Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn the lower two fifths in British Columbia: 3 of the 5 schools around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet with results
The strongest results are at Whistler Waldorf School and Whistler Secondary. Its schools answer to 3 boards. Within 3 km of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet are 3 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s schools
The strongest results
Whistler Waldorf School (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.
How Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’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) | 2 | 513 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 497 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 449 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 416 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 3 | 94% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 literacy: 513 here, against 468 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 3 sit above the province’s middle and 2 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Whistler Waldorf SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 556 · G4 numeracy 548 · G7 literacy 615 · G7 numeracy 559 · Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Whistler SecondarySecondary | Graduation 94% | Second fifth |
| La ValleeAll grades | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy 427 · G7 numeracy 416 | Fourth fifth |
| Signal Hill ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 470 · G4 numeracy 445 · G7 literacy 449 · G7 numeracy 398 | Fourth fifth |
| Pemberton SecondarySecondary | Graduation 68% | 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.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 48 Sea to SkyBlackwater Creek, Pemberton Secondary, Signal Hill, Whistler Secondary | English public | 4 |
| SD 74 Gold TrailGold Bridge Community | English public | 1 |
| SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophoneLa Vallee | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 7 schools in and around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
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.
In French: La Vallee. The public ones of the 1 come under SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone.
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 Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Counted by who runs them: English public 5, French-language 1 and independent 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
High schools within reach of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 French public. The shortest trip is to Pemberton Secondary, 0.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton SecondarySecondary | SD 48 Sea to Sky | English public | Bottom fifth | 0.6 km |
| La ValleeAll grades | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | Fourth fifth | 1.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Pemberton 1.2 km | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Mount Currie 10 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
It outnumbers its 2 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of BC’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. BC masks small groups and counts resident students only, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Each public school has a board or district, English or French; independent schools stand outside them.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
How many schools are there in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
2 in the town, 5 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
Yes, schooling in French is at La Vallee.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
By number of schools: SD 48 Sea to Sky (4), SD 74 Gold Trail (1) and SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone (1).
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).