Photo: Dennis Sylvester Hurd · CC0Schools in New Westminster: 6 boards, side by side
SD 41 Burnaby runs the most, 23 of them; SD 40 New Westminster, SD 43 Coquitlam and SD 36 Surrey run the rest. On the tests, 25 of 69 schools land above the middle in British Columbia, 28 under it. Taken together, New Westminster and its 3 km edge hold 60 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 16 alternative or adult schools.
What stands out about New Westminster’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Home Learners Program (alternative or adult), in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
6 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 41 BurnabyArmstrong, BC Provincial School for the Deaf Secondary, Brantford, Buckingham, Burnaby Mountain Secondary, Burnaby Online Program, Burnaby South Secondary, Byrne Creek Community Secondary … | English public | 23 |
| SD 40 New WestminsterConnaught Heights, Ecole Glenbrook, Ecole Qayqayt, F W Howay, Fraser River Middle, Herbert Spencer, Home Learners Program, Lord Kelvin … | English public | 18 |
| SD 43 CoquitlamAPEX, Alderson, Cape Horn, Como Lake, Continuing ED SD 43, Coquitlam Open Learning, Customized Learning Centre (CLC), Ecole Maillard Middle … | English public | 16 |
| SD 36 SurreyBridgeview, Cedar Hills, James Ardiel, K B Woodward, L.A. Matheson Secondary, Prince Charles, Royal Heights | English public | 7 |
| SD 37 DeltaAnnieville, Brooke, Delview Secondary, Devon Gardens, Gibson, Home Quest | English public | 6 |
| SD 38 RichmondHamilton | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How New Westminster’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) | 51 | 476 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 51 | 482 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 41 | 476 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 41 | 462 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 14 | 89% | 91% |
On every measure the area sits close to the provincial middle; Grade 4 numeracy is 482 here, 472 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 0 below.
Every school’s results (69)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Home Learners ProgramAlternative or adult | G4 literacy 595 · G4 numeracy 657 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Top fifth |
| Inquiry HubElementary | Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| John Knox Christian - Elementary CampusElementary | G4 literacy 569 · G4 numeracy 604 | Top fifth |
| John Knox Christian - Secondary CampusElementary | G7 literacy 615 · G7 numeracy 674 · Graduation 97% | Top fifth |
| Khalsa School Old Yale RoadElementary | G4 literacy 552 · G4 numeracy 604 · G7 literacy 596 · G7 numeracy 603 | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of FatimaElementary | G4 literacy 528 · G4 numeracy 550 · G7 literacy 539 · G7 numeracy 576 | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of MercyElementary | G4 literacy 662 · G4 numeracy 655 · G7 literacy 611 · G7 numeracy 630 | Top fifth |
| St. Francis de SalesElementary | G4 literacy 532 · G4 numeracy 555 · G7 literacy 552 · G7 numeracy 565 | Top fifth |
| St. MichaelsElementary | G4 literacy 556 · G4 numeracy 574 · G7 literacy 574 · G7 numeracy 589 | Top fifth |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Urban Academy JuniorElementary | G4 literacy 543 · G4 numeracy 561 · G7 literacy 546 · G7 numeracy 576 | Top fifth |
| Urban Academy SeniorElementary | G4 literacy 501 · G4 numeracy 554 · G7 literacy 569 · G7 numeracy 557 · Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Traditional Learning AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 558 · G4 numeracy 633 · G7 literacy 564 · G7 numeracy 492 · Graduation masked | Top fifth |
| Brantford ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 526 · G7 literacy 487 · G7 numeracy 497 | Second fifth |
| Connaught Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 530 | Second fifth |
| Ecole Qayqayt ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 524 | Second fifth |
| F W Howay ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 526 · G4 numeracy 509 | Second fifth |
| Clinton ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 494 · G7 numeracy 522 | Second fifth |
| Taylor Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 483 · G4 numeracy 507 · G7 literacy 508 · G7 numeracy 533 | Second fifth |
| Ecole Montgomery MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 504 · G7 numeracy 499 | Second fifth |
| Herbert Spencer ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 489 | Second fifth |
| Roy Stibbs ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 496 · G4 numeracy 503 | Second fifth |
| Skwo:wechElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 505 | Second fifth |
| Buckingham ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 509 · G7 literacy 498 · G7 numeracy 484 | Second fifth |
| Lakeview ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 471 · G4 numeracy 495 · G7 literacy 485 · G7 numeracy 488 | Second fifth |
| Hamilton ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 475 · G4 numeracy 477 · G7 literacy 489 · G7 numeracy 495 | Middle fifth |
