Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0Mixed results around Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako: 1 high and 1 low of 6 schools in British Columbia
Top of the area on results: Northside Christian School. The 3 km around Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako counts 6 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools.
How Electoral Area F, 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) | 4 | 483 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 4 | 469 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 435 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 462 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 65% | 91% |
On first-time graduation the area trails, 65% against 91% in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 1 of 5 measures and behind on 2.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Northside Christian SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 489 · G4 numeracy 501 · G7 literacy 514 · G7 numeracy 480 · Graduation masked | Second fifth |
| Sinkut View ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 484 · G4 numeracy 460 | Middle fifth |
| W L McLeod ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 482 · G4 numeracy 473 | Middle fifth |
| Evelyn Dickson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Nechako Valley SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 435 · G7 numeracy 423 · Graduation 97% | Middle fifth |
| EBUS AcademyAlternative or adult | G4 literacy no data · G4 numeracy no data · G7 literacy 432 · G7 numeracy 462 · Graduation 33% | Fourth 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 9 schools in and around Electoral Area F, 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 F, Bulkley-Nechako
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in British Columbia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 F, Bulkley-Nechako’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 7 and independent 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
High schools within reach of Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Woodland Centre School, 4.1 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Centre SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | – | 4.1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
Beyond the ordinary schools: online learning through EBUS Academy; alternative programs at Valhalla High. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | 5,745 | 16 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Lake Cowichan | 3,757 | 3 | 0 | 24 km |
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo | 3,733 | 36 | 2 | 3.2 km |
| Cowichan Bay | 3,713 | 16 | 1 | 2.6 km |
| Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap | 3,672 | 6 | 1 | 4.6 km |
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako | 3,643 | 9 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Pemberton | 3,620 | 3 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Colebrook | 3,617 | 31 | 1 | 1.9 km |
| Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary | 3,570 | 4 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola | 3,543 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
27 out of 94 comparable towns have more schools. A school in French is nearby in 20 towns of 95.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 km |
| Vanderhoof 10 km | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 km |
It has more schools than any of its 1 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- 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. A school counts when it sits inside Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
No, none within 3 km of Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
The town holds 2 of them; 7 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).