The nearest high school to Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George is 10 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 3 elementary schools, and no high school. Of the 3 with results, 3 sit in the lower two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 1 English public and 1 French public. College Heights Secondary lies closest, 11 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Heights SecondarySecondary | SD 57 Prince George | English public | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Secondaire Duchess-ParkSecondary | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | Middle fifth | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George’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 D: 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 | 419 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 405 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 397 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 370 | 454 |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 370 against 454 in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 0 of 4 measures and behind on 4.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Blackburn ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 419 · G4 numeracy 391 · G7 literacy 453 · G7 numeracy 403 | Bottom fifth |
| Buckhorn ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 451 · G4 numeracy 405 · G7 literacy 397 · G7 numeracy 370 | Bottom fifth |
| Pineview ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 418 · G4 numeracy 448 · G7 literacy 381 · G7 numeracy 366 | 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 3 schools in and around Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George 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 D, Fraser-Fort George
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.
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.
Who runs Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochdale | 7,463 | 36 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 7 | 0 | 6.1 km |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap | 4,829 | 6 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | 4,815 | 2 | 0 | 19 km |
| Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George | 4,802 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| Central Okanagan | 4,784 | 12 | 0 | 11 km |
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo | 4,702 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 km |
| Douglas | 4,555 | 13 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | 4,546 | 4 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | 2,981 | 4 | 0 | 7.5 km |
Of the 99 others, 80 count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 22 towns of 100.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George
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 D, Fraser-Fort George | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Prince George 14 km | 42 | 2 | 7 | 1.4 km |
| Electoral Area F, Fraser-Fort George 16 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Prince George (42).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of BC’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; masked small groups would make places misleading.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George?
Not near Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George?
Inside the town there are 2; another 1 sit within 3 km.
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).