Photo: David Abercrombie · CC BY-SA 2.0Port McNeill’s teenagers travel 26 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 5 elementary schools, and no high school. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Port McNeill
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Port McNeill’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 | 488 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 455 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 477 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 432 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 86% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is first-time graduation: 86% here, against 91% in British Columbia. On 1 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 3 it trails.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sunset ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 455 · G7 literacy 477 · G7 numeracy 432 | Middle fifth |
| North Island SecondaryElementary | Graduation 86% | 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 5 schools in and around Port McNeill 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 McNeill
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 McNeill’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is English public 4 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Port McNeill
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Port McNeill
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- 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.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Port McNeill and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Port McNeill
How do I get a place at a school in Port McNeill?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Port McNeill?
All 5 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Port McNeill?
Not near Port McNeill: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).