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 Department of Education. While providing guidelines, the government divides administration of public education over seven regional school boards and one province wide school board 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. (For a list of post-secondary institutions see List of colleges and universities in Nova Scotia.)

There are seven English-language school boards in Nova Scotia:

There is a single province-wide French school board:

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 (and including) 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 (usually referred to in Nova Scotia as "grade primary") 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. (Note: The term 'consolidated' is also confusingly used in the naming of a few elementary schools too in the province). 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 (in parentheses) 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 School Board

Annapolis County

Kings County

Dwight Ross School in Greenwood

West Hants Municipality

Cape Breton - Victoria Regional School Board

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Victoria County

Chignecto-Central Regional School Board

Pictou County (Celtic)

Cumberland County (Chignecto)

Central and Northern Colchester County (Cobequid)

East Hants Municipal District and southern Colchester County (Nova)

Halifax Regional School Board - Halifax Regional Municipality

Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley

Waverley - Fall River - Beaver Bank - Bedford

Preston - Lawrencetown - Chezzetcook

Cole Harbour - Woodside - Eastern Passage

East Dartmouth - The Lakes - Portland - East Woodlawn

Dartmouth Centre - Albro Lake- Harbourview

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

North End Halifax - Downtown Halifax

Northwest Arm - South End - Connaught - Quinpool

Purcell's Cove - Armdale - Spryfield - Herring Cove

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

Middle & Upper Sackville - Lucasville - Lower Sackville

South Shore Regional School Board

Lunenburg County

Region of Queens Municipality

Strait Regional School Board

Inverness County

Richmond County

Antigonish County

Guysborough County

Tri-County Regional School Board

Digby County

Yarmouth County

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 (in parentheses) 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 in which each school is located.

See also

List of schools in Canada

References

  1. ↑ Academy History

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 17, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.