Photo: Clee7903 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most schools around Johnston Heights score below the middle in British Columbia: 41 of 65
The strongest results are at Cornerstone Montessori School and Holy Cross Regional High School. Taken together, Johnston Heights and its 3 km edge hold 58 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 4 alternative or adult schools.
What stands out about Johnston Heights’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Cornerstone Montessori School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Johnston Heights’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) | 50 | 441 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 50 | 436 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 49 | 438 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 49 | 412 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 17 | 87% | 91% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 numeracy: 412 here, against 454 in British Columbia. Of 5 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 5 below.
Every school’s results (65)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Montessori SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 756 · G4 numeracy 752 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Top fifth |
| Holy Cross Regional High SchoolSecondary | Graduation 99% | Top fifth |
| Iqra SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 521 · G4 numeracy 549 · G7 literacy 616 · G7 numeracy 624 | Top fifth |
| Surrey Christian SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 527 · G4 numeracy 549 · G7 literacy 526 · G7 numeracy 514 · Graduation 98% | Top fifth |
| Pacific AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 530 · G4 numeracy 550 · G7 literacy 531 · G7 numeracy 491 · Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of Good CounselElementary | G4 literacy 558 · G4 numeracy 504 · G7 literacy 551 · G7 numeracy 536 | Top fifth |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | G4 literacy 576 · G4 numeracy 607 · G7 literacy 531 · G7 numeracy 480 | Top fifth |
| St Matthew's ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 546 · G4 numeracy 549 · G7 literacy 555 · G7 numeracy 489 | Top fifth |
| Fraser Wood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 500 · G4 numeracy 517 · G7 literacy 510 · G7 numeracy 514 | Second fifth |
| Dogwood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 492 · G7 literacy 484 · G7 numeracy 465 | Second fifth |
| Frost Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 501 · G4 numeracy 509 · G7 literacy 470 · G7 numeracy 501 | Second fifth |
| Walnut Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 479 · G4 numeracy 480 · G7 literacy 491 · G7 numeracy 507 | Second fifth |
| Erma Stephenson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 461 · G4 numeracy 481 · G7 literacy 510 · G7 numeracy 501 | Middle fifth |
| Harold Bishop ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 474 · G7 literacy 496 · G7 numeracy 449 | Middle fifth |
| Brookside ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 469 · G7 literacy 459 · G7 numeracy 442 | Middle fifth |
| William Watson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 466 · G4 numeracy 484 · G7 literacy 490 · G7 numeracy 467 | Middle fifth |
| Fleetwood Park SecondaryElementary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| Fraser Heights SecondaryElementary | Graduation 92% | Middle fifth |
| Gobind Sarvar SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 442 · G4 numeracy 446 · G7 literacy 499 · G7 numeracy 496 · Graduation masked | Middle fifth |
| Johnston Heights SecondaryElementary | Graduation 91% | Middle fifth |
| Khalsa Secondary School (Surrey)Secondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Mountainview MontessoriElementary | G4 literacy 455 · G4 numeracy 480 · G7 literacy 460 · G7 numeracy 493 | Middle fifth |
| North Surrey SecondaryElementary | Graduation 92% | Middle fifth |
| Coast Meridian ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 458 · G7 literacy 435 · G7 numeracy 427 | Middle fifth |
| Berkshire Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 450 · G4 numeracy 441 · G7 literacy 465 · G7 numeracy 462 | Fourth fifth |
| Bonaccord ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 450 · G4 numeracy 449 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 428 | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Charles ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 443 · G4 numeracy 435 · G7 literacy 458 · G7 numeracy 408 | Fourth fifth |
| William F. Davidson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 451 · G4 numeracy 443 · G7 literacy 473 · G7 numeracy 437 | Fourth fifth |
| Bothwell Elementary SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 476 · G4 numeracy 483 · G7 literacy 413 · G7 numeracy 399 | Fourth fifth |
| Coyote Creek ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 460 · G7 literacy 434 · G7 numeracy 401 | Fourth fifth |
