Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo high school in or near Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona: the closest is 8.7 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 4 elementary schools, and no high school. On the tests, 1 of 4 schools land above the middle in British Columbia, 2 under it.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 French public. 8.8 km away, Mer-et-montagne is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mer-et-montagneAll grades | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | – | 8.8 km |
| Secondaire CarihiSecondary | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | – | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), 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 4 literacy (FSA score) | 4 | 443 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 4 | 450 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 476 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 476 | 454 |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 literacy: 443 here, against 468 in British Columbia. 1 measures above the provincial middle, 2 below, out of 4.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Grove ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 513 · G4 numeracy 506 | Second fifth |
| Ècole Willow Point ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 459 · G4 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Miracle Beach ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 424 · G4 numeracy 422 · G7 literacy 476 · G7 numeracy 476 | Fourth fifth |
| Georgia Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 428 · G4 numeracy 436 | 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 4 schools in and around Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona 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 D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
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.
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 Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is SD 72 Campbell River: 3 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 72 Campbell RiverÈcole Willow Point, Georgia Park, Ocean Grove | English public | 3 |
| SD 71 Comox ValleyMiracle Beach | English public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 7,190 | 8 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George | 4,802 | 3 | 0 | 10 km |
| Central Okanagan | 4,784 | 12 | 0 | 11 km |
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo | 4,702 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 km |
| Douglas | 4,555 | 13 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | 4,546 | 4 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Vanderhoof | 4,545 | 8 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | 4,540 | 10 | 0 | 16 km |
| Bowen Island | 4,501 | 2 | 0 | 7.6 km |
| Sparwood | 4,486 | 2 | 0 | 32 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 8 | 0 | 41 km |
Among 105 towns its size, 75 have more schools nearby. A school in French is nearby in 22 towns of 106.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
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 D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Campbell River 9.5 km | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley 17 km | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 km |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona 18 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 km |
Most schools next door: Campbell River, 19.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. A masked or missing result gives no band; a school with several results averages its fifths.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona?
Not within 3 km of Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona?
1 are inside the town itself and 3 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona?
SD 72 Campbell River (3) and SD 71 Comox Valley (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).