Photo: Visit-World. com Author: www.visit-world.com · CC BY-SA 3.0Results around Gibsons split both ways in British Columbia: 2 of 4 schools high, 1 low
Best placed: Cedar Grove Elementary and Gibsons Elementary. Counting a 3 km margin, Gibsons has 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 alternative or adult schools.
How Gibsons’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) | 2 | 513 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 507 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 479 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 477 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 64% | 91% |
On first-time graduation the area trails, 64% against 91% in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 3 of 5 measures and behind on 1.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 536 · G4 numeracy 527 · G7 literacy 483 · G7 numeracy 467 | Second fifth |
| Gibsons ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 491 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 474 · G7 numeracy 488 | Second fifth |
| Elphinstone SecondarySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Sunshine Coast Alternative SchoolAlternative or adult | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 38% | 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 Gibsons are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Gibsons
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 Gibsons’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Gibsons
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Gibsons
High schools within reach of Gibsons
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Elphinstone Secondary, 0.6 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elphinstone SecondarySecondary | SD 46 Sunshine Coast | English public | Middle fifth | 0.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Gibsons
Besides the elementary and high schools: adult and continuing education at Continuing Ed SD 46; online learning through Spider; alternative programs at Sunshine Coast Alternative School. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Creek | 8,084 | 25 | 0 | 4.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | 5,243 | 8 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Metchosin | 5,207 | 8 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | 5,156 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River | 5,100 | 14 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Gibsons | 5,090 | 6 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Cobble Hill | 5,074 | 8 | 0 | 4 km |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 20 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo | 5,016 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Houston | 3,114 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
55 of the 99 others have more schools in reach. 24 of 100 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 Gibsons
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsons | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast 2.3 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast 4 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Roberts Creek 8.6 km | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Bowen Island 12 km | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 km |
Top among the neighbours: Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast, 7 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- Bands, not ranks. BC publishes average FSA scores and graduation rates, masking small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Gibsons’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Gibsons
How do I get a place at a school in Gibsons?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Gibsons?
The town holds 5 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Gibsons?
There is none in or near Gibsons (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).