Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest high school to Electoral Area D, North Okanagan is 5.1 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 6 elementary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, and no high school. Results lean low: 3 of 5 in the lower two fifths in British Columbia.
What stands out about Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s schools
The strongest results
Okanagan Waldorf School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Electoral Area D, 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 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) | 4 | 449 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 4 | 461 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 458 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 486 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 90% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 numeracy: 486 here, against 454 in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 1 above the middle, 1 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Okanagan Waldorf SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 547 · G4 numeracy 544 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Top fifth |
| Coldstream ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 442 · G4 numeracy 475 · G7 literacy 505 · G7 numeracy 486 | Middle fifth |
| Lavington ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 428 · G4 numeracy 447 · G7 literacy 458 · G7 numeracy 499 | Fourth fifth |
| J W Inglis ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 439 | Fourth fifth |
| Charles Bloom SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 408 · G7 numeracy 391 · Graduation 90% | 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 7 schools in and around Electoral Area D, North Okanagan 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 Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
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 Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 6 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
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 7 schools in and around Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
Other schooling here: alternative programs at Crossroads Learning Centre. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Peace River | 5,100 | 14 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Enderby | 3,292 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | 3,256 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 55 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | 3,189 | 16 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan | 3,184 | 7 | 0 | 5.1 km |
| Welcome Beach | 3,130 | 6 | 2 | 11 km |
| Houston | 3,114 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 3,069 | 8 | 1 | 5.4 km |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 3,057 | 11 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
Among 83 towns its size, 33 have more schools nearby. Schooling in French is on hand in 17 of the 84.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5.1 km |
| Lumby 5.7 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Electoral Area E, North Okanagan 19 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 km |
It has more schools than any of its 2 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within BC only, measure by measure: never a place in a league table.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan?
None within 3 km of Electoral Area D, North Okanagan. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan?
The town holds 1 of them; 6 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).