| Enver Creek SecondaryElementary | Graduation 87% | Fourth fifth |
| Guildford Park SecondaryElementary | Graduation 80% | Fourth fifth |
| Queen Elizabeth SecondaryElementary | Graduation 84% | Fourth fifth |
| Serpentine Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 437 · G4 numeracy 437 · G7 literacy 438 · G7 numeracy 410 | Fourth fifth |
| A H P Matthew ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 423 · G4 numeracy 403 · G7 literacy 434 · G7 numeracy 412 | Bottom fifth |
| Lena Shaw ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 440 · G4 numeracy 437 · G7 literacy 412 · G7 numeracy 382 | Bottom fifth |
| Simon Cunningham ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 423 · G4 numeracy 422 · G7 literacy 434 · G7 numeracy 425 | Bottom fifth |
| Surrey TraditionalElementary | G4 literacy 445 · G4 numeracy 422 · G7 literacy 453 · G7 numeracy 396 | Bottom fifth |
| Woodland Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 405 · G4 numeracy 380 · G7 literacy 439 · G7 numeracy 411 | Bottom fifth |
| Cedar Hills ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 413 · G4 numeracy 413 · G7 literacy 398 · G7 numeracy 416 | Bottom fifth |
| Cindrich ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 412 · G4 numeracy 424 · G7 literacy 439 · G7 numeracy 396 | Bottom fifth |
| Forsyth Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 434 · G4 numeracy 397 · G7 literacy 373 · G7 numeracy 360 | Bottom fifth |
| Holly ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 425 · G4 numeracy 393 · G7 literacy 438 · G7 numeracy 355 | Bottom fifth |
| Maple Green ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 423 · G4 numeracy 386 · G7 literacy 439 · G7 numeracy 377 | Bottom fifth |
| Mary Jane Shannon ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 422 · G4 numeracy 386 · G7 literacy 388 · G7 numeracy 436 | Bottom fifth |
| Newton ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 418 · G4 numeracy 399 · G7 literacy 421 · G7 numeracy 412 | Bottom fifth |
| Senator Reid ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 406 · G4 numeracy 422 · G7 literacy 415 · G7 numeracy 435 | Bottom fifth |
| Bear Creek ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 413 · G4 numeracy 420 · G7 literacy 403 · G7 numeracy 384 | Bottom fifth |
| Betty Huff ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 427 · G4 numeracy 403 · G7 literacy 393 · G7 numeracy 367 | Bottom fifth |
| Continuing Ed SD36 (Invergarry)Alternative or adult | Graduation 25% | Bottom fifth |
| Creekside ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 393 · G4 numeracy 389 · G7 literacy 415 · G7 numeracy 384 | Bottom fifth |
| David Brankin ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 427 · G4 numeracy 419 · G7 literacy 414 · G7 numeracy 393 | Bottom fifth |
| Ecole Riverdale ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 406 · G4 numeracy 414 · G7 literacy 399 · G7 numeracy 397 | Bottom fifth |
| Education Services (Alternate)Alternative or adult | G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 24% | Bottom fifth |
| Ellendale ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 389 · G4 numeracy 349 · G7 literacy 408 · G7 numeracy 381 | Bottom fifth |
| Green Timbers ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 359 · G4 numeracy 355 · G7 literacy 405 · G7 numeracy 386 | Bottom fifth |
| Hjorth Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 390 · G4 numeracy 395 · G7 literacy 393 · G7 numeracy 368 | Bottom fifth |
| James Ardiel ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 427 · G4 numeracy 415 · G7 literacy 405 · G7 numeracy 383 | Bottom fifth |
| Janice Churchill ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 431 · G4 numeracy 412 · G7 literacy 419 · G7 numeracy 383 | Bottom fifth |
| K B Woodward ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 421 · G4 numeracy 399 · G7 literacy 417 · G7 numeracy 382 | Bottom fifth |
| Kwantlen Park SecondaryElementary | Graduation 75% | Bottom fifth |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | Graduation 79% | Bottom fifth |
| Old Yale Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 415 · G4 numeracy 392 · G7 literacy 401 · G7 numeracy 395 | Bottom fifth |
| SD 36 Alternate North Surrey LCAlternative or adult | Graduation 19% | Bottom fifth |
| Surrey Academy of Innovative LearningAlternative or adult | G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 9% | 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 69 schools in and around Johnston Heights are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Johnston Heights
The language each school teaches in, against every school in British Columbia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Johnston Heights’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 58 and independent 11.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Johnston Heights
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.
