Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost of the schools around Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley score above the middle in British Columbia: 3 of 4
The strongest include Cultus Lake Swílhcha Community School, GW Graham Secondary and Vedder Elementary. Its 3 km reach takes in 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, all of Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley’s schooling.
How Electoral Area E, Fraser 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 A: 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 | 477 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 485 | 472 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 96% | 91% |
The widest gap is on first-time graduation, where the area’s schools reach 96% against 91% in British Columbia. Of 3 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 0 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cultus Lake Swílhcha Community SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 508 | Second fifth |
| GW Graham SecondarySecondary | Graduation 96% | Second fifth |
| Vedder ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 485 | Second fifth |
| Promontory Heights Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 451 · G4 numeracy 459 | 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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Fraser 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 E, Fraser Valley
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in British Columbia marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 E, Fraser 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.
How children get a place in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
High schools within reach of Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 5 high schools: 3 English public, 1 independent and 1 French public. The nearest is GW Graham Secondary, 9.2 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW Graham SecondarySecondary | SD 33 Chilliwack | English public | Second fifth | 9.2 km |
| Cascade Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 13 km |
| Imagine High Integrated Arts/TechnologySecondary | SD 33 Chilliwack | English public | Middle fifth | 13 km |
| Chilliwack SecondarySecondary | SD 33 Chilliwack | English public | Bottom fifth | 13 km |
| La VerendryeAll grades | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 km |
| Tzeachten 13 9.2 km | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Skowkale 10 km | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2.6 km |
| Chilliwack 11 km | 42 | 1 | 8 | 1.9 km |
| Rosedale 13 km | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5.2 km |
| Cultus Lake 15 km | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 km |
| Kent 18 km | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 km |
Among the neighbours, Chilliwack has 42, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Public schools belong to English and French-language boards (or districts); independent schools run themselves.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
How many schools are there in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley?
0 are inside the town itself and 4 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley?
Not near Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley: 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 E, Fraser Valley?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).