Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAround Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay, 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school: 4 schools in all
One board, SD 10 Arrow Lakes, runs them all. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
How Electoral Area K, 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) | 1 | 498 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 477 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 466 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 420 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 89% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area trails, 420 against 454 in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 1 above the middle, 1 below.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Nakusp ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 498 · G4 numeracy 477 · G7 literacy 466 · G7 numeracy 420 | Middle fifth |
| Nakusp SecondarySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle 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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area K, 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 K, Central Kootenay
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.
None of them teaches 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 K, Central Kootenay’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
High schools within reach of Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Nakusp Secondary, at 11 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakusp SecondarySecondary | SD 10 Arrow Lakes | English public | Middle fifth | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Nakusp 11 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- 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 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. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay?
Not in or within 3 km of Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or 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).