Of Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s 3 tested schools, 0 sit above the middle in British Columbia and 1 below
The 3 km around Electoral Area F, Cariboo counts 4 elementary schools and 2 schools for every grade.
How Electoral Area F, 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 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) | 3 | 447 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 484 | 472 |
The widest gap is on Grade 4 literacy, where the area’s schools reach 447 against 468 in British Columbia.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| 150 Mile ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 447 · G4 numeracy 484 | Middle fifth |
| Horsefly Elem-Jr SecondaryAll grades | G4 literacy 457 · G4 numeracy 489 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Middle fifth |
| Maranatha Christian SchoolAll grades | G4 literacy 382 · G4 numeracy 401 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | 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 6 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Cariboo 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, Cariboo
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.
There is no French-language school among them.
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, Cariboo’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 4 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, Cariboo
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Cariboo
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdom | 7,976 | 35 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area D, Peace River | 5,100 | 14 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Gibsons | 5,090 | 6 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Cobble Hill | 5,074 | 8 | 0 | 4 km |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 20 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo | 5,016 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 7 | 0 | 6.1 km |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap | 4,829 | 6 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | 4,815 | 2 | 0 | 19 km |
| … | ||||
| Bainbridge | 3,015 | 32 | 0 | 2.5 km |
Of the 101 others, 55 count more schools. Of the 102, 23 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- 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. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area F, Cariboo
How many schools are there in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
4 in the town, 2 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
Not near Electoral Area F, 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 F, Cariboo?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).