Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainResults around Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast lean high: 3 of 5 schools in the top two fifths in British Columbia
They include Cedar Grove Elementary, Langdale Elementary and Gibsons Elementary. Its 3 km reach takes in 3 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 alternative or adult schools, all of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s schooling.
How Electoral Area F, 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 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) | 3 | 520 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 510 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 483 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 478 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 2 | 64% | 91% |
On first-time graduation the area trails, 64% against 91% in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 4 above the middle, 1 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 536 · G4 numeracy 527 · G7 literacy 483 · G7 numeracy 467 | Second fifth |
| Langdale ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 520 · G4 numeracy 510 · G7 literacy 508 · G7 numeracy 478 | Second fifth |
| Gibsons ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 491 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 474 · G7 numeracy 488 | Second fifth |
| Elphinstone SecondarySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Sunshine Coast Alternative SchoolAlternative or adult | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 38% | 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 7 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area F, 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.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 F, Sunshine Coast’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: 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 F, Sunshine Coast
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have 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 F, Sunshine Coast
High schools within reach of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Elphinstone Secondary, 4.1 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elphinstone SecondarySecondary | SD 46 Sunshine Coast | English public | Middle fifth | 4.1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
Other schooling here: adult and continuing education at Continuing Ed SD 46; online learning through Spider; alternative programs at Sunshine Coast Alternative School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 38 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley | 2,761 | 5 | 0 | 3.9 km |
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay | 2,758 | 6 | 0 | 6.3 km |
| Highlands | 2,753 | 9 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 8 | 0 | 41 km |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | 2,691 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay | 2,668 | 1 | 0 | 30 km |
| Tumbler Ridge | 2,663 | 2 | 0 | 72 km |
| Tsawwassen | 2,629 | 9 | 1 | 2.6 km |
| Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley | 2,597 | 7 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
Of the 59 others, 24 count more schools. 13 towns of the 60 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
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 F, Sunshine Coast | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Gibsons 4 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast 6 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 km |
| Roberts Creek 11 km | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 km |
| Bowen Island 12 km | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 km |
| Lions Bay 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
No neighbour of the 5 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- 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. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
Not in or within 3 km of Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast?
Inside the town there are 1; another 6 sit within 3 km.
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).