Photo: NASA · Public domainNo high school in or near Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley: the closest is 20 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 4 elementary schools only. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Electoral Area F, 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 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) | 1 | 466 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 420 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 409 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 386 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 83% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 386 against 454 in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 0 of 5 measures and behind on 4.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Cowichan SecondaryElementary | Graduation 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Lake Cowichan ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 466 · G4 numeracy 420 · G7 literacy 409 · G7 numeracy 386 | 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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley
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.
Not one 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 F, Cowichan Valley’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.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
SD 79 Cowichan Valley counts 3, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 79 Cowichan ValleyLake Cowichan, Lake Cowichan Secondary, Palsson | English public | 3 |
| SD 62 SookePort Renfrew | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley
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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley
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 F, Cowichan Valley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 km |
| Lake Cowichan 5.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 km |
| Electoral Area I, Cowichan Valley 17 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 km |
It outnumbers its 2 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within BC only, measure by measure: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. Inside Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley?
There is none in or near Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley?
Inside the town there are 1; another 3 sit within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley?
By number of schools: SD 79 Cowichan Valley (3) and SD 62 Sooke (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area F, Cowichan Valley?
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).