Photo: DJ Cane · CC BY-SA 4.0Mixed results around Sunnyside: 11 high and 4 low of 22 schools in British Columbia
The strongest results are at Bayridge Elementary and Southridge School. Within 3 km of Sunnyside are 22 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
What stands out about Sunnyside’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Bayridge Elementary (elementary), in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Sunnyside’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) | 17 | 472 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 17 | 491 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 17 | 491 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 17 | 491 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 7 | 93% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 491 against 454 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 3, below on 0: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (22)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Grandview Heights SecondaryElementary | Graduation 89% | Middle fifth |
| St John Paul II AcademySecondary | Graduation 89% | 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 23 schools in and around Sunnyside are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Sunnyside
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in British Columbia marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in French.
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 Sunnyside’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: English public 18 and independent 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Sunnyside
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 23 schools in and around Sunnyside
High schools within reach of Sunnyside
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 16 high schools: 12 English public and 4 independent. St John Paul II Academy is closest, at 2.8 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Paul II AcademySecondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 2.8 km |
| Cloverdale Learning CentreSecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Bottom fifth | 7.6 km |
| Tamanawis SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Fourth fifth | 10 km |
| Brookswood SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Middle fifth | 11 km |
| Ecole Salish SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Guru Angad Dev SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 11 km |
| Seaquam SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 12 km |
| Holy Cross Regional High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 13 km |
| Sikh AcademyAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 13 km |
| Langley SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
All 16 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnsview SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Second fifth | 14 km |
| SAIL SecondarySecondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 14 km |
| SD 36 Education Services (Type 1)Secondary | SD 36 Surrey | English public | – | 14 km |
| R E Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 35 Langley | English public | Top fifth | 14 km |
| North Delta SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Sands SecondarySecondary | SD 37 Delta | English public | Middle fifth | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock | 25,057 | 24 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||
| Sooke | 17,248 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| East Burnaby | 17,233 | 67 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 49 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 35 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 23 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 48 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Surrey Centre | 16,482 | 36 | 0 | 2 km |
| Comox | 15,884 | 13 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 41 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 13 | 0 | 1.1 km |
More schools than here: 38 of the 62 others. A French-language school is within reach in 20 of the 63.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sunnyside
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2.8 km |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre 1.7 km | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 km |
| South Surrey 1.9 km | 24 | 0 | 5 | 3.8 km |
| Grandview 2.1 km | 49 | 0 | 11 | 3.6 km |
| Morgan Creek 2.1 km | 25 | 0 | 7 | 4.8 km |
| Anderson Walk 2.2 km | 43 | 0 | 11 | 4.6 km |
| White Rock 2.6 km | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 km |
Grandview leads the neighbours with 49 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Sunnyside or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- 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. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
Questions about schools in Sunnyside
Is there a French-language school in Sunnyside?
Not near Sunnyside: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Sunnyside?
Inside the town there are 5; another 18 sit within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Sunnyside?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).