Photo: RockyGoat · Public domainNo high school in or near Valemount: the closest is 79 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 Valemount
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Valemount’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 | 382 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 364 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 363 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 401 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 83% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 4 numeracy, where the area’s schools reach 364 against 472 in British Columbia. Across 5 measures: 0 above the middle, 5 below.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Valemount SecondaryElementary | Graduation 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Valemount ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 382 · G4 numeracy 364 · G7 literacy 363 · G7 numeracy 401 | 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 Valemount 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 Valemount
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 Valemount’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Valemount
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Valemount
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Counted: Valemount’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Two systems share the province, English and French, each run by its own board or district.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Valemount
Is there a French-language school in Valemount?
Not in or within 3 km of Valemount; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Valemount?
All 2 are inside the town itself.
How do I get a place at a school in Valemount?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).