Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Mixed results around Strathcona: 26 high and 9 low of 51 schools in British Columbia
Top of the area on results: Claren Academy and Notre Dame Regional Secondary. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 66; in British Columbia, 2% of schools teach in it. Counting a 3 km margin, Strathcona has 52 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school.
What stands out about Strathcona’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Claren Academy (elementary), in the top fifth in British Columbia. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Strathcona’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) | 42 | 491 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 42 | 496 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 36 | 497 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 36 | 483 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 10 | 88% | 91% |
On Grade 7 numeracy the area runs ahead, 483 against 454 in British Columbia. Above the middle on 4, below on 1: that is the 5 measures.
Every school’s results (51)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Claren AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 584 · G4 numeracy 599 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Top fifth |
| Notre Dame Regional SecondarySecondary | Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady Of SorrowsElementary | G4 literacy 579 · G4 numeracy 568 · G7 literacy 597 · G7 numeracy 561 | Top fifth |
| St Francis XavierElementary | G4 literacy 594 · G4 numeracy 607 · G7 literacy 577 · G7 numeracy 596 | Top fifth |
| St Francis of AssisiElementary | G4 literacy 554 · G4 numeracy 570 · G7 literacy 525 · G7 numeracy 554 | Top fifth |
| St Jude'sElementary | G4 literacy 554 · G4 numeracy 596 · G7 literacy 581 · G7 numeracy 570 | Top fifth |
| Stratford HallElementary | G4 literacy 568 · G4 numeracy 571 · G7 literacy 543 · G7 numeracy 547 · Graduation 100% | Top fifth |
| Westside Montessori AcademyElementary | G4 literacy 546 · G4 numeracy 620 · G7 literacy 580 · G7 numeracy 550 | Top fifth |
| Blessed Sacrament SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 543 · G4 numeracy 569 · G7 literacy 541 · G7 numeracy 503 | Top fifth |
| Chief Maquinna ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 501 · G4 numeracy 544 · G7 literacy 518 · G7 numeracy 538 | Top fifth |
| L'Ecole Bilingue ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 513 · G4 numeracy 512 · G7 literacy 534 · G7 numeracy 510 | Top fifth |
| St Joseph'sElementary | G4 literacy 558 · G4 numeracy 529 · G7 literacy 498 · G7 numeracy 521 | Top fifth |
| Tillicum Community AnnexElementary | G4 literacy 487 · G4 numeracy 521 | Second fifth |
| Tyee ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 526 · G4 numeracy 555 · G7 literacy 497 · G7 numeracy 508 | Second fifth |
| David Livingstone ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 493 · G4 numeracy 510 · G7 literacy 524 · G7 numeracy 493 | Second fifth |
| Florence Nightingale ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 484 · G4 numeracy 485 · G7 literacy 511 · G7 numeracy 506 | Second fifth |
| General Brock ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 505 · G4 numeracy 456 · G7 literacy 539 · G7 numeracy 519 | Second fifth |
| Simon Fraser ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 507 · G7 literacy 524 · G7 numeracy 486 | Second fifth |
| wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm Elementary SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 520 · G4 numeracy 518 · G7 literacy 500 · G7 numeracy 471 | Second fifth |
| Emily Carr ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 538 · G4 numeracy 562 · G7 literacy 473 · G7 numeracy 450 | Second fifth |
| Laura Secord ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 486 · G4 numeracy 496 · G7 literacy 493 · G7 numeracy 502 | Second fifth |
| Nootka Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 489 · G4 numeracy 494 · G7 literacy 506 · G7 numeracy 485 | Second fifth |
| Queen Victoria AnnexElementary | G4 literacy 480 · G4 numeracy 497 | Second fifth |
| St Patrick's ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 483 · G7 literacy 569 · G7 numeracy 483 | Second fifth |
| Edith Cavell ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 454 · G7 literacy 529 · G7 numeracy 483 | Second fifth |
| Lord Nelson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 487 · G4 numeracy 503 · G7 literacy 490 · G7 numeracy 443 | Second fifth |
| Britannia Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 494 · G4 numeracy 466 · G7 literacy no data · G7 numeracy no data | Middle fifth |
| Dr A R Lord ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 489 · G4 numeracy 471 · G7 literacy 479 · G7 numeracy 443 | Middle fifth |
| Lord Beaconsfield ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 495 · G4 numeracy 462 · G7 literacy no data · G7 numeracy no data | Middle fifth |
| Charles Dickens ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 463 · G4 numeracy 464 · G7 literacy 478 · G7 numeracy 462 | Middle fifth |
| Elsie Roy ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 495 · G7 literacy 437 · G7 numeracy 467 | Middle fifth |
| General Wolfe ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 494 · G4 numeracy 484 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 445 | Middle fifth |
