Photo: Urban Walnut · Public domainNo high school in or near Tumbler Ridge: the closest is 72 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
High schools within reach of Tumbler Ridge
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Tumbler Ridge’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 | 377 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 414 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 404 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 372 | 454 |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 4 literacy: 377 here, against 468 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 0, below on 4: that is the 4 measures.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Tumbler Ridge ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 377 · G4 numeracy 414 | Bottom fifth |
| Tumbler Ridge SecondaryElementary | G7 literacy 404 · G7 numeracy 372 · Graduation masked | 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 2 schools in and around Tumbler Ridge 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 Tumbler Ridge
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.
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 Tumbler Ridge’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Tumbler Ridge
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 2 schools in and around Tumbler Ridge
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 38 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Highlands | 2,753 | 9 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 8 | 0 | 41 km |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | 2,691 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 km |
| Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay | 2,668 | 1 | 0 | 30 km |
| Tumbler Ridge | 2,663 | 2 | 0 | 72 km |
| Tsawwassen | 2,629 | 9 | 1 | 2.6 km |
| Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley | 2,597 | 7 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Chase | 2,591 | 2 | 0 | 16 km |
| Anmore | 2,508 | 18 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
In 50 of the 59 others the count is higher. A French-language school is within reach in 13 of the 60.
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
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of BC’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; masked small groups would make places misleading.
- 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 open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- Which schools count. The area is Tumbler Ridge plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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 Tumbler Ridge
How many schools are there in Tumbler Ridge?
All 2 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Tumbler Ridge?
No, none within 3 km of Tumbler Ridge; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Tumbler Ridge?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).