Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Port Moody’s schools come under 3 different boards
Beside SD 43 Coquitlam, which has 48, sit SD 41 Burnaby and SD 44 North Vancouver. Of its 58 tested schools, 20 sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia and 17 in the bottom two. In or within 3 km of Port Moody: 55 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 3 alternative or adult schools.
What stands out about Port Moody’s schools
The strongest results
Aspenwood Elementary (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
3 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 43 CoquitlamAPEX, Anmore, Aspenwood, Baker Drive, Bramblewood, Cabe Secondary, Centennial Secondary, Como Lake … | English public | 48 |
| SD 41 BurnabyBurnaby Mountain Secondary, Cameron, Forest Grove, Lyndhurst, Stoney Creek Community, University Highlands | English public | 6 |
| SD 44 North VancouverCove Cliff, Dorothy Lynas, Seycove Secondary Community, Sherwood Park | English public | 4 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Port Moody’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) | 39 | 475 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 39 | 486 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 20 | 480 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 20 | 471 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 9 | 91% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 471 against 454 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 2, below on 0: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (58)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Aspenwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 518 · G4 numeracy 537 | Top fifth |
| Queen of All Saints ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 535 · G4 numeracy 555 · G7 literacy 547 · G7 numeracy 538 | Top fifth |
| Seycove Secondary CommunitySecondary | Graduation 97% | Top fifth |
| St. Pius X Elementary SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 536 · G4 numeracy 520 · G7 literacy 538 · G7 numeracy 512 | Top fifth |
| Traditional Learning AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 558 · G4 numeracy 633 · G7 literacy 564 · G7 numeracy 492 · Graduation masked | Top fifth |
| Heritage Mountain ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 515 · G4 numeracy 506 | Second fifth |
| Miller Park Community SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 539 | Second fifth |
| Riverview Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 502 · G4 numeracy 510 | Second fifth |
| University Highlands ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 478 · G4 numeracy 502 · G7 literacy 480 · G7 numeracy 509 | Second fifth |
| Cove Cliff ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 495 · G4 numeracy 469 · G7 literacy 514 · G7 numeracy 499 | Second fifth |
| Dorothy Lynas ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 480 · G4 numeracy 502 · G7 literacy 484 · G7 numeracy 472 | Second fifth |
| Eagle Mountain Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 483 · G7 numeracy 476 | Second fifth |
| Ecole Montgomery MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 504 · G7 numeracy 499 | Second fifth |
| Ecole Porter Street ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 499 · G4 numeracy 504 | Second fifth |
| Gleneagle SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| Heritage Woods SecondarySecondary | Graduation 95% | Second fifth |
| Roy Stibbs ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 496 · G4 numeracy 503 | Second fifth |
| Summit Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 491 · G7 numeracy 488 | Second fifth |
| École Dr. Charles Best SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| Sherwood Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 507 · G7 literacy 479 · G7 numeracy 447 | Second fifth |
| Anmore ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 480 · G4 numeracy 479 | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Westwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 504 | Middle fifth |
| Hampton Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 506 | Middle fifth |
| Harbour View ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 493 | Middle fifth |
| Hillcrest Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 473 · G7 numeracy 494 | Middle fifth |
| Lord Baden-Powell ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 481 | Middle fifth |
| Mundy Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 471 · G4 numeracy 497 | Middle fifth |
| Pinetree Way ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 473 · G4 numeracy 486 | Middle fifth |
| Stoney Creek Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 492 · G4 numeracy 482 · G7 literacy 482 · G7 numeracy 462 | Middle fifth |
| Walton ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 501 | Middle fifth |
| Cameron ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 510 · G7 literacy 462 · G7 numeracy 470 | Middle fifth |
| Bramblewood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 471 | Middle fifth |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Centennial SecondarySecondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Maple Creek MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 458 · G7 numeracy 455 | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Panorama Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 475 · G4 numeracy 464 | Middle fifth |
| Forest Grove ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 495 · G7 literacy 421 · G7 numeracy 408 | Middle fifth |
| Mountain View ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 478 | Middle fifth |
| Pinetree SecondaryElementary | Graduation 91% | Middle fifth |
| Port Moody SecondarySecondary | Graduation 91% | Middle fifth |
| Scott Creek Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 472 · G7 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Baker Drive ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 447 · G4 numeracy 464 | Fourth fifth |
| Como Lake Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 437 · G7 numeracy 452 | Fourth fifth |
| Eagle Ridge ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 453 | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Banting MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 456 · G7 numeracy 431 | Fourth fifth |
| Meadowbrook ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 442 | Fourth fifth |
| Moody ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 465 · G4 numeracy 437 | Fourth fifth |
