Photo: 36reasons · Public domainResults around West Kelowna split both ways in British Columbia: 8 of 27 schools high, 12 low
Top of the area on results: Anne McClymont Elementary and Shannon Lake Elementary. In French: one of the 30 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%. Counting a 3 km margin, West Kelowna has 23 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 4 alternative or adult schools.
How West Kelowna’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 C+: 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) | 20 | 476 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 20 | 476 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 7 | 454 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 7 | 438 | 454 |
| First-time Grade 12 graduation | 5 | 42% | 91% |
On first-time graduation the area trails, 42% against 91% in British Columbia. The area is ahead