Photo: K29328 · CC BY-SA 4.0Creston’s 4 schools with results spread wide in British Columbia, 0 in the top two fifths and 2 in the bottom two
Taken together, Creston and its 3 km edge hold 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school.
How Creston’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 B−: 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) | 3 | 438 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 429 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 448 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 410 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 92% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area trails, 410 against 454 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 4 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Kootenay River SecondarySecondary | Graduation 92% | Middle fifth |
| Yaqan Nukiy SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 441 · G4 numeracy 422 · G7 literacy 474 · G7 numeracy 509 | Middle fifth |
| Adam Robertson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 438 · G4 numeracy 439 · G7 literacy 448 · G7 numeracy 410 | Fourth fifth |
| Erickson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 435 · G4 numeracy 429 · G7 literacy 388 · G7 numeracy 341 | 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 Creston are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Creston
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.
None of them 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 Creston’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 Creston
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
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Creston
High schools within reach of Creston
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 independent and 1 English public. 0.6 km away, Kootenay River Secondary is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kootenay River SecondarySecondary | SD 8 Kootenay Lake | English public | Middle fifth | 0.6 km |
| Kootenay Valley Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | – | 1.9 km |
| Mormon Hills Elementary SecondaryAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Creston
The area also has online learning through Elev8 Homelinks. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar | 9,465 | 4 | 0 | 3.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | 19 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Peachland | 6,302 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 km |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 14 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 69 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Creston | 5,976 | 6 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Mile 108 Recreational Ranch | 5,887 | 5 | 0 | 11 km |
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 7 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako | 5,829 | 12 | 1 | 51 km |
| Electoral Area B, Peace River | 5,814 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| … | ||||
| Colebrook | 3,617 | 31 | 1 | 1.9 km |
62 of the 98 others have more schools in reach. 26 of 99 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Creston
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay 2.8 km | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 km |
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay 2.9 km | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 km |
Top among the neighbours: Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay, 8 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Creston’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Creston
Is there a French-language school in Creston?
Not in or within 3 km of Creston; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Creston?
4 are inside the town itself and 2 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Creston?
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).