| Lord Roberts ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 498 · G4 numeracy 491 · G7 literacy 448 · G7 numeracy 451 | Middle fifth |
| Sir Richard McBride ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 499 · G4 numeracy 497 · G7 literacy 467 · G7 numeracy 427 | Middle fifth |
| False Creek ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 479 · G4 numeracy 447 · G7 literacy 462 · G7 numeracy 454 | Middle fifth |
| Hastings Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 452 · G4 numeracy 499 · G7 literacy 467 · G7 numeracy 444 | Middle fifth |
| King George SecondaryElementary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| St. Patrick Regional SecondarySecondary | Graduation 90% | Middle fifth |
| Vancouver Technical SecondaryElementary | Graduation 92% | Middle fifth |
| Lord Selkirk ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 460 · G7 literacy 447 · G7 numeracy 449 | Middle fifth |
| Queen Alexandra ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 440 · G4 numeracy 475 · G7 literacy 459 · G7 numeracy 464 | Middle fifth |
| šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 471 · G4 numeracy 438 · G7 literacy 472 · G7 numeracy 462 | Middle fifth |
| Grandview ¿uuqinak’uuh ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 451 · G4 numeracy 434 · G7 literacy 469 · G7 numeracy 437 | Fourth fifth |
| Gladstone SecondaryElementary | Graduation 84% | Fourth fifth |
| Sir Charles Tupper SecondarySecondary | Graduation 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Templeton SecondarySecondary | Graduation 82% | Fourth fifth |
| Lord Selkirk AnnexElementary | G4 literacy 446 · G4 numeracy 420 | Bottom fifth |
| Mount Pleasant ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 428 · G4 numeracy 402 · G7 literacy 447 · G7 numeracy 430 | Bottom fifth |
| Britannia Community SecondarySecondary | Graduation 71% | Bottom fifth |
| Lord Strathcona Community ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 381 · G4 numeracy 340 · G7 literacy 357 · G7 numeracy 344 | Bottom fifth |
| Vancouver Alternate SchoolAlternative or adult | Graduation 35% | 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 66 schools in and around Strathcona are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Strathcona
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.
SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone runs the French-language ones: Norval-Morrisseau.
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 Strathcona’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 43, French-language 1 and independent 22.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
SD 39 Vancouver runs the most, 43 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 39 VancouverAdmiral Seymour, Britannia Community, Britannia Community Secondary, Charles Dickens Annex, Charles Dickens, Chief Maquinna, David Livingstone, Dr A R Lord … | English public | 43 |
| SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophoneNorval-Morrisseau | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Strathcona
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 66 schools in and around Strathcona
Show all 52 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Strathcona
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 57 high schools: 30 English public and 27 independent. For the shortest journey, Columbia College: 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia CollegeSecondary | – | Independent | – | 0.7 km |
| Britannia Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Bottom fifth | 1.5 km |
| Alexander AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 1.7 km |
| Lowell High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 1.7 km |
| Columbia AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 1.8 km |
| Franklin SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 2 km |
| St. Patrick Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 2.1 km |
| Templeton SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 2.2 km |
| Pattison High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 2.5 km |
| Canada Royal Arts High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 2.8 km |
All 57 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Tupper SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 3.2 km |
| Notre Dame Regional SecondarySecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 3.3 km |
| Bodwell High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 4 km |
| St. Thomas AquinasSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 4.6 km |
| Madrona SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 4.7 km |
| St. John's AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 4.9 km |
| Eric Hamber SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 4.9 km |
| John Oliver SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 5.2 km |
| Windermere Community SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 5.2 km |
| King David High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 5.5 km |
| Pear Tree SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | – | 5.6 km |
| Carson Graham SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 5.7 km |
| Johnathan AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 5.7 km |
| Whytecliff Agile Learning Centre-BurnabySecondary | – | Independent | – | 5.7 km |
