Of Douglas’s 12 tested schools, 2 sit above the middle in British Columbia and 4 below
Top of the area on results: Semiahmoo Secondary and Edgewood Elementary. Taken together, Douglas and its 3 km edge hold 12 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
How Douglas’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) | 8 | 458 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 8 | 462 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 8 | 469 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 8 | 450 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 4 | 89% | 91% |
No measure strays far from the province: first-time graduation, the furthest, is 89% against 91% in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 0 of 5 measures and behind on 0.
Every school’s results (12)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Semiahmoo SecondaryElementary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Edgewood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 473 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 481 · G7 numeracy 491 | Second fifth |
| H T Thrift ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 460 · G4 numeracy 482 · G7 literacy 491 · G7 numeracy 460 | Middle fifth |
| Grandview Heights SecondaryElementary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| St John Paul II AcademySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Douglas ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 456 · G4 numeracy 477 · G7 literacy 466 · G7 numeracy 453 | Middle fifth |
| Pacific Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 491 · G7 literacy 429 · G7 numeracy 415 | Middle fifth |
| White Rock ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 411 · G4 numeracy 428 · G7 literacy 489 · G7 numeracy 486 | Middle fifth |
| Peace Arch ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 465 · G4 numeracy 442 · G7 literacy 473 · G7 numeracy 431 | Fourth fifth |
| South Meridian ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 446 · G4 numeracy 447 · G7 literacy 456 · G7 numeracy 447 | Fourth fifth |
| Earl Marriott SecondaryElementary | Graduation 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Jessie Lee ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 457 · G4 numeracy 442 · G7 literacy 414 · G7 numeracy 403 | 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 13 schools in and around Douglas 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 Douglas
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Douglas’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 11 and independent 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Douglas
Independent schools
Independent schools choose their students and charge fees, with part of their costs paid by the province when they qualify.
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 13 schools in and around Douglas
High schools within reach of Douglas
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 5 high schools: 4 English public and 1 independent. The closest high school is St John Paul II Academy, 4.1 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Paul II AcademySecondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 4.1 km |
| Brookswood SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Middle fifth | 10 km |
| Cloverdale Learning CentreSecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 11 km |
| Langley SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Ecole Salish SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Second fifth | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 7,190 | 8 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | 4,815 | 2 | 0 | 19 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 |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 8 | 0 | 41 km |
Set against 105 others, 24 have more schools in reach. Of the 106, 22 offer 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 Douglas
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 km |
| Grandview 4.2 km | 49 | 0 | 11 | 3.6 km |
| White Rock 4.4 km | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre 4.5 km | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 km |
| Sunnyside 5.3 km | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2.8 km |
| South Surrey 7.1 km | 24 | 0 | 5 | 3.8 km |
| Morgan Creek 7.2 km | 25 | 0 | 7 | 4.8 km |
The busiest neighbour is Grandview, with 49 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Douglas’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
Questions about schools in Douglas
How many schools are there in Douglas?
The town holds 1 of them; 12 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Douglas?
No, none within 3 km of Douglas; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Douglas?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).