Photo: Kyle Wilson · CC BY-SA 4.0Most schools around Sooke score below the middle in British Columbia: 5 of 6
In or within 3 km of Sooke: 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
How Sooke’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) | 4 | 410 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 4 | 403 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 401 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 343 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 91% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 343 against 454 in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 0 above the middle, 4 below.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Milne Community SchoolSecondary | Graduation 91% | Middle fifth |
| Sooke ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 434 · G4 numeracy 417 | Bottom fifth |
| Ecole Poirier ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 403 · G4 numeracy 388 | Bottom fifth |
| John Muir ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 417 · G4 numeracy 384 | Bottom fifth |
| Journey Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 401 · G7 numeracy 343 | Bottom fifth |
| Saseenos ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 401 · G4 numeracy 425 | 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 Sooke are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Sooke
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 Sooke’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Sooke
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Sooke
High schools within reach of Sooke
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Edward Milne Community School (2.2 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Milne Community SchoolSecondary | SD 62 Sooke | English public | Middle fifth | 2.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 60 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Royal Oak | 18,364 | 52 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Central Saanich | 18,184 | 8 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 38 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Lake Country | 17,637 | 5 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Sooke | 17,248 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| East Burnaby | 17,233 | 67 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 49 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 35 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 23 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Coal Harbour | 10,407 | 29 | 0 | 0.8 km |
55 of 62 similar towns count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 21 towns of 63.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sooke
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sooke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| Juan de Fuca (Part 1) 4.3 km | 42 | 2 | 9 | 6.4 km |
| Metchosin 13 km | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8.6 km |
| Langford 17 km | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 km |
| Colwood 18 km | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.6 km |
Juan de Fuca (Part 1) leads the neighbours with 42 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every BC school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Sooke or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
Questions about schools in Sooke
How do I get a place at a school in Sooke?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Sooke?
All 6 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Sooke?
Not in or within 3 km of Sooke; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).