Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley has 2 independent schools among its 5
They include Brentwood College and Evergreen Independent School. The 4 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in British Columbia and 0 in the lower. Within 3 km of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley are 3 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools.
What stands out about Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s schools
The strongest results
Brentwood College (secondary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Who runs Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
System by system: English public 3 and independent 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’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 A: 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 | 465 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 455 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 477 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 466 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 97% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is first-time graduation: 97% here, against 91% in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 1 of 5 measures and behind on 1.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Brentwood CollegeSecondary | Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Frances Kelsey SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| Ecole Cobble Hill ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 468 · G4 numeracy 474 · G7 literacy 486 · G7 numeracy 454 | Middle fifth |
| George Bonner ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 461 · G4 numeracy 436 · G7 literacy 468 · G7 numeracy 478 | 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 5 schools in and around Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley 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 A, Cowichan Valley
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.
No school here 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.
How children get a place in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
High schools within reach of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
6 secondary schools are within 15 km: 3 independent and 3 English public. Brentwood College is closest, at 1.1 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood CollegeSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 1.1 km |
| Frances Kelsey SecondarySecondary | SD 79 Cowichan Valley | English public | Second fifth | 2.1 km |
| Shawnigan LakeSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 6.1 km |
| Parkland SecondarySecondary | SD 63 Saanich | English public | Middle fifth | 10 km |
| Sunrise Waldorf SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 11 km |
| Stelly's SecondarySecondary | SD 63 Saanich | English public | Middle fifth | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in British Columbia
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Creek | 8,084 | 25 | 0 | 4.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo | 5,358 | 4 | 0 | 13 km |
| Oliver | 5,262 | 7 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | 5,243 | 8 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Metchosin | 5,207 | 8 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | 5,156 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 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 |
| … | ||||
| Houston | 3,114 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
Set against 99 others, 69 have more schools in reach. In 24 of the 100, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
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 A, Cowichan Valley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| Cobble Hill 6 km | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 km |
| Shawnigan 6.6 km | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| North Saanich 9.5 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 km |
| Sidney 11 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Cowichan Bay 11 km | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2.6 km |
| Central Saanich 12 km | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 km |
Top among the neighbours: Cowichan Bay, 16 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. BC publishes average FSA scores and graduation rates, masking small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley?
Not in or within 3 km of Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley?
The town holds 3 of them; 2 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).