Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s teenagers travel 25 km to the nearest high school
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
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 A, Sunshine Coast’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) | 1 | 463 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 484 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 406 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 368 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 91% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 numeracy: 368 here, against 454 in British Columbia. On 0 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Madeira Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 463 · G4 numeracy 484 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Middle fifth |
| Pender Harbour Elem-SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 406 · G7 numeracy 368 · Graduation 91% | Fourth 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 2 schools in and around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast 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 Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 A, Sunshine Coast’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
Towns its size in British Columbia
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley | 5,156 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 17 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary | 3,361 | 5 | 0 | 34 km |
| Central Okanagan West | 3,298 | 3 | 0 | 13 km |
| Enderby | 3,292 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 km |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | 3,256 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 55 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | 3,189 | 16 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan | 3,184 | 7 | 0 | 5.1 km |
| Welcome Beach | 3,130 | 6 | 2 | 11 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
Set against 84 others, 70 have more schools in reach. 17 of 85 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
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 A, Sunshine Coast | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 km |
| Welcome Beach 16 km | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 km |
Most schools next door: Welcome Beach, 6.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Boards and systems. The French-language board covers the whole province, the English districts one area each.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- 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.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast?
None within 3 km of Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast?
Every one of them, 2, is inside the town.
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
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).