Photo: Buiobuione · CC BY-SA 4.0No high school in or near Tofino: the closest is 18 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 1 elementary school, and no high school.
High schools within reach of Tofino
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Tofino’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 D: 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 | 433 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 431 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 424 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 391 | 454 |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 391 against 454 in British Columbia. Of 4 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 4 below.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Wickaninnish Community SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 433 · G4 numeracy 431 · G7 literacy 424 · G7 numeracy 391 | 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 school in or near Tofino is
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Tofino
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Tofino
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland | 4,355 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| … | ||||
| Bainbridge | 3,015 | 32 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | 2,981 | 4 | 0 | 7.5 km |
| Sicamous | 2,854 | 2 | 0 | 21 km |
| Cultus Lake | 2,773 | 9 | 0 | 6 km |
| Tofino | 2,772 | 1 | 0 | 18 km |
| Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley | 2,761 | 5 | 0 | 3.9 km |
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay | 2,758 | 6 | 0 | 6.3 km |
| Highlands | 2,753 | 9 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 8 | 0 | 41 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
More schools than here: 62 of the 63 others. Schooling in French is on hand in 15 of the 64.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools belong to English and French-language boards (or districts); independent schools run themselves.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of BC’s schools on that measure; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Tofino and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
Questions about schools in Tofino
How do I get a place at a school in Tofino?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which schools near Tofino have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in British Columbia; the strongest is Wickaninnish Community School.
How many schools are there in Tofino?
The town holds all 1; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Tofino?
Not within 3 km of Tofino. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).