Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost schools around Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay score below the middle in British Columbia: 3 of 5
Top of the area on results: Mount Sentinel Secondary. Counting a 3 km margin, Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay has 4 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 alternative or adult school.
How Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’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) | 3 | 450 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 441 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 452 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 452 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 91% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 numeracy: 441 here, against 472 in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 0 above the middle, 3 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Sentinel SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 467 · G7 numeracy 452 · Graduation 98% | Second fifth |
| Brent Kennedy ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 474 · G4 numeracy 496 | Middle fifth |
| Robson Community SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 450 · G4 numeracy 441 · G7 literacy 452 · G7 numeracy 420 | Fourth fifth |
| Stanley Humphries SecondarySecondary | Graduation 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Twin Rivers ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 417 · G4 numeracy 388 · G7 literacy 449 · G7 numeracy 454 | 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 6 schools in and around Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay 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 I, Central Kootenay
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.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 I, Central Kootenay’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Among 2 boards, SD 8 Kootenay Lake leads with 3.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 8 Kootenay LakeBrent Kennedy, Mount Sentinel Secondary, Sequoia Centre | English public | 3 |
| SD 20 Kootenay-ColumbiaRobson, Stanley Humphries Secondary, Twin Rivers | English public | 3 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
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 6 schools in and around Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
High schools within reach of Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Stanley Humphries Secondary, 11 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Humphries SecondarySecondary | SD 20 Kootenay-Columbia | English public | Fourth fifth | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
The area also has alternative programs at Sequoia Centre. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland | 4,355 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Sicamous | 2,854 | 2 | 0 | 21 km |
| Cultus Lake | 2,773 | 9 | 0 | 6 km |
| Tofino | 2,772 | 1 | 0 | 18 km |
| Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley | 2,761 | 5 | 0 | 3.9 km |
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay | 2,758 | 6 | 0 | 6.3 km |
| Highlands | 2,753 | 9 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 8 | 0 | 41 km |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | 2,691 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay | 2,668 | 1 | 0 | 30 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
More schools are within reach in 31 of the 63 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 15 towns of 64.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
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 I, Central Kootenay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 km |
| Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay 12 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 km |
| Castlegar 13 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 km |
It has more schools than any of its 2 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Counted: Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Bands, not ranks. BC publishes average FSA scores and graduation rates, masking small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
Which boards run the schools in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay?
By number of schools: SD 8 Kootenay Lake (3) and SD 20 Kootenay-Columbia (3).
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay?
Inside the town there are 0; another 6 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay?
No, none within 3 km of Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).