Photo: outofthought · CC BY-SA 3.04 of Lake Country’s 5 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia
Top of the area on results: George Elliot Secondary. Counting a 3 km margin, Lake Country has 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
How Lake Country’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 B+: 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 | 455 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 466 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 426 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 422 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 94% | 91% |
On Grade 7 literacy the area trails, 426 against 467 in British Columbia. 1 measures above the provincial middle, 2 below, out of 5.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| George Elliot SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| Davidson Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 455 · G4 numeracy 476 | Fourth fifth |
| Oyama Traditional SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 447 · G4 numeracy 466 | Fourth fifth |
| HS Grenda Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 426 · G7 numeracy 422 | Fourth fifth |
| Peter Greer ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 452 | 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 5 schools in and around Lake Country are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Lake Country
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.
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 Lake Country’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 Lake Country
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Lake Country
High schools within reach of Lake Country
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
The one high school within 15 km is George Elliot Secondary, at 2.2 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Elliot SecondarySecondary | SD 23 Central Okanagan | English public | Second fifth | 2.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marpole | 28,182 | 55 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Collingwood | 18,399 | 64 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Royal Oak | 18,364 | 52 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Central Saanich | 18,184 | 8 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 38 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Lake Country | 17,637 | 5 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Sooke | 17,248 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| East Burnaby | 17,233 | 67 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 49 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 35 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Montecito | 10,734 | 30 | 0 | 1.6 km |
Set against 63 others, 60 have more schools in reach. Schooling in French is on hand in 23 of the 64.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lake Country
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Duck Lake 7 4.3 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Central Okanagan West 11 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Central Okanagan 14 km | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 km |
Central Okanagan has the most schools nearby, 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of BC’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. BC masks small groups and counts resident students only, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Boards and systems. Public schools belong to English and French-language boards (or districts); independent schools run themselves.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Lake Country or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Lake Country
Is there a French-language school in Lake Country?
None within 3 km of Lake Country. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Lake Country?
All 5 are inside the town itself.
How do I get a place at a school in Lake Country?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).