Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.0Results around Kitimat lean low: 4 of 5 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia
The strongest results are at St Anthony's. In or within 3 km of Kitimat: 3 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school.
How Kitimat’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 4 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 466 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 453 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 460 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 426 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 73% | 91% |
The widest gap is on first-time graduation, where the area’s schools reach 73% against 91% in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 3 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Anthony'sAll grades | G4 literacy 512 · G4 numeracy 490 · G7 literacy 500 · G7 numeracy 476 | Second fifth |
| Kildala ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 466 · G4 numeracy 453 | Fourth fifth |
| Nechako ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 458 · G4 numeracy 431 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Fourth fifth |
| Mount Elizabeth Middle/SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 420 · G7 numeracy 375 · Graduation 82% | Bottom fifth |
| Kitimat City HighAlternative or adult | Graduation 63% | 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 5 schools in and around Kitimat 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 Kitimat
The language each school teaches in, against every school in British Columbia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 Kitimat’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is English public 4 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Kitimat
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
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 5 schools in and around Kitimat
High schools within reach of Kitimat
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: St Anthony's, 2.1 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anthony'sAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 2.1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Kitimat
Beyond the ordinary schools: alternative programs at Kitimat City High. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comox | 15,884 | 13 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Birdland | 10,745 | 43 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Montecito | 10,734 | 30 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Coal Harbour | 10,407 | 29 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 13 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Kitimat | 10,019 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Blind Bay | 9,984 | 5 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| Ladysmith | 9,926 | 5 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Shawnigan | 9,903 | 10 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 78 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 14 | 0 | 1.6 km |
65 of the 74 others have more schools in reach. 23 of 75 have a school teaching 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
- Which schools count. Every school inside Kitimat’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
Questions about schools in Kitimat
Is there a French-language school in Kitimat?
Not in or within 3 km of Kitimat; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Kitimat?
All 5 are inside the town itself.
How do I get a place at a school in Kitimat?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).