Photo: tuchodi from Fort St. John, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Mixed results around Electoral Area B, Peace River: 1 high and 2 low of 4 schools in British Columbia
Best placed: Clearview Elem-Jr Secondary. Within 3 km of Electoral Area B, Peace River are 3 elementary schools and 3 schools for every grade.
How Electoral Area B, Peace River’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 | 470 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 489 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 4 | 419 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 4 | 427 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 100% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 literacy: 419 here, against 467 in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 2 above the middle, 2 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Clearview Elem-Jr SecondaryAll grades | G4 literacy 491 · G4 numeracy 544 · G7 literacy 460 · G7 numeracy 458 | Second fifth |
| Prespatou Elem-SecondaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 454 · G7 literacy 444 · G7 numeracy 417 · Graduation 100% | Middle fifth |
| Wonowon SchoolAll grades | G4 literacy 371 · G4 numeracy 489 · G7 literacy 394 · G7 numeracy 437 | Fourth fifth |
| Aatse Davie SchoolElementary | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy 310 · G7 numeracy 320 · Graduation 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 6 schools in and around Electoral Area B, Peace River 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 B, Peace River
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 B, Peace River’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Grouped by system: English public 5 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 B, Peace River
Independent schools
Independent schools choose their students and charge fees, with part of their costs paid by the province when they qualify.
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Electoral Area B, Peace River
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 46 | 0 | 2.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Creston | 5,976 | 6 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Mile 108 Recreational Ranch | 5,887 | 5 | 0 | 11 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 |
| … | ||||
| Bridgeview | 3,511 | 71 | 0 | 2 km |
63 of 99 similar towns count more schools. 25 towns of the 100 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Electoral Area B, Peace River or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area B, Peace River
How many schools are there in Electoral Area B, Peace River?
All 6 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area B, Peace River?
Not near Electoral Area B, Peace River: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area B, Peace River?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).