Photo: Darren Kirby from Penticton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Of Campbell River’s 16 tested schools, 4 sit above the middle in British Columbia and 8 below
Top of the area on results: Ocean Grove Elementary and Ecole Des Deux Mondes Elementary. Of the 19, 2 teach in French (2% of schools in British Columbia). Counting a 3 km margin, Campbell River has 15 elementary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 school for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools.
How Campbell River’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) | 11 | 466 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 11 | 466 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 430 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 416 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 4 | 87% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 numeracy: 416 here, against 454 in British Columbia. On 0 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 3 it trails.
Every school’s results (16)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Grove ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 513 · G4 numeracy 506 | Second fifth |
| Ecole Des Deux Mondes ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 497 · G4 numeracy 501 | Second fifth |
| Quadra ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 466 · G4 numeracy 521 | Second fifth |
| Campbell River Christian SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 513 · G4 numeracy 512 · G7 literacy 468 · G7 numeracy 419 · Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Sandowne ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 487 · G4 numeracy 468 | Middle fifth |
| Ècole Willow Point ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Penfield ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 466 | Middle fifth |
| Timberline Secondary SchoolElementary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Pinecrest ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 437 · G4 numeracy 463 | Fourth fifth |
| Carihi SecondaryElementary | Graduation 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Phoenix MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 430 · G7 numeracy 408 | Fourth fifth |
| Cedar ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 439 · G4 numeracy 407 | Bottom fifth |
| Georgia Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 428 · G4 numeracy 436 | Bottom fifth |
| Ripple Rock ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 412 · G4 numeracy 436 | Bottom fifth |
| Southgate Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 393 · G7 numeracy 416 | Bottom fifth |
| Elm AlternateAlternative or adult | G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 23% | 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 19 schools in and around Campbell River are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Campbell River
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.
The French-language schools are Mer-et-montagne and Secondaire Carihi, run by SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone.
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 Campbell River’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
System by system: English public 16, French-language 2 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Among 2 boards, SD 72 Campbell River leads with 16.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 72 Campbell RiverCarihi Secondary, Cedar, Ecole Des Deux Mondes, Ecole Phoenix Middle, Elm Alternate, Ècole Willow Point, Georgia Park, Ocean Grove … | English public | 16 |
| SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophoneMer-et-montagne, Secondaire Carihi | French public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Campbell River
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 19 schools in and around Campbell River
High schools within reach of Campbell River
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 French public. The nearest is Mer-et-montagne, 0.9 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mer-et-montagneAll grades | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | – | 0.9 km |
| Secondaire CarihiSecondary | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | – | 2.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Campbell River
Other schooling here: online learning through eBlend; alternative programs at Elm Alternate. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford | 59,664 | 27 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Yaletown | 40,297 | 60 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| West Kelowna | 40,274 | 30 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 102 | 4 | 1.9 km |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 16 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Campbell River | 38,300 | 19 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 65 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Sunset | 37,186 | 78 | 4 | 1 km |
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | 91 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 76 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 90 | 2 | 0.4 km |
33 of the 36 others have more schools in reach. 25 of 37 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 Campbell River
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell River | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona 9.5 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona 9.5 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Campbell River and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
Questions about schools in Campbell River
How many schools are there in Campbell River?
17 in the town, 2 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Campbell River?
Yes, there are French-language schools: Mer-et-montagne and Secondaire Carihi.
How do I get a place at a school in Campbell River?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Campbell River?
By number of schools: SD 72 Campbell River (16) and SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone (2).
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).