Photo: Vxceprex · CC BY-SA 3.0Grand Forks’s 3 schools with results spread wide in British Columbia, 1 in the top two fifths and 1 in the bottom two
Best placed: Grand Forks Secondary. Counting a 3 km margin, Grand Forks has 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 alternative or adult school.
How Grand Forks’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) | 2 | 441 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 482 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 463 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 484 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 93% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 484 against 454 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 1 below.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks SecondarySecondary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Dr. D.A. Perley ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 426 · G4 numeracy 505 · G7 literacy 497 · G7 numeracy 531 | Middle fifth |
| John A. Hutton ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 459 · G7 literacy 429 · G7 numeracy 438 | 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 Grand Forks are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Grand Forks
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Grand Forks’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 Grand Forks
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Grand Forks
High schools within reach of Grand Forks
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Grand Forks Secondary, 0.5 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks SecondarySecondary | SD 51 Boundary | English public | Second fifth | 0.5 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Grand Forks
Other schooling here: alternative programs at Walker Development Centre. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniedale | 6,715 | 53 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley | 4,482 | 16 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Golden | 4,433 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Rossland | 4,355 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay | 4,309 | 18 | 2 | 3.1 km |
| Grand Forks | 4,308 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Invermere | 4,305 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 38 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast | 4,279 | 6 | 0 | 2 km |
| Lantzville | 4,276 | 7 | 0 | 7.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Tsawwassen | 2,629 | 9 | 1 | 2.6 km |
Of the 103 others, 72 count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 22 towns of 104.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Grand Forks
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary 2.7 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area C (Christina Lake), Kootenay Boundary 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Grand Forks or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- 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. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in Grand Forks
How do I get a place at a school in Grand Forks?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Is there a French-language school in Grand Forks?
There is none in or near Grand Forks (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Grand Forks?
Every one of them, 4, is inside the town.
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).