Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainThe nearest high school to Sainte-Mélanie is 7.3 km away
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.
High schools within reach of Sainte-Mélanie
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 10 high schools: 8 French public, 1 independent and 1 English public. The closest high school is École secondaire de l'Érablière, 7.2 km out.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire de l'ÉrablièreSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 7.2 km |
| École secondaire du Bois-BrûléSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 7.4 km |
| École de l'Espace-JeunesseAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 10 km |
| Académie Antoine ManseauSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire Thérèse-MartinSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 12 km |
| École secondaire de JolietteSecondary | Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier | English public | 13 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 13 km |
| École Barthélemy-JolietteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Samares | French public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Where the 3 schools in and around Sainte-Mélanie 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 Sainte-Mélanie
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix 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 Sainte-Mélanie’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 Sainte-Mélanie
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
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 Sainte-Mélanie
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 9 | 4 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 15 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 4 | 1 | 10 km |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 3 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Sainte-Mélanie | 3,417 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | 3,400 | 6 | 2 | 1.9 km |
| Havre-Saint-Pierre | 3,389 | 6 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Compton | 3,351 | 11 | 0 | 5.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Of the 178 others, 97 count more schools. 47 of 179 have a school teaching in English.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sainte-Mélanie
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Mélanie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes 4.7 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare 5.5 km | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois 6.8 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare 7.2 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 9.1 km | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 9.6 km | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2.7 km |
Next door, Saint-Charles-Borromée counts 25 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- Which schools count. The area is Sainte-Mélanie plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
Questions about schools in Sainte-Mélanie
Is there a English-language school in Sainte-Mélanie?
No, none within 3 km of Sainte-Mélanie; ask the English-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Sainte-Mélanie?
Inside the town there are 1; another 2 sit within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Sainte-Mélanie?
Register with the service centre (French) or the school board (English, with a certificate of eligibility); the address sets the designated school.
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).