Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain6 above the middle in British Columbia, 6 below: Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s 16 tested schools
Best placed: Vernon Christian School and Ecole Beairsto Elementary. Its 3 km reach takes in 14 elementary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school, all of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s schooling.
How Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’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 A−: 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) | 13 | 447 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 13 | 467 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 12 | 457 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 12 | 462 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 4 | 94% | 91% |
On Grade 4 literacy the area trails, 447 against 468 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 1: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (16)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Vernon Christian SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 521 · G4 numeracy 515 · G7 literacy 543 · G7 numeracy 468 · Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Ecole Beairsto ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 501 · G7 literacy 507 · G7 numeracy 485 | Second fifth |
| Kalamalka SecondaryElementary | Graduation 95% | Second fifth |
| Vernon SecondaryElementary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| W.L. Seaton SecondarySecondary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Kidston ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 492 · G4 numeracy 516 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 449 | Second fifth |
| Coldstream ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 442 · G4 numeracy 475 · G7 literacy 505 · G7 numeracy 486 | Middle fifth |
| Hillview ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 474 · G4 numeracy 492 · G7 literacy 476 · G7 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| St JamesElementary | G4 literacy 444 · G4 numeracy 439 · G7 literacy 491 · G7 numeracy 496 | Middle fifth |
| Silver Star ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 468 · G4 numeracy 477 · G7 literacy 441 · G7 numeracy 443 | Middle fifth |
| Mission Hill ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 449 · G4 numeracy 457 · G7 literacy 456 · G7 numeracy 461 | Fourth fifth |
| B X ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 430 · G4 numeracy 467 · G7 literacy 447 · G7 numeracy 462 | Fourth fifth |
| Okanagan Landing ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 441 · G4 numeracy 438 · G7 literacy 454 · G7 numeracy 431 | Fourth fifth |
| Harwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 427 · G4 numeracy 436 · G7 literacy 455 · G7 numeracy 417 | Fourth fifth |
| Pleasant Valley Christian AcademyAll grades | G4 literacy 447 · G4 numeracy 452 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Fourth fifth |
| Alexis Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 418 · G4 numeracy 428 · G7 literacy 420 · G7 numeracy 441 | 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 17 schools in and around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in British Columbia marked.
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 Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 14 and independent 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 17 schools in and around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
High schools within reach of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 2 independent and 2 English public. First by distance comes Pleasant Valley Christian Academy, at 3.2 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Christian AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Fourth fifth | 3.2 km |
| W.L. Seaton SecondarySecondary | SD 22 Vernon | English public | Second fifth | 3.9 km |
| North Okanagan Junior AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| Pleasant Valley SecondarySecondary | SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw | English public | Fourth fifth | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
Besides the elementary and high schools: adult and continuing education at Continuing Ed SD 22. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan de Fuca (Part 1) | 5,439 | 42 | 2 | 6.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola | 3,543 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| Bridgeview | 3,511 | 71 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | 3,475 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Mackenzie | 3,442 | 2 | 0 | 122 km |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 17 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary | 3,361 | 5 | 0 | 34 km |
| Central Okanagan West | 3,298 | 3 | 0 | 13 km |
| Enderby | 3,292 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | 3,256 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
More schools than here: 11 of the 90 others. A school in French is nearby in 18 towns of 91.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 2.6 km | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2.4 km |
| Vernon 5.6 km | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 km |
| Coldstream 8.7 km | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 km |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 11 km | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9.7 km |
| Spallumcheen 12 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 km |
| Armstrong 16 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Vernon (21).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. FSA scores and first-time graduation are placed by fifths among BC’s schools; international fee-paying students aren’t counted.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Inside the town there are 1; another 16 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Not near Electoral Area B, North Okanagan: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).