Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap’s teenagers travel 30 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 3 elementary schools, and no high school. Of the 3 with results, 3 sit in the lower two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Electoral Area E, 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) | 2 | 428 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 415 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 441 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 375 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 87% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 375 against 454 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 5 below.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 445 | Fourth fifth |
| Eagle River SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 441 · G7 numeracy 375 · Graduation 87% | Fourth fifth |
| North Canoe ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 400 · G4 numeracy 385 | 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 3 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap 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 E, Columbia-Shuswap
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in British Columbia marked.
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, Columbia-Shuswap’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: 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 E, Columbia-Shuswap
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 3 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap
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, Columbia-Shuswap | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 km |
| Sicamous 9.3 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
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. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap or within 3 km of it are here.
- 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. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap?
There is none in or near Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap?
0 are inside the town itself and 3 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap?
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).