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 69 schools in and around Johnston Heights
Show all 58 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Johnston Heights
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 36 high schools: 27 English public and 9 independent. The closest high school is SAIL Secondary, 2.3 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAIL SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 2.3 km |
| SD 36 Education Services (Type 1)Secondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 2.3 km |
| Honour Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 2.8 km |
| Holy Cross Regional High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 3.1 km |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 5 km |
| Guru Angad Dev SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 5.3 km |
| Khalsa Secondary School (Surrey)Secondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 5.4 km |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 5.7 km |
| Delview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 7.2 km |
| Purpose Independent Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 7.6 km |
All 36 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Delta SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Fourth fifth | 7.8 km |
| Tamanawis SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Fourth fifth | 8.1 km |
| Ecole Riverside SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 8.3 km |
| Centennial SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 8.4 km |
| Ecole Salish SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Second fifth | 8.7 km |
| Burnsview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 8.9 km |
| Sands SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 9 km |
| École Dr. Charles Best SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 9.2 km |
| Seaquam SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 9.3 km |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | Fourth fifth | 9.5 km |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 9.6 km |
| Pitt Meadows SecondarySecondary | SD 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | English public | Middle fifth | 9.7 km |
| Queensborough Middle SchoolAll grades | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | – | 9.7 km |
| Cloverdale Learning CentreSecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 10 km |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 10 km |
| Hope Lutheran Christian SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 10 km |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 11 km |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Port Moody SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Gleneagle SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| R E Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Top fifth | 11 km |
| Walnut Grove SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Top fifth | 12 km |
| Odyssey K-9 SD 42All grades | SD 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | English public | – | 12 km |
| Heritage Woods SecondarySecondary | SD 43 Coquitlam | English public | Second fifth | 13 km |
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 13 km |
| Choice School For Gifted ChildrenAll grades | – | Independent | – | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Johnston Heights
Also within reach: adult and continuing education at Continuing Ed SD36 (Invergarry); alternative programs at Education Services (Alternate) and SD 36 Alternate North Surrey LC; online learning through Surrey Academy of Innovative Learning. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 49,527 | 21 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Fairview | 33,969 | 68 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 20 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Killarney | 32,167 | 56 | 1 | 1 km |
| Victoria-Fraserview | 31,095 | 66 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 69 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| West End | 30,785 | 42 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Squamish | 28,578 | 15 | 1 | 2.8 km |
| Marpole | 28,182 | 55 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Grandview-Woodland | 28,119 | 68 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Oak Bay | 18,626 | 38 | 0 | 0.5 km |
7 of the 45 others have more schools in reach. Schooling in French is on hand in 28 of the 46.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Johnston Heights
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Next door, Fleetwood counts 73 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. FSA scores and first-time graduation are placed by fifths among BC’s schools; international fee-paying students aren’t counted.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Boards and systems. English and French boards share the province, each with its own schools; there are no separate Catholic boards here.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Johnston Heights’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Johnston Heights
How many schools are there in Johnston Heights?
14 are inside the town itself and 55 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Johnston Heights?
Not within 3 km of Johnston Heights. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Johnston Heights?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through 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).