools within reach of Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 French public. First by distance comes École secondaire de l'Érablière, at 12 km.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de l'ÉrablièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire BermonSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the school in or near Saint-Jean-de-Matha is
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Saint-Jean-de-Matha
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
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 school in and around Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 20 | 2 | 3.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan | 5,675 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 8 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 9 | 4 | 11 km |
| Carillon / Saint-Pie-X | 5,457 | 47 | 8 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 1 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 14 | 1 | 6.2 km |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 5,393 | 25 | 9 | 0.3 km |
| Chisasibi | 5,382 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Windsor | 5,368 | 3 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Adstock | 3,203 | 8 | 0 | 16 km |
151 of the 157 others have more schools in reach. A school in English is nearby in 64 towns of 158.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Sainte-Béatrix 8.4 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie 9.7 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 km |
| Saint-Damien 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois 12 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Sainte-Mélanie 13 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare 14 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
The busiest neighbour is Saint-Félix-de-Valois, with 5 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025-26.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Inside Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Saint-Jean-de-Matha
How do I get a place at a school in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
For an English school, get the certificate of eligibility first; for a French one, the service centre is enough.
Is there a English-language school in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
None within 3 km of Saint-Jean-de-Matha. The English-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
All 1 are inside the town itself.
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).