Photo: Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Results around Buckingham Heights split both ways in British Columbia: 26 of 51 schools high, 12 low
Top of the area on results: Home Learners Program and John Knox Christian - Elementary Campus. Its 3 km reach takes in 44 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 11 alternative or adult schools, all of Buckingham Heights’s schooling.
What stands out about Buckingham Heights’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Home Learners Program (alternative or adult), in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Buckingham Heights’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) | 40 | 478 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 40 | 495 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 34 | 487 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 34 | 493 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 11 | 89% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area runs ahead, 493 against 454 in British Columbia. 3 measures above the provincial middle, 0 below, out of 5.
Every school’s results (51)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Home Learners ProgramAlternative or adult | G4 literacy 595 · G4 numeracy 657 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Top fifth |
| John Knox Christian - Elementary CampusElementary | G4 literacy 569 · G4 numeracy 604 | Top fifth |
| John Knox Christian - Secondary CampusElementary | G7 literacy 615 · G7 numeracy 674 · Graduation 97% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of MercyElementary | G4 literacy 662 · G4 numeracy 655 · G7 literacy 611 · G7 numeracy 630 | Top fifth |
| St. Francis de SalesElementary | G4 literacy 532 · G4 numeracy 555 · G7 literacy 552 · G7 numeracy 565 | Top fifth |
| St. MichaelsElementary | G4 literacy 556 · G4 numeracy 574 · G7 literacy 574 · G7 numeracy 589 | Top fifth |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Deer Lake SDA SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 606 · G4 numeracy 617 · G7 literacy 572 · G7 numeracy 561 · Graduation 96% | Top fifth |
| Aubrey ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 544 · G4 numeracy 526 · G7 literacy 490 · G7 numeracy 517 | Top fifth |
| Ecole Seaforth ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 503 · G4 numeracy 502 · G7 literacy 515 · G7 numeracy 545 | Top fifth |
| Lochdale Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 495 · G4 numeracy 514 · G7 literacy 517 · G7 numeracy 519 | Top fifth |
| Parkcrest ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 509 · G7 literacy 535 · G7 numeracy 550 | Top fifth |
| Brantford ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 526 · G7 literacy 487 · G7 numeracy 497 | Second fifth |
| Connaught Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 530 | Second fifth |
| F W Howay ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 526 · G4 numeracy 509 | Second fifth |
| Clinton ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 494 · G7 numeracy 522 | Second fifth |
| Taylor Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 483 · G4 numeracy 507 · G7 literacy 508 · G7 numeracy 533 | Second fifth |
| Herbert Spencer ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 489 | Second fifth |
| Moscrop SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| Skwo:wechElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 505 | Second fifth |
| Sperling ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 478 · G4 numeracy 483 · G7 literacy 502 · G7 numeracy 526 | Second fifth |
| Buckingham ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 509 · G7 literacy 498 · G7 numeracy 484 | Second fifth |
| Chaffey-Burke ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 481 · G7 literacy 486 · G7 numeracy 504 | Second fifth |
| Lakeview ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 471 · G4 numeracy 495 · G7 literacy 485 · G7 numeracy 488 | Second fifth |
| South Slope ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 462 · G4 numeracy 471 · G7 literacy 508 · G7 numeracy 518 | Second fifth |
| École Marlborough ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 455 · G4 numeracy 488 · G7 literacy 510 · G7 numeracy 547 | Second fifth |
| Cameron ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 510 · G7 literacy 462 · G7 numeracy 470 | Middle fifth |
| Douglas Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 478 · G4 numeracy 498 · G7 literacy 449 · G7 numeracy 454 | Middle fifth |
| Gilpin ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 458 · G4 numeracy 443 · G7 literacy 493 · G7 numeracy 488 | Middle fifth |
| Montecito ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 524 · G4 numeracy 522 · G7 literacy 445 · G7 numeracy 404 | Middle fifth |
| Nelson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 482 · G7 literacy 477 · G7 numeracy 497 | Middle fifth |
| Second Street Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 483 · G4 numeracy 470 · G7 literacy 477 · G7 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Glenbrook Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 476 · G7 numeracy 452 | Middle fifth |
| Edmonds Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 468 · G4 numeracy 466 · G7 literacy 482 · G7 numeracy 430 | Middle fifth |
| Forest Grove ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 495 · G7 literacy 421 · G7 numeracy 408 | Middle fifth |
| Armstrong ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 473 · G7 literacy 447 · G7 numeracy 462 | Middle fifth |
| Maywood Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 465 · G7 literacy 460 · G7 numeracy 463 | Middle fifth |
| Lord Kelvin ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 448 | Fourth fifth |
| Lord Tweedsmuir ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 443 | Fourth fifth |
| Stride Avenue Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 452 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 429 | Fourth fifth |
| Windsor ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 435 · G7 numeracy 376 | Fourth fifth |
| Twelfth Avenue ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 454 · G4 numeracy 450 · G7 literacy 433 · G7 numeracy 453 | Fourth fifth |
| Burnaby Central SecondaryElementary | Graduation 84% | Fourth fifth |
| Glenwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 451 · G7 literacy 444 · G7 numeracy 422 | Fourth fifth |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | Graduation 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Morley ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 429 · G4 numeracy 458 · G7 literacy 401 · G7 numeracy 404 | Bottom fifth |
| Burnaby Online ProgramAlternative or adult | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy no data · G7 numeracy no data · Graduation 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | Graduation 79% | Bottom fifth |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | Graduation 75% | 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 62 schools in and around Buckingham Heights are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Buckingham Heights
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Buckingham Heights’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Grouped by system: English public 53 and independent 9.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Among 2 boards, SD 41 Burnaby leads with 41.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 41 BurnabyArmstrong, Aubrey, BC Provincial School for the Deaf, BC Provincial School for the Deaf Secondary, Brantford, Buckingham, Burnaby Central Secondary, Burnaby Continuing Education … | English public | 41 |
| SD 40 New WestminsterConnaught Heights, Ecole Glenbrook, F W Howay, Herbert Spencer, Home Learners Program, Lord Kelvin, Lord Tweedsmuir, New Westminster Continuing Education … | English public | 12 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Buckingham Heights
Independent schools
