Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOf Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s 4 tested schools, 1 sit above the middle in British Columbia and 2 below
Top of the area on results: Princess Margaret Secondary. Taken together, Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen and its 3 km edge hold 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
How Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’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 | 458 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 455 | 472 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 93% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 numeracy: 455 here, against 472 in British Columbia. Across 3 measures: 0 above the middle, 1 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Princess Margaret SecondarySecondary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Kaleden ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 483 | Middle fifth |
| Wiltse ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 458 · G4 numeracy 455 | Fourth fifth |
| Okanagan Falls ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 426 · G4 numeracy 426 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | 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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen 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 Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
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.
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 I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
SD 67 Okanagan Skaha runs the most, 3 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 67 Okanagan SkahaKaleden, Princess Margaret Secondary, Wiltse | English public | 3 |
| SD 53 Okanagan SimilkameenOkanagan Falls | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
High schools within reach of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 5: 2 English public, 2 French public and 1 independent. Princess Margaret Secondary lies closest, 8.7 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Margaret SecondarySecondary | SD 67 Okanagan Skaha | English public | Second fifth | 8.7 km |
| Holy Cross SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Entre-lacsAll grades | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | Middle fifth | 12 km |
| Penticton SecondarySecondary | SD 67 Okanagan Skaha | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| Secondaire de PentictonSecondary | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | – | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
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 I, Okanagan-Similkameen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Okanagan Falls 3.1 km | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 km |
| Penticton 1 10 km | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4.3 km |
| Penticton 11 km | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen 18 km | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4.7 km |
| Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen 19 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Penticton 1 (18).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. BC publishes average FSA scores and graduation rates, masking small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
Which boards run the schools in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen?
SD 67 Okanagan Skaha (3) and SD 53 Okanagan Similkameen (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen?
Inside the town there are 1; another 3 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen?
Not in or within 3 km of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).