Photo: Ferdilouw · CC BY-SA 4.0The nearest high school to Keremeos is 0.6 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 1 elementary school and 1 alternative or adult school, and no high school.
High schools within reach of Keremeos
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Keremeos’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 C+: 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 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 406 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 423 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 92% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 literacy, where the area’s schools reach 406 against 467 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 2: that is the 3 measures.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Similkameen Elem-SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 406 · G7 numeracy 423 · Graduation 92% | 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 2 schools in and around Keremeos 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 Keremeos
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.
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 Keremeos’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Keremeos
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 2 schools in and around Keremeos
Alternative, adult and other schools around Keremeos
Beyond the ordinary schools: alternative programs at Similkameen Secondary Alt. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Schools in the towns around Keremeos
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keremeos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen 8.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 km |
| Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen 11 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
Among the neighbours, Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen has 3, the most.
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. A 3 km band around Keremeos’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Keremeos
Is there a French-language school in Keremeos?
Not near Keremeos: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Keremeos?
All 2 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Which schools near Keremeos have the best results?
No school reaches the top fifth in British Columbia; Similkameen Elem-Secondary comes closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Keremeos?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).