Independent schools choose their students and charge fees, with part of their costs paid by the province when they qualify.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 62 schools in and around Buckingham Heights
Show all 44 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Buckingham Heights
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 71 high schools: 40 English public and 31 independent. The closest high school is Burnaby South Secondary, 2.2 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 2.2 km |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 2.4 km |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 2.5 km |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | Fourth fifth | 3 km |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 3.4 km |
| Moscrop SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Second fifth | 3.5 km |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 4.6 km |
| Purpose Independent Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 5 km |
| Queensborough Middle SchoolAll grades | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | – | 5.1 km |
| Whytecliff Agile Learning Centre-BurnabySecondary | – | Independent | – | 5.2 km |
All 71 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby North SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 5.3 km |
| Windermere Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 5.9 km |
| Alpha SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 5.9 km |
| Killarney SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 6 km |
| Choice School For Gifted ChildrenAll grades | – | Independent | – | 7 km |
| Khalsa Secondary School (Surrey)Secondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 7.2 km |
| St. John's AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 7.3 km |
| Qawsain Knowledge HouseAll grades | – | Independent | – | 7.6 km |
| Notre Dame Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 8 km |
| Delview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 8 km |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 8.3 km |
| Port Moody SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 8.4 km |
| Centennial SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 8.6 km |
| Templeton SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 9 km |
| Britannia Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Bottom fifth | 9.5 km |
| North Delta SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Fourth fifth | 9.5 km |
| Sands SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 9.5 km |
| John Oliver SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 9.5 km |
| Honour Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 9.6 km |
| Windsor SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 9.6 km |
| Seycove Secondary CommunitySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Top fifth | 9.8 km |
| Sir Charles Tupper SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 9.9 km |
| Cambie SecondarySecondary | SD 38 Richmond | English public | Fourth fifth | 10 km |
| Burnsview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 11 km |
| Columbia CollegeSecondary | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| St. Patrick Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| École Dr. Charles Best SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Canada Star Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| SAIL SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 11 km |
| SD 36 Education Services (Type 1)Secondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 11 km |
| Heritage Woods SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| King David High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 12 km |
| Eric Hamber SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 12 km |
| Johnathan AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 12 km |
| Seaquam SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| Canada Royal Arts High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 12 km |
| Lowell High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 12 km |
| BC Muslim SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 12 km |
| Sutherland SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
| Alexander AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Columbia AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Guru Angad Dev SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 13 km |
| Gleneagle SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 13 km |
| Franklin SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Ecole Riverside SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 13 km |
| City Vancouver AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Tamim Academy of VancouverAll grades | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Pattison High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| A.R. MacNeill SecondarySecondary | SD 38 Richmond | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
| St. Thomas AquinasSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 13 km |
| Tamanawis SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Argyle SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 14 km |
| Maple Hill SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Bodwell High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 14 km |
| Magee SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| Cousteau L'ecole Francaise Interna'leAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 14 km |
| Point Grey SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| Carson Graham SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Madrona SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 14 km |
| Hope Lutheran Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Buckingham Heights
Other schooling here: online learning through Burnaby Online Program and Home Learners Program; youth custody or residential programs at BC Provincial School for the Deaf Secondary and BC Provincial School for the Deaf Elementary; adult and continuing education at New Westminster Continuing Education and Burnaby Continuing Education; alternative programs at Sigma, Royal Oak Secondary Program, Take A Hike Secondary Program, Burnaby Youth Hub Secondary Program and Royal City Alternate Program. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 67 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 31 | 0 | 2.6 km |
| South Slope | 8,989 | 61 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 26 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Electoral Area F, Nanaimo | 8,810 | 11 | 0 | 6.2 km |
| Buckingham Heights | 8,794 | 62 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Trail | 8,539 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Deer Lake | 8,417 | 61 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | 8,415 | 11 | 0 | 12 km |
| Electoral Area G, Nanaimo | 8,412 | 11 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo | 5,358 | 4 | 0 | 13 km |
8 of the 79 others have more schools in reach. 22 of 80 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Buckingham Heights
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
67 schools make East Burnaby the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Buckingham Heights’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of BC’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; masked small groups would make places misleading.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
Questions about schools in Buckingham Heights
How many schools are there in Buckingham Heights?
3 in the town, 59 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Buckingham Heights?
Not within 3 km of Buckingham Heights. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Buckingham Heights?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Buckingham Heights?
SD 41 Burnaby (41) and SD 40 New Westminster (12), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).