List of schools in Nova Scotia


Nearly all primary and secondary schools in the province of Nova Scotia are public schools maintained by the provincial government's . While providing guidelines, the government divides administration of public education over seven regional school districts and one province wide school district serving the province's Acadians.
Post-secondary schools consist of the provincial government operated community college system, Nova Scotia Community College and independently managed universities which receive some public funding.
There are seven English-language school districts in Nova Scotia, all created by the Nova Scotia Education Reform Act, 2018:
There is a single province-wide French school district:

Description of Nova Scotia public grade schools

A high school in Nova Scotia has typically meant a 'senior high school', referring to a school responsible for the education of students grades 10 to 12 or grades 9 to 12. A junior high school is typically responsible for grades 7 to 9 or grades 6 to 8, where the latter type is more often called a middle school. Some rural high schools combine junior and senior high schools, providing education for grades 7 to 12.
An elementary school is responsible for the education of students from grade kindergarten or grade 1 to grade 5 or 6. A number of Nova Scotian schools combine elementary or the later grades of elementary with junior high or the earlier grades of junior high to form what is referred to as a consolidated school. . Finally, a few schools have all grades from kindergarten to 12.
In summary prominent patterns by which Nova Scotian grade school students attend school are as follows:
1)elementary school, grades pr to 6; junior high school, grades 7 to 9; high school, 10 to 12
2)elementary school, grades pr to 5; middle school, grades 6 to 8; high school, 9 to 12
3)elementary school, grades pr to 6; junior and senior high school 7 to 12
4)consolidated school, grades pr to 9; high school, 10 to 12
5)elementary school, grades pr to 4; consolidated school, grades 5 to 9; high school, grades 10 to 12.

List of Nova Scotia public grade schools

The following are all the public schools in Nova Scotia listed according to the board by which they are managed, and by county. The numbers provided refer to the grades of each school, where "pr" refers to primary = kindergarten and "to" entails "including". Next to the grades is given the community each school in located in.

[Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education]

Annapolis County">Annapolis County, Nova Scotia">Annapolis County

Kings County">Kings County, Nova Scotia">Kings County

West Hants Municipality">West Hants, Nova Scotia">West Hants Municipality

[Cape Breton - Victoria Regional Centre for Education]

[Cape Breton Regional Municipality]

Victoria County">Victoria County, Nova Scotia">Victoria County

Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education">Chignecto-Central Regional School Board">Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education

Pictou County">Pictou County, Nova Scotia">Pictou County (Celtic)

Cumberland County">Cumberland County, Nova Scotia">Cumberland County (Chignecto)

Central and Northern Colchester County">Colchester County, Nova Scotia">Colchester County (Cobequid)

East Hants Municipal District">East Hants, Nova Scotia">East Hants Municipal District and southern Colchester County (Nova)

Halifax Regional Centre for Education">Halifax Regional Centre For Education">Halifax Regional Centre for Education - [Halifax Regional Municipality]

Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley

Former Schools in the Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley Region:

Waverley">Waverley, Nova Scotia">Waverley - Fall River">Fall River, Nova Scotia">Fall River - Beaver Bank">Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia">Beaver Bank - Bedford">Bedford, Nova Scotia">Bedford

  • Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School ; 10 Lockview Rd, Fall River
  • Basinview Drive Community Elementary School ; 273 Basinview Dr, Bedford
  • Beaver Bank-Kinsac Elementary School ; 28 Kinsac Rd, Kinsac
  • Beaver Bank-Monarch Drive Elementary School ; 1 Monarch Dr, Beaver Bank
  • Holland Road Elementary School ; 181 Holland Rd, Fletchers Lake
  • Lake Charles Academy ; 955 Waverley Rd, Waverley
  • Oldfield Consolidated School
  • Sunnyside Elementary School ; 210 Eaglewood Dr, Bedford
  • Sunnyside Elementary School ; 21 Perth St, Bedford
  • Sunnyside Elementary School ; 18 Scotia Dr, Bedford
  • Waverley Memorial - L. C. Skerry Elementary School ; 15 School St, Waverley
  • Waverley Memorial - L. C. Skerry Elementary School ; 1279 Rocky Lake Dr, Waverley
  • Bedford South School ; 2 Oceanview Dr, Bedford
  • Broad Street PP-8 School, 50 Broad St, Bedford
  • Rocky Lake Elementary School ; 426 Rocky Lake Dr, Bedford
  • Rocky Lake Junior High School ; 670 Rocky Lake Dr, Bedford
  • Georges P. Vanier Junior High School ; 1410 Fall River Dr, Fall River
  • Harold T. Barrett Junior High School ; 862 Beaverbank Rd, Beaver Bank
  • Lockview High School ; 148 Lockview Rd, Fall River
  • Charles P Allen High School ; 200 Innovation Dr, Bedford
  • West Bedford High School, 50 Broad St, Bedford

Preston - Lawrencetown - Chezzetcook

Cole Harbour">Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia">Cole Harbour - Woodside">Woodside, Nova Scotia">Woodside - Eastern Passage">Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia">Eastern Passage

East Dartmouth - The Lakes - Portland - East Woodlawn

Dartmouth Centre - Albro Lake">Albro Lake, Nova Scotia">Albro Lake- Harbourview

Clayton Park West - Fairview - Clayton Park - Rockingham - Wentworth

North End Halifax">North End, Halifax">North End Halifax - [Downtown Halifax]

[Northwest Arm] - South End">South End, Halifax">South End - Connaught - Quinpool">Quinpool district">Quinpool

Purcell's Cove - Armdale - Spryfield - Herring Cove

  • Central Spryfield School ; 364 Herring Cove Rd, Spryfield
  • Chebucto Heights Elementary School ; 230 Cowie Rd, Armdale
  • Harrietsfield Elementary School ; 1150 Old Sambro Rd, Harrietsfield
  • John W. MacLeod - Fleming Tower Elementary School ; 25 Randolph St, Armdale
  • John W. MacLeod - Fleming Tower Elementary School ; 159 Purcells Cove Rd, Armdale
  • Sambro Elementary School Sambro
  • Springvale Elementary School ; 92 Downs Ave, Halifax
  • William King Elementary School ; 91 St. Paul Ave, Herring Cove
  • Elizabeth Sutherland School ; 66 Rockingstone Rd, Halifax
  • Rockingstone Heights School ; 1 Regan Dr, Halifax
  • Cunard Junior High School ; 121 Williams Lake Rd, Spryfield
  • Herring Cove Junior High ; 7 Lancaster Dr, Herring Cove
  • J.L.Ilsley High School ; 38 Sylvia Ave, Spryfield

Timberlea - Prospect - Hammonds Plains - St. Margaret's

Middle & Upper Sackville - Lucasville - Lower Sackville

[South Shore Regional Centre for Education]

Lunenburg County">Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia">Lunenburg County

Region of Queens Municipality">Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia">Region of Queens Municipality

[Strait Regional School Board]

Inverness County">Inverness County, Nova Scotia">Inverness County

Richmond County">Richmond County, Nova Scotia">Richmond County

Antigonish County">Antigonish County, Nova Scotia">Antigonish County

Guysborough County">Guysborough County, Nova Scotia">Guysborough County

[Tri-County Regional School Board]

Digby County">Digby County, Nova Scotia">Digby County

Yarmouth County">Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia">Yarmouth County

Shelburne County">Shelburne County, Nova Scotia">Shelburne County

[Conseil scolaire acadien provincial]

Région Nord-Est

Région Centrale

Région Sud-Ouest

List of Nova Scotia private schools

The following are private schools in Nova Scotia. The numbers provided refer to the grades of each school, where "pr" refers to primary = kindergarten, “jp” refers to junior primary and "to" entails "including". Next to the grades is given the community in which each school is located.