Telkwa’s teenagers travel 41 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 1 elementary school.
High schools within reach of Telkwa
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Telkwa’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) | 1 | 464 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 434 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 467 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 440 | 454 |
The widest gap is on Grade 4 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 434 against 472 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 1: that is the 4 measures.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Telkwa ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 464 · G4 numeracy 434 · G7 literacy 467 · G7 numeracy 440 | Middle 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 school in or near Telkwa is
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Telkwa
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 school in and around Telkwa
Schools in the towns around Telkwa
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telkwa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 km |
| Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako 10 km | 12 | 1 | 5 | 51 km |
| Smithers 13 km | 10 | 1 | 4 | 55 km |
Next door, Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako counts 12 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- Which schools count. Inside Telkwa’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Telkwa
Is there a French-language school in Telkwa?
None within 3 km of Telkwa. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Telkwa?
Every one of them, 1, is inside the town.
How do I get a place at a school in Telkwa?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which schools near Telkwa have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in British Columbia; the strongest is Telkwa Elementary.
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).