Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.0Results around Prince Rupert lean low: 5 of 6 schools in the lower two fifths in British Columbia
Best placed: Annunciation School. Within 3 km of Prince Rupert are 7 elementary schools, 1 school for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school.
How Prince Rupert’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) | 5 | 433 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 5 | 432 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 526 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 562 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 81% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area runs ahead, 562 against 454 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 2 sit above the province’s middle and 3 below.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Annunciation SchoolAll grades | G4 literacy 471 · G4 numeracy 556 · G7 literacy 526 · G7 numeracy 562 | Second fifth |
| Charles Hays SecondaryElementary | Graduation 81% | Fourth fifth |
| Roosevelt Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 437 · G4 numeracy 432 | Fourth fifth |
| Lax Kxeen ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 433 · G4 numeracy 457 | Bottom fifth |
| Conrad ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 364 · G4 numeracy 322 | Bottom fifth |
| Pineridge ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 429 · G4 numeracy 389 | 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 9 schools in and around Prince Rupert 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 Prince Rupert
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.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Prince Rupert’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Split by system, that is English public 8 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Prince Rupert
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Prince Rupert
High schools within reach of Prince Rupert
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Annunciation School, 0.6 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annunciation SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 0.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Prince Rupert
Outside the usual elementary and high schools: alternative programs at Pacific Coast 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Alberni | 19,671 | 13 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| … | ||||
| West Point Grey | 13,429 | 33 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 27 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 25 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| North Saanich | 12,986 | 6 | 0 | 1 km |
| Prince Rupert | 12,903 | 9 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| View Royal | 12,795 | 35 | 2 | 2.9 km |
| Saltspring Island | 12,429 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Summerland | 12,343 | 6 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| Nelson | 12,126 | 17 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area A, Nanaimo | 7,825 | 7 | 0 | 1.9 km |
56 out of 76 comparable towns have more schools. A school in French is nearby in 24 towns of 77.
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. Inside Prince Rupert’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- 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. A band is the fifth of BC’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; masked small groups would make places misleading.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. The province’s public schools are run by districts in English and a French-language board; independents run themselves.
Questions about schools in Prince Rupert
How many schools are there in Prince Rupert?
The town holds all 9; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Prince Rupert?
Not in or within 3 km of Prince Rupert; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Prince Rupert?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).