Photo: Dan Huntington from Anacortes, WA · CC BY-SA 2.0Around Port Hardy, 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school: 6 schools in all
Every school here answers to SD 85 Vancouver Island North. On results, 0 of 2 tested schools are in the upper two fifths in British Columbia.
How Port Hardy’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 C−: 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) | 2 | 452 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 470 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 408 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 381 | 454 |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 numeracy: 381 here, against 454 in British Columbia. Across 4 measures: 0 above the middle, 3 below.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle View ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 454 · G4 numeracy 465 · G7 literacy 403 · G7 numeracy 375 | Fourth fifth |
| Fort Rupert ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 451 · G4 numeracy 474 · G7 literacy 413 · G7 numeracy 387 | 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 Port Hardy 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 Port Hardy
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 Port Hardy’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: 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 Port Hardy
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
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 Port Hardy
High schools within reach of Port Hardy
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 1 English public and 1 independent. The shortest trip is to Port Hardy Secondary, 1.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Hardy SecondarySecondary | SD 85 Vancouver Island North | English public | – | 1.4 km |
| Avalon Adventist Christian AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | – | 7.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Port Hardy
Beyond the ordinary schools: alternative programs at Eke Me-Xi School. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Gulf Islands | 6,691 | 8 | 0 | 4.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Lantzville | 4,276 | 7 | 0 | 7.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo | 4,242 | 12 | 0 | 5.4 km |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 43 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay | 4,209 | 16 | 2 | 3.5 km |
| Port Hardy | 4,201 | 6 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 11 | 0 | 9.9 km |
| Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine | 4,153 | 11 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Fort Nelson | 4,144 | 6 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen | 4,103 | 7 | 0 | 4 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
55 of 106 similar towns count more schools. In 22 of the 107, at least one school teaches in French.
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
- Which schools count. Counted: Port Hardy’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within BC only, measure by measure: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
Questions about schools in Port Hardy
How do I get a place at a school in Port Hardy?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Is there a French-language school in Port Hardy?
None within 3 km of Port Hardy. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).