Photo: GoToVan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.02 schools in and around Osoyoos: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to SD 53 Okanagan Similkameen. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
How Osoyoos’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) | 1 | 437 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 457 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 481 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 450 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 91% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 literacy: 437 here, against 468 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 2 below.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Osoyoos SecondarySecondary | Graduation 91% | Middle fifth |
| Osoyoos ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 437 · G4 numeracy 457 · G7 literacy 481 · G7 numeracy 450 | Middle 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 2 schools in and around Osoyoos are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Osoyoos
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 Osoyoos’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Osoyoos
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Osoyoos
High schools within reach of Osoyoos
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Osoyoos Secondary (0.9 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osoyoos SecondarySecondary | SD 53 Okanagan Similkameen | English public | Middle fifth | 0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberley | 9,037 | 8 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 7 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako | 5,829 | 12 | 1 | 51 km |
| Electoral Area B, Peace River | 5,814 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| Duncan | 5,745 | 16 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Osoyoos | 5,724 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Armstrong | 5,643 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Smithers | 5,627 | 10 | 1 | 55 km |
| Juan de Fuca (Part 1) | 5,439 | 42 | 2 | 6.4 km |
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay | 5,390 | 8 | 0 | 18 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 17 | 0 | 3.2 km |
In 93 of the 101 others the count is higher. Schooling in French is on hand in 25 of the 102.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Osoyoos
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osoyoos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen 1.7 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Osoyoos 1 16 km | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 km |
| Oliver 19 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 km |
Most schools next door: Osoyoos 1, 8.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within BC only, measure by measure: never a place in a league table.
- 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. Schools inside Osoyoos and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
Questions about schools in Osoyoos
How do I get a place at a school in Osoyoos?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in Osoyoos?
No, none within 3 km of Osoyoos; ask the French-language board for 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).