| Sutherland SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 6 km |
| Point Grey SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Middle fifth | 6.4 km |
| Alpha SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 6.6 km |
| Qawsain Knowledge HouseAll grades | – | Independent | – | 6.8 km |
| Killarney SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Fourth fifth | 6.8 km |
| Magee SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Middle fifth | 7.1 km |
| Moscrop SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Second fifth | 7.4 km |
| Lord Byng SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 7.7 km |
| Windsor SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 7.8 km |
| Argyle SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 7.8 km |
| Cousteau L'ecole Francaise Interna'leAll grades | – | Independent | Top fifth | 7.9 km |
| Tamim Academy of VancouverAll grades | – | Independent | – | 7.9 km |
| Handsworth SecondarySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 8.2 km |
| West Vancouver SecondarySecondary | SD 45 West Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 8.3 km |
| Burnaby North SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 8.6 km |
| Canada Star Secondary SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | – | 10 km |
| Burnaby South SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 10 km |
| Cambie SecondarySecondary | SD 38 Richmond | English public | Fourth fifth | 11 km |
| City Vancouver AcademySecondary | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| Maple Hill SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Fourth fifth | 11 km |
| Seycove Secondary CommunitySecondary | SD 44 North Vancouver | English public | Top fifth | 11 km |
| Eaton Arrowsmith School (Vancouver) LtdAll grades | – | Independent | – | 11 km |
| University Hill SecondarySecondary | SD 39 Vancouver | English public | Second fifth | 11 km |
| A.R. MacNeill SecondarySecondary | SD 38 Richmond | English public | Fourth fifth | 13 km |
| Byrne Creek Community SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 13 km |
| St. Thomas More CollegiateSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 13 km |
| Burnaby Mountain SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Middle fifth | 13 km |
| New Westminster SecondarySecondary | SD 40 New Westminster | English public | Fourth fifth | 14 km |
| Cariboo Hill SecondarySecondary | SD 41 Burnaby | English public | Bottom fifth | 14 km |
| BC Muslim SchoolAll grades | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| J.N. Burnett SecondarySecondary | SD 38 Richmond | English public | Middle fifth | 14 km |
| Choice School For Gifted ChildrenAll grades | – | Independent | – | 14 km |
| Rockridge SecondarySecondary | SD 45 West Vancouver | English public | – | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Strathcona
Outside the usual elementary and high schools: alternative programs at Vancouver Alternate School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | 22,031 | 58 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||
| Powell River | 14,947 | 12 | 2 | 1 km |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 47 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Kerrisdale | 14,105 | 47 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 67 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| Strathcona | 13,783 | 66 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Terrace | 13,648 | 16 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Dawson Creek | 13,635 | 9 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 24 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Sidney | 13,445 | 4 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area G, Nanaimo | 8,412 | 11 | 0 | 2.4 km |
5 of 74 similar towns count more schools. Of the 75, 21 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Strathcona
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona | 66 | 1 | 22 | 0.8 km |
| Yaletown 1.7 km | 60 | 0 | 27 | 0.1 km |
| Mount Pleasant 1.7 km | 91 | 3 | 31 | 0.4 km |
| Grandview-Woodland 1.8 km | 68 | 1 | 21 | 0.3 km |
| Granville Entertainment District 2.4 km | 42 | 0 | 23 | 0.4 km |
| Coal Harbour 2.8 km | 29 | 0 | 14 | 0.8 km |
| Little Saigon 3.1 km | 86 | 3 | 22 | 1 km |
Mount Pleasant leads the neighbours with 91 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. FSA scores and first-time graduation are placed by fifths among BC’s schools; international fee-paying students aren’t counted.
- 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. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools belong to English and French-language boards (or districts); independent schools run themselves.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Strathcona’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Strathcona
Is there a French-language school in Strathcona?
Yes: Norval-Morrisseau, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Strathcona?
Inside the town there are 4; another 62 sit within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Strathcona?
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.
Which boards run the schools in Strathcona?
By number of schools: SD 39 Vancouver (43) and SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone (1).
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).