| Lord Baden-Powell ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 481 | Middle fifth |
| Queen Elizabeth ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 472 | Middle fifth |
| Stoney Creek Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 492 · G4 numeracy 482 · G7 literacy 482 · G7 numeracy 462 | Middle fifth |
| Annieville ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 490 · G7 literacy 452 · G7 numeracy 445 | Middle fifth |
| Cameron ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 510 · G7 literacy 462 · G7 numeracy 470 | Middle fifth |
| Nelson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 482 · G7 literacy 477 · G7 numeracy 497 | Middle fifth |
| Second Street Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 483 · G4 numeracy 470 · G7 literacy 477 · G7 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Delview SecondarySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Glenbrook Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 476 · G7 numeracy 452 | Middle fifth |
| Edmonds Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 468 · G4 numeracy 466 · G7 literacy 482 · G7 numeracy 430 | Middle fifth |
| Khalsa Secondary School (Surrey)Secondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Mountain View ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 478 | Middle fifth |
| Armstrong ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 473 · G7 literacy 447 · G7 numeracy 462 | Middle fifth |
| Como Lake Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 437 · G7 numeracy 452 | Fourth fifth |
| Fraser River MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 453 · G7 numeracy 446 | Fourth fifth |
| Lord Kelvin ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 448 | Fourth fifth |
| Lord Tweedsmuir ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 443 | Fourth fifth |
| Stride Avenue Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 452 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 429 | Fourth fifth |
| Windsor ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 435 · G7 numeracy 376 | Fourth fifth |
| Brooke ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 467 · G7 literacy 423 · G7 numeracy 440 | Fourth fifth |
| Devon Gardens ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 463 · G4 numeracy 433 · G7 literacy 443 · G7 numeracy 439 | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Charles ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 443 · G4 numeracy 435 · G7 literacy 458 · G7 numeracy 408 | Fourth fifth |
| Twelfth Avenue ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 454 · G4 numeracy 450 · G7 literacy 433 · G7 numeracy 453 | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Maillard MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 444 · G7 numeracy 425 | Fourth fifth |
| Glenwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 451 · G7 literacy 444 · G7 numeracy 422 | Fourth fifth |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | Graduation 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Alderson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 426 · G4 numeracy 446 | Bottom fifth |
| Bridgeview ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 407 · G4 numeracy 393 · G7 literacy 429 · G7 numeracy 423 | Bottom fifth |
| Cape Horn ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 414 · G4 numeracy 444 | Bottom fifth |
| Gibson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 450 · G4 numeracy 427 · G7 literacy 413 · G7 numeracy 372 | Bottom fifth |
| Morley ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 429 · G4 numeracy 458 · G7 literacy 401 · G7 numeracy 404 | Bottom fifth |
| Royal Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 402 · G4 numeracy 384 · G7 literacy 433 · G7 numeracy 420 | Bottom fifth |
| Cedar Hills ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 413 · G4 numeracy 413 · G7 literacy 398 · G7 numeracy 416 | Bottom fifth |
| Burnaby Online ProgramAlternative or adult | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy no data · G7 numeracy no data · Graduation 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | Graduation 79% | Bottom fifth |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | Graduation 75% | Bottom fifth |
| Ecole Rochester ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 402 · G4 numeracy 417 | Bottom fifth |
| James Ardiel ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 427 · G4 numeracy 415 · G7 literacy 405 · G7 numeracy 383 | Bottom fifth |
| K B Woodward ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 421 · G4 numeracy 399 · G7 literacy 417 · G7 numeracy 382 | Bottom fifth |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | Graduation 79% | Bottom fifth |
| Purpose Independent Secondary SchoolSecondary | Graduation 74% | 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 88 schools in and around New Westminster are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around New Westminster
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.
