Photo: Lkjx8651 · CC BY-SA 4.0One school serves Electoral Area B, East Kootenay: Jaffray Elem-Jr Secondary
SD 5 Southeast Kootenay runs it: All grades.
How Electoral Area B, East Kootenay’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 | 422 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 463 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 414 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 407 | 454 |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 literacy, where the area’s schools reach 414 against 467 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 3: that is the 4 measures.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Jaffray Elem-Jr SecondaryAll grades | G4 literacy 422 · G4 numeracy 463 · G7 literacy 414 · G7 numeracy 407 | Fourth 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 school in or near Electoral Area B, East Kootenay is
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Electoral Area B, East Kootenay
High schools within reach of Electoral Area B, East Kootenay
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Jaffray Elem-Jr Secondary, 1.3 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaffray Elem-Jr SecondaryAll grades | SD 5 Southeast Kootenay | English public | Fourth fifth | 1.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Electoral Area B, East Kootenay’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within BC only, measure by measure: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- 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 B, East Kootenay
How many schools are there in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay?
All 1 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay?
Not near Electoral Area B, East Kootenay: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area B, East Kootenay?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which schools near Electoral Area B, East Kootenay have the best results?
No school reaches the top fifth in British Columbia; Jaffray Elem-Jr Secondary comes closest.
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).