Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s schools mostly sit under the middle in British Columbia, 2 of the 3 with results
Top of the area on results: Fort St. James Secondary. Its 3 km reach takes in 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 alternative or adult school, all of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s schooling.
How Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s schools do on BC’s assessments
The Foundation Skills Assessment in Grades 4 and 7 and first-time graduation: each school against every school in BC.
Its School Grade is C+: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | British Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 391 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 400 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 390 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 416 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 93% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 literacy: 391 here, against 468 in British Columbia. On 0 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 4 it trails.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James SecondarySecondary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| David Hoy ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 390 · G4 numeracy 410 · G7 literacy 409 · G7 numeracy 445 | Bottom fifth |
| Nak'al Bun Elementary SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 392 · G4 numeracy 390 · G7 literacy 371 · G7 numeracy 387 | Bottom fifth |
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care: FSA 2021/22 to 2025/26 (the latest year with a value) and first-time Grade 12 graduation; masked where groups are small; resident students only. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Where the 4 schools in and around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
The language each school teaches in, against every school in British Columbia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
No school here teaches in French.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Grouped by system: English public 3 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
High schools within reach of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Fort St. James Secondary, at 5.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James SecondarySecondary | SD 91 Nechako Lakes | English public | Second fifth | 5.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Other schooling here: alternative programs at Fort St James Alternate Secondary. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 km |
| Fort St. James 5.4 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 km |
It has more schools than any of its 1 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. The area is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of BC’s schools on that measure; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
How many schools are there in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
0 are inside the town itself and 4 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
No, none within 3 km of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Sources: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 school list 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – British Columbia) · 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).