Not one 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 New Westminster’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 71 and independent 17.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in New Westminster
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 88 schools in and around New Westminster
Show all 60 elementary schools
High schools within reach of New Westminster
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 50: 33 English public and 17 independent. Purpose Independent Secondary School lies closest, 1 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose Independent Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 1 km |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | Fourth fifth | 1.2 km |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 1.6 km |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 2.4 km |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 2.7 km |
| Queensborough Middle SchoolAll grades | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | – | 2.9 km |
| Khalsa Secondary School (Surrey)Secondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 3.2 km |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 4.4 km |
| Delview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 4.6 km |
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 4.9 km |
All 50 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 5.2 km |
| Honour Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 5.8 km |
| North Delta SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Fourth fifth | 6.2 km |
| Sands SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 6.6 km |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 6.8 km |
| Choice School For Gifted ChildrenAll grades | – | Independent | – | 7 km |
| Centennial SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 7.1 km |
| Moscrop SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Second fifth | 7.5 km |
| Burnsview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 7.5 km |
| SAIL SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 7.5 km |
| SD 36 Education Services (Type 1)Secondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 7.5 km |
| Port Moody SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 8.2 km |
| Burnaby North SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 8.7 km |
| Guru Angad Dev SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 8.8 km |
| Whytecliff Agile Learning Centre-BurnabySecondary | – | Independent | – | 9.1 km |
| Seaquam SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 9.2 km |
| Killarney SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 9.4 km |
| École Dr. Charles Best SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 9.4 km |
| Alpha SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 9.6 km |
| Windermere Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 9.7 km |
| Tamanawis SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Fourth fifth | 10 km |
| Ecole Riverside SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Qawsain Knowledge HouseAll grades | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| St. John's AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| Holy Cross Regional High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 12 km |
| Heritage Woods SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| Gleneagle SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| Notre Dame Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 12 km |
| Cambie SecondarySecondary | SD 38 Richmond | English public | Fourth fifth | 12 km |
| Seycove Secondary CommunitySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Top fifth | 12 km |
| John Oliver SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
| Templeton SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
| Windsor SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 13 km |
| Hope Lutheran Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 13 km |
| Canada Star Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Britannia Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Bottom fifth | 13 km |
| Sir Charles Tupper SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| BC Muslim SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| St. Patrick Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 15 km |
| Columbia CollegeSecondary | – | Independent | – | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around New Westminster
Besides the elementary and high schools: online learning through Home Learners Program, New Westminster Online Schools, Burnaby Online Program, Coquitlam Open Learning, Home Quest, Fawkes Academy DL and APEX; adult and continuing education at New Westminster Continuing Education and Continuing ED SD 43; alternative programs at Power Alternate Secondary School, Royal City Alternate Program, Sigma, Suwa'lkh School, Customized Learning Centre (CLC) and Encompass 10-12; youth custody or residential programs at BC Provincial School for the Deaf Secondary. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saanich | 126,011 | 83 | 2 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Maple Ridge | 105,925 | 42 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Chilliwack | 105,520 | 42 | 1 | 1.9 km |
| Victoria | 103,888 | 57 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| North Vancouver | 97,845 | 82 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| New Westminster | 92,124 | 88 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Prince George | 85,944 | 42 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 67 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| North Vancouver | 66,624 | 58 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Fleetwood | 63,957 | 73 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Langford | 59,664 | 27 | 0 | 1 km |
Set against 13 others, 1 have more schools in reach. Of the 14, 10 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around New Westminster
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Westminster | 88 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 km |
| East Burnaby 2.3 km | 67 | 0 | 16 | 0.9 km |
| Edmonds 2.9 km | 55 | 0 | 9 | 1 km |
| Bridgeview 3.7 km | 71 | 0 | 15 | 2 km |
| Buckingham Heights 4 km | 62 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 km |
| Brownsville 4.6 km | 67 | 0 | 11 | 0.2 km |
| Royal Oak 4.7 km | 52 | 0 | 7 | 0.6 km |
Each of its 6 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within New Westminster and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in New Westminster
How many schools are there in New Westminster?
24 are inside the town itself and 64 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in New Westminster?
No, none within 3 km of New Westminster; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
Which boards run the schools in New Westminster?
SD 41 Burnaby (23), SD 40 New Westminster (18), SD 43 Coquitlam (16), SD 36 Surrey (7) and SD 37 Delta (6), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in New Westminster?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).