Photo: R. L'Heureux · CC BY-SA 4.0No high school in or near Val-Alain: the closest is 21 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 3 elementary schools only. 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 Val-Alain
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
Where the 3 schools in and around Val-Alain are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Val-Alain
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
For schooling in English, families look further afield.
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 Val-Alain’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
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs runs the most, 2 of them, among 2 boards. French and English public schools here belong to two separate networks over the same ground.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Centre de services scolaire des Bois-FrancsNotre-Dame - Sainte-Thérèse - Centrale, Notre-Dame - Sainte-Thérèse - Centrale (Centrale (Villeroy)) | French public | 2 |
| Centre de services scolaire de la Riverainel'Oasis | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Val-Alain
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
A certificate of eligibility opens the English public schools; most children qualify for French-language schools only.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Val-Alain
Schools in the towns around Val-Alain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Alain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 km |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly 11 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Lyster 12 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 km |
| Laurierville 15 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Flavien 18 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Laurier-Station 18 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
It has more schools than any of its 5 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One school, two buildings. Buildings are listed separately in Quebec, so some schools appear twice.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Boards and systems. Quebec organises public schools by language: service centres in French, school boards in English; private schools have neither.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Val-Alain’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
Questions about schools in Val-Alain
Is there a English-language school in Val-Alain?
Not within 3 km of Val-Alain. The English-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Val-Alain?
Every one of them, 3, is inside the town.
Which boards run the schools in Val-Alain?
Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs (2) and Centre de services scolaire de la Riveraine (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Val-Alain?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
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).