Photo: Leoboudv · CC BY-SA 3.0South Surrey’s 23 schools with results spread wide in British Columbia, 12 in the top two fifths and 5 in the bottom two
The highest results belong to Bayridge Elementary and Southridge School. Counting a 3 km margin, South Surrey has 23 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
What stands out about South Surrey’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Bayridge Elementary (elementary), in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How South Surrey’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 A: 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) | 19 | 469 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 19 | 487 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 19 | 491 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 19 | 486 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 6 | 95% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 486 against 454 in British Columbia. 4 measures above the provincial middle, 0 below, out of 5.
Every school’s results (23)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bayridge ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 514 · G4 numeracy 533 · G7 literacy 531 · G7 numeracy 543 | Top fifth |
| Southridge SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 576 · G4 numeracy 594 · G7 literacy 605 · G7 numeracy 600 · Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Star of the SeaElementary | G4 literacy 519 · G4 numeracy 530 · G7 literacy 563 · G7 numeracy 578 | Top fifth |
| White Rock Christian AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 537 · G4 numeracy 590 · G7 literacy 549 · G7 numeracy 537 · Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Laronde ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 518 · G7 literacy 494 · G7 numeracy 479 | Second fifth |
| Chantrell Creek ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 510 · G7 literacy 491 · G7 numeracy 519 | Second fifth |
| Elgin Park SecondaryElementary | Graduation 96% | Second fifth |
| Ray Shepherd ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 497 · G4 numeracy 504 · G7 literacy 495 · G7 numeracy 508 | Second fifth |
| Rosemary Heights ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 522 · G7 literacy 461 · G7 numeracy 476 | Second fifth |
| Semiahmoo SecondaryElementary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Edgewood ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 473 · G4 numeracy 487 · G7 literacy 481 · G7 numeracy 491 | Second fifth |
| Morgan ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 462 · G4 numeracy 494 · G7 literacy 499 · G7 numeracy 506 | Second fifth |
| Semiahmoo Trail ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 473 · G7 literacy 510 · G7 numeracy 526 | Middle fifth |
| H T Thrift ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 460 · G4 numeracy 482 · G7 literacy 491 · G7 numeracy 460 | Middle fifth |
| Sunnyside ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 486 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 465 | Middle fifth |
| Crescent Park ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 442 · G4 numeracy 456 · G7 literacy 498 · G7 numeracy 473 | Middle fifth |
| St John Paul II AcademySecondary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| White Rock ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 411 · G4 numeracy 428 · G7 literacy 489 · G7 numeracy 486 | Middle fifth |
| Ocean Cliff ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 445 · G4 numeracy 471 · G7 literacy 462 · G7 numeracy 429 | Fourth 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 24 schools in and around South Surrey 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 South Surrey
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 South Surrey’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 19 and independent 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in South Surrey
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 24 schools in and around South Surrey
High schools within reach of South Surrey
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
18 secondary schools are within 15 km: 14 English public and 4 independent. First by distance comes St John Paul II Academy, at 3.8 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Paul II AcademySecondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 3.8 km |
| Cloverdale Learning CentreSecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 7.9 km |
| Tamanawis SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Fourth fifth | 8.6 km |
| Guru Angad Dev SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 10 km |
| Seaquam SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 10 km |
| Ecole Salish SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Burnsview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 12 km |
| Holy Cross Regional High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 12 km |
| Brookswood SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Middle fifth | 12 km |
All 18 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Delta SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
| SAIL SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 13 km |
| SD 36 Education Services (Type 1)Secondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 13 km |
| Sands SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 13 km |
| Delview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| L.A. Matheson SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 14 km |
| Langley SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| R E Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Top fifth | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 13 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay | 7,006 | 12 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| Anniedale | 6,715 | 53 | 0 | 3.7 km |
| Southern Gulf Islands | 6,691 | 8 | 0 | 4.5 km |
| Garden Village | 6,492 | 56 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 24 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | 19 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Peachland | 6,302 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 km |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 14 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 69 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay | 3,915 | 4 | 0 | 3.3 km |
Set against 95 others, 18 have more schools in reach. A school in French is nearby in 21 towns of 96.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around South Surrey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Surrey | 24 | 0 | 5 | 3.8 km |
| Anderson Walk 1.1 km | 43 | 0 | 11 | 4.6 km |
| Morgan Creek 1.7 km | 25 | 0 | 7 | 4.8 km |
| Sunnyside 1.9 km | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2.8 km |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre 2.8 km | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 km |
| White Rock 3.5 km | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| Crescent Heights 3.8 km | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5.4 km |
Top among the neighbours: Anderson Walk, 43 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every BC school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around South Surrey’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
Questions about schools in South Surrey
How do I get a place at a school in South Surrey?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in South Surrey?
3 are inside the town itself and 21 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in South Surrey?
There is none in or near South Surrey (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).