Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0The 3 schools of Val-Joli: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Centre de services scolaire des Sommets runs every one of them. The schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 3 schools in and around Val-Joli 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-Joli
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
Not one teaches in English.
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-Joli’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
A single 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 Val-Joli
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 neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
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-Joli
High schools within reach of Val-Joli
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 1 French public and 1 independent. Nearest: École secondaire du Tournesol, 3.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire du TournesolSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Sommets | French public | 3.6 km |
| École secondaire de BromptonvilleSecondary | – | Independent | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Val-Joli
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-Joli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| Saint-Claude 3.1 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Windsor 4.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 9 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 km |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Stoke 15 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 km |
| Cleveland 17 km | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 km |
Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton leads the neighbours with 5 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Val-Joli or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Since 2020, the French public network is run by service centres; the English boards kept their elected councils.
- 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. The ministry lists buildings, not schools: a two-building school has two entries here.
Questions about schools in Val-Joli
Is there a English-language school in Val-Joli?
Not near Val-Joli: within 3 km there is none, and the English-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Val-Joli?
The family’s address sets the school; the service centre or board takes the registration.
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).