Photo: George Dean · CC BY-SA 3.0Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s teenagers travel 28 km to the nearest high school
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Electoral Area E, 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 B−: 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) | 1 | 402 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 451 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 488 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 482 | 454 |
The widest gap is on Grade 4 literacy, where the area’s schools reach 402 against 468 in British Columbia. On 2 of 4 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Francois Lake ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 402 · G4 numeracy 451 · G7 literacy 488 · G7 numeracy 482 | Middle 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 2 schools in and around Electoral Area E, 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 E, 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.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 E, Bulkley-Nechako’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. FSA scores and first-time graduation are placed by fifths among BC’s schools; international fee-paying students aren’t counted.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which schools near Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in British Columbia; the strongest is Francois Lake Elementary.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
There is none in or near Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
Every one of them, 2, is inside the town.
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).