St Mary's is a small rural school located near the heart of the Annapolis Valley. There are approximately 243 students most of whom are bussed and can come from as far away as 40km. Aylesford is a small village with pride as its logo says at the entrance of the village. It can boast many amenities such as Nova Scotia's only zoo, Oaklawn Farm home of the world's heaviest lion according to the Guiness Book of Records. It has one of the valleys finest ballfields complete with lights a rarity in a village. It may even be able to stake claim to being the oldest village in the valley at one time spanning the distance from Horton to Wilmot. If you check the pages on the communities that feed our school you can also learn a lot about the history and early families of the area.