| Parkland ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 460 | Fourth fifth |
| Ranch Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 446 · G4 numeracy 474 | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Glenayre ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 447 · G4 numeracy 455 | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Maillard MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 444 · G7 numeracy 425 | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Moody MiddleElementary | G7 literacy 449 · G7 numeracy 416 | Fourth fifth |
| Glen ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 441 · G4 numeracy 450 | Fourth fifth |
| Pleasantside ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 446 | Fourth fifth |
| Cabe SecondaryAlternative or adult | Graduation 43% | Bottom fifth |
| Ecole Rochester ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 402 · G4 numeracy 417 | Bottom fifth |
| Mountain Meadows ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 427 · G4 numeracy 408 | Bottom fifth |
| Seaview Community SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 409 · G4 numeracy 415 | 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 65 schools in and around Port Moody 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 Port Moody
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in British Columbia marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
None of them 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 Moody’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is English public 58 and independent 7.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Port Moody
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 65 schools in and around Port Moody
Show all 55 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Port Moody
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
32 secondary schools are within 15 km: 23 English public and 9 independent. The nearest is Heritage Woods Secondary, 0.9 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Woods SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 0.9 km |
| Port Moody SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 2.5 km |
| Gleneagle SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 3 km |
| École Dr. Charles Best SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 3.5 km |
| Centennial SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 4.3 km |
| Ecole Riverside SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 5.7 km |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 6.2 km |
| Hope Lutheran Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 6.3 km |
| Seycove Secondary CommunitySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Top fifth | 8.2 km |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 8.2 km |
All 32 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby North SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 9.3 km |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | Fourth fifth | 10 km |
| Purpose Independent Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 11 km |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 11 km |
| Honour Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| Khalsa Secondary School (Surrey)Secondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Windsor SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Alpha SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 12 km |
| Moscrop SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Second fifth | 13 km |
| St. John's AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 13 km |
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 13 km |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 13 km |
| SAIL SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 14 km |
| SD 36 Education Services (Type 1)Secondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 14 km |
| Whytecliff Agile Learning Centre-BurnabySecondary | – | Independent | – | 14 km |
| Queensborough Middle SchoolAll grades | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | – | 14 km |
| Delview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| Notre Dame Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 15 km |
| Pitt Meadows SecondarySecondary | SD 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | English public | Middle fifth | 15 km |
| Windermere Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 15 km |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Port Moody
The area also has alternative programs at Cabe Secondary and Encompass 10-12; online learning through APEX. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford | 59,664 | 27 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| West Kelowna | 40,274 | 30 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 102 | 4 | 1.9 km |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 16 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Campbell River | 38,300 | 19 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 65 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Sunset | 37,186 | 78 | 4 | 1 km |
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | 91 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 76 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| Metrotown | 36,594 | 55 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 90 | 2 | 0.4 km |
Of the 36 others, 13 count more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 25 of the 37.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Port Moody
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Moody | 65 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 km |
| Anmore 2.9 km | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 km |
| Coquitlam 3 km | 128 | 1 | 22 | 0.7 km |
| Burnaby Mountain 4.9 km | 46 | 0 | 6 | 2.6 km |
| Lougheed 5.9 km | 41 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 km |
| Port Coquitlam 6.9 km | 67 | 1 | 9 | 0.8 km |
| Lake City 8 km | 55 | 0 | 11 | 2 km |
Next door, Coquitlam counts 128 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Port Moody and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Port Moody
How many schools are there in Port Moody?
The town holds 10 of them; 55 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Port Moody?
No, none within 3 km of Port Moody; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Port Moody?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Port Moody?
By number of schools: SD 43 Coquitlam (48), SD 41 Burnaby (6) and SD 44 North Vancouver (4).
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).