Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0The nearest high school to Cranbrook is 0.2 km away
Within 3 km of the town there are 11 elementary schools and 1 alternative or adult school only. Results lean low: 7 of 11 in the lower two fifths in British Columbia.
What stands out about Cranbrook’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at St Mary's Catholic Independent (elementary), in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
High schools within reach of Cranbrook
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Cranbrook’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) | 8 | 441 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 8 | 450 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 459 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 417 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 90% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 417 against 454 in British Columbia. On 0 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 3 it trails.
Every school’s results (11)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic IndependentElementary | G4 literacy 515 · G4 numeracy 536 | Top fifth |
| Gordon Terrace ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 464 · G4 numeracy 479 | Middle fifth |
| Kootenay Christian AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 502 · G7 literacy 474 · G7 numeracy 417 · Graduation 87% | Middle fifth |
| Mount Baker SecondaryElementary | Graduation 92% | Middle fifth |
| Parkland Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 459 · G7 numeracy 432 | Fourth fifth |
| Kootenay Orchards ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 440 · G4 numeracy 448 | Fourth fifth |
| T M Roberts ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 442 · G4 numeracy 453 | Fourth fifth |
| Highlands ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 400 · G4 numeracy 435 | Bottom fifth |
| Laurie Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 407 · G7 numeracy 384 | Bottom fifth |
| Pinewood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 402 · G4 numeracy 390 | Bottom fifth |
| Steeples ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 406 · G4 numeracy 416 | 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 12 schools in and around Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook
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.
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 Cranbrook’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: English public 10 and independent 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Cranbrook
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Cranbrook
Alternative, adult and other schools around Cranbrook
Besides the elementary and high schools: alternative programs at Kootenay Educational Services. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings-Sunrise | 36,072 | 75 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 101 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| Brownsville | 23,515 | 67 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 90 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Colwood | 22,794 | 27 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Cranbrook | 22,703 | 12 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Brentwood | 22,170 | 57 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Heights | 22,141 | 50 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | 22,031 | 58 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Dunbar-Southlands | 21,117 | 50 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 24 | 0 | 1.5 km |
Among 55 towns its size, 48 have more schools nearby. 25 of the 56 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 Cranbrook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay 4.4 km | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4.6 km |
Each of its 1 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Cranbrook’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
Questions about schools in Cranbrook
How do I get a place at a school in Cranbrook?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Cranbrook?
Not within 3 km of Cranbrook. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Cranbrook?
The town holds all 12; none is outside 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).