Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost schools around Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap score below the middle in British Columbia: 3 of 5
Counting a 3 km margin, Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap has 1 elementary school, 4 schools for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school.
How Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’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) | 5 | 469 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 5 | 480 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 4 | 438 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 4 | 453 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 47% | 91% |
On first-time graduation the area trails, 47% against 91% in British Columbia. On 0 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Falkland Elementary Junior SchoolAll grades | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 501 · G7 literacy 443 · G7 numeracy 492 | Middle fifth |
| Anchor Academy (DL)Alternative or adult | G4 literacy 487 · G4 numeracy 538 · G7 literacy 450 · G7 numeracy 475 · Graduation 47% | Middle fifth |
| Ranchero Elementary JuniorAll grades | G4 literacy 479 · G4 numeracy 480 · G7 literacy 382 · G7 numeracy 426 | Fourth fifth |
| M.V. Beattie ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 436 · G4 numeracy 443 | Fourth fifth |
| Silver Creek Elementary SecondaryAll grades | G4 literacy 393 · G4 numeracy 374 · G7 literacy 433 · G7 numeracy 430 | 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 D, Columbia-Shuswap 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 D, Columbia-Shuswap
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.
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 D, Columbia-Shuswap’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Their systems: 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 D, Columbia-Shuswap
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
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 D, Columbia-Shuswap
High schools within reach of Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 3 English public. Silver Creek Elementary Secondary lies closest, 7.3 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Elementary SecondaryAll grades | SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw | English public | Bottom fifth | 7.3 km |
| Pleasant Valley SecondarySecondary | SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Falkland Elementary Junior SchoolAll grades | SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw | English public | Middle fifth | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
Outside the usual elementary and high schools: online learning through Anchor Academy (DL). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochdale | 7,463 | 36 | 0 | 0.8 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 |
| Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George | 4,802 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| Central Okanagan | 4,784 | 12 | 0 | 11 km |
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo | 4,702 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | 2,981 | 4 | 0 | 7.5 km |
Among 99 towns its size, 52 have more schools nearby. 22 of the 100 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
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 D, Columbia-Shuswap | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 km |
| Armstrong 14 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Enderby 15 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Spallumcheen 16 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 km |
Top among the neighbours: Spallumcheen, 7 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every BC school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap?
Not in or within 3 km of Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap?
5 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap?
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).