Photo: Doug Wortley · CC BY-SA 4.0Results around Parksville split both ways in British Columbia: 2 of 4 schools high, 1 low
The highest results belong to Ecole Secondaire Ballenas Secondary and Oceanside Elementary. Counting a 3 km margin, Parksville has 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 alternative or adult schools.
How Parksville’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) | 3 | 472 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 479 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 461 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 448 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 94% | 91% |
On first-time graduation the area runs ahead, 94% against 91% in British Columbia. Above the middle on 1, below on 0: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ecole Secondaire Ballenas SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| Oceanside ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 484 · G7 literacy 500 · G7 numeracy 480 | Second fifth |
| Errington ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 523 · G4 numeracy 479 · G7 literacy 436 · G7 numeracy 410 | Middle fifth |
| Springwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 445 · G4 numeracy 451 · G7 literacy 461 · G7 numeracy 448 | 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 6 schools in and around Parksville are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Parksville
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Parksville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems 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 Parksville
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Parksville
High schools within reach of Parksville
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. First by distance comes Ecole Secondaire Ballenas Secondary, at 1.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecole Secondaire Ballenas SecondarySecondary | SD 69 Qualicum | English public | Second fifth | 1.4 km |
| Kwalikum SecondarySecondary | SD 69 Qualicum | English public | Second fifth | 8.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Parksville
Outside the usual elementary and high schools: adult and continuing education at Continuing Ed SD 69; alternative programs at Pass/Woodwinds Alternate. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 15 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Greektown | 16,618 | 48 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Surrey Centre | 16,482 | 36 | 0 | 2 km |
| Comox | 15,884 | 13 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 41 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Parksville | 15,371 | 6 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Whistler | 15,090 | 5 | 1 | 4.5 km |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 61 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| Powell River | 14,947 | 12 | 2 | 1 km |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 47 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 46 | 0 | 2.6 km |
58 of 71 similar towns count more schools. Schooling in French is on hand in 22 of the 72.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Parksville
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parksville | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Electoral Area G, Nanaimo 3.5 km | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Qualicum Beach 8.6 km | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Electoral Area F, Nanaimo 8.9 km | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 km |
| Fairwinds 12 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Lantzville 19 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Electoral Area G, Nanaimo (11).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Parksville and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of BC’s schools on that measure; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
Questions about schools in Parksville
How do I get a place at a school in Parksville?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Parksville?
Not near Parksville: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Parksville?
The town holds 4 of them; 2 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).