Photo: William Matheson · CC BY-SA 2.0Results around Houston lean low: 3 of 3 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia
In or within 3 km of Houston: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
How Houston’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) | 2 | 424 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 417 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 423 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 391 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 82% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area trails, 391 against 454 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 5: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Twain Sullivan ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 429 · G4 numeracy 429 · G7 literacy 456 · G7 numeracy 405 | Fourth fifth |
| Houston Christian SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 419 · G4 numeracy 406 · G7 literacy 390 · G7 numeracy 378 · Graduation 92% | Bottom fifth |
| Houston SecondarySecondary | Graduation 71% | 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 4 schools in and around Houston are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Houston
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 Houston’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 3 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Houston
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Houston
High schools within reach of Houston
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Houston Secondary, 0.6 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston SecondarySecondary | SD 54 Bulkley Valley | English public | Bottom fifth | 0.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Lake City | 3,240 | 55 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | 3,189 | 16 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan | 3,184 | 7 | 0 | 5.1 km |
| Welcome Beach | 3,130 | 6 | 2 | 11 km |
| Houston | 3,114 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 3,069 | 8 | 1 | 5.4 km |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 3,057 | 11 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Princeton | 3,050 | 4 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Elkford | 3,030 | 2 | 0 | 53 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
Of the 78 others, 49 count more schools. In 17 of the 79, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Inside Houston’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Houston
How do I get a place at a school in Houston?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
How many schools are there in Houston?
All 4 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Houston?
There is none in or near Houston (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).