Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn the lower two fifths in British Columbia: 8 of the 9 schools around Electoral Area E, Cariboo with results
Counting a 3 km margin, Electoral Area E, Cariboo has 9 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools.
How Electoral Area E, Cariboo’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 D: 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) | 7 | 420 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 7 | 402 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 428 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 392 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 78% | 91% |
On Grade 4 numeracy the area trails, 402 against 472 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 5: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (9)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cataline ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 444 · G4 numeracy 486 | Middle fifth |
| Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 443 · G4 numeracy 477 · G7 literacy 444 · G7 numeracy 404 | Fourth fifth |
| Marie Sharpe ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 446 · G4 numeracy 382 | Bottom fifth |
| Mountview ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 383 · G4 numeracy 433 | Bottom fifth |
| Chilcotin Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 420 · G4 numeracy 402 | Bottom fifth |
| Columneetza Junior SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 413 · G7 numeracy 380 | Bottom fifth |
| Lake City SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy no data · G7 numeracy no data · Graduation 78% | Bottom fifth |
| Maranatha Christian SchoolAll grades | G4 literacy 382 · G4 numeracy 401 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Bottom fifth |
| Nesika ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 413 · G4 numeracy 390 | 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 12 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Cariboo are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area E, Cariboo
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.
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 E, Cariboo’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
The split by system: English public 9 and independent 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area E, Cariboo
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Cariboo
High schools within reach of Electoral Area E, Cariboo
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Maranatha Christian School, 5.4 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maranatha Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 5.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area E, Cariboo
Besides the elementary and high schools: online learning through Graduation Routes Other Ways; alternative programs at Skyline Alternate School. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniedale | 6,715 | 53 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Invermere | 4,305 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 38 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast | 4,279 | 6 | 0 | 2 km |
| Lantzville | 4,276 | 7 | 0 | 7.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo | 4,242 | 12 | 0 | 5.4 km |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 43 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay | 4,209 | 16 | 2 | 3.5 km |
| Port Hardy | 4,201 | 6 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 11 | 0 | 9.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
More schools are within reach in 26 of the 107 other towns. Schooling in French is on hand in 22 of the 108.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area E, Cariboo
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 E, Cariboo | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5.4 km |
| Williams Lake 6.8 km | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo 13 km | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6.6 km |
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Electoral Area E, Cariboo or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area E, Cariboo
How many schools are there in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
The town holds 2 of them; 10 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
Not near Electoral Area E, Cariboo: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).