Photo: Gerry Thomasen from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0No high school in or near Electoral Area B, Strathcona: the closest is 20 km off
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 1 elementary school.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area B, Strathcona
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Electoral Area B, Strathcona’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 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 457 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 450 | 454 |
On every measure the area sits close to the provincial middle; Grade 7 literacy is 457 here, 467 in British Columbia.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cortes Island SchoolElementary | G4 literacy no data · G4 numeracy no data · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 450 · Graduation masked | Middle 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 school in or near Electoral Area B, Strathcona is
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Electoral Area B, Strathcona
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Electoral Area B, Strathcona
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area B, Strathcona
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 km |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona 17 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 km |
Electoral Area C, Strathcona leads the neighbours with 4 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within BC only, measure by measure: never a place in a league table.
- Which schools count. Counted: Electoral Area B, Strathcona’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area B, Strathcona
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which schools near Electoral Area B, Strathcona have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in British Columbia; the strongest is Cortes Island School.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
Not in or within 3 km of Electoral Area B, Strathcona; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area B, Strathcona?
The town holds all 1; none is outside it.
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).