Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAround Welcome Beach, 2 schools of 6 teach in French
Those are Secondaire Chatelech and du Pacifique (SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone). On the tests, 1 of 4 schools land above the middle in British Columbia, 1 under it. Taken together, Welcome Beach and its 3 km edge hold 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.
Schooling in English and French around Welcome Beach
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: Secondaire Chatelech and du Pacifique.
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.
How Welcome Beach’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) | 3 | 488 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 450 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 3 | 421 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 3 | 455 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 1 | 95% | 91% |
The widest gap is on Grade 7 literacy, where the area’s schools reach 421 against 467 in British Columbia. On 2 of 5 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Chatelech SecondaryElementary | Graduation 95% | Second fifth |
| West Sechelt ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 504 · G4 numeracy 484 · G7 literacy 421 · G7 numeracy 455 | Middle fifth |
| Halfmoon Bay ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 464 · G4 numeracy 442 · G7 literacy 457 · G7 numeracy 495 | Middle fifth |
| Kinnikinnick ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 488 · G4 numeracy 450 · G7 literacy 386 · G7 numeracy 256 | Fourth 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 6 schools in and around Welcome Beach are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Welcome Beach’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 4 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is SD 46 Sunshine Coast: 4 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 46 Sunshine CoastChatelech Secondary, Halfmoon Bay, Kinnikinnick, West Sechelt | English public | 4 |
| SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophoneSecondaire Chatelech, du Pacifique | French public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Welcome Beach
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Welcome Beach
High schools within reach of Welcome Beach
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Secondaire Chatelech, 11 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondaire ChatelechSecondary | SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | French public | – | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | 3,256 | 2 | 0 | 25 km |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 55 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | 3,189 | 16 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan | 3,184 | 7 | 0 | 5.1 km |
| Welcome Beach | 3,130 | 6 | 2 | 11 km |
| Houston | 3,114 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 3,069 | 8 | 1 | 5.4 km |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 3,057 | 11 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Princeton | 3,050 | 4 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
Among 78 towns its size, 37 have more schools nearby. A school in French is nearby in 17 towns of 79.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Welcome Beach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Beach | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 km |
| Sechelt 11 km | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast 16 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 km |
Most schools next door: Sechelt, 8.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. FSA scores and first-time graduation are placed by fifths among BC’s schools; international fee-paying students aren’t counted.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s board decides its language; the province funds no separate Catholic system.
- Which schools count. The area is Welcome Beach plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
Questions about schools in Welcome Beach
Is there a French-language school in Welcome Beach?
Yes, schooling in French is at Secondaire Chatelech and du Pacifique.
How many schools are there in Welcome Beach?
1 in the town, 5 just beyond it, within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Welcome Beach?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Welcome Beach?
SD 46 Sunshine Coast (4) and SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).