About Us

The Halifax Regional School Board was created in 1996 through the amalgamation of three individual boards that operated schools in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Halifax County.

Serving approximately 52,000 students in 137 schools, we are the largest school board in Atlantic Canada.

Since 2003, the board has had two student advisors, to provide input on the wide variety of issues that affect students.

Our vision is to ensure every school improves by 2012-2013.

HRSB by the numbers:*

Elementary schools: 85
Junior High schools: 28
Primary to Grade 9 : 9
Senior High schools: 15
Teachers and school administrators: 3,478
Total staff: 7,000 (approx.)
Students, primary to Grade 6: 25,881
Students, Grades 7 to 9: 12,234
Students, Grades 10 to 12: 13,992

* As of September 30, 2008

What does it cost to run the HRSB?

Our annual budget in 2007-08 was $345,004,600 of which $260,546,300 came to us from the Nova Scotia Department of Education and $83,020,200 came from the Halifax Regional Municipality. Below is a breakdown of the how the funding was spent.