Photo: Andre Charland · CC BY 2.0No high school in or near Gold River: the closest is 56 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools and 1 alternative or adult school only. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Gold River
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Gold River’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) | 1 | 431 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 436 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 407 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 358 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 77% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area trails, 358 against 454 in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 0 of 5 measures and behind on 5.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Watkins ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 431 · G4 numeracy 436 · G7 literacy 407 · G7 numeracy 358 | Bottom fifth |
| Gold River SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 77% | 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 Gold River 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 Gold River
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.
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 Gold River’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They all share one 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 Gold River
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Gold River
Alternative, adult and other schools around Gold River
Also within reach: adult and continuing education at Continuing Ed SD 84. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- 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.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Gold River and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
Questions about schools in Gold River
How do I get a place at a school in Gold River?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Gold River?
All 3 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Gold River?
No, none within 3 km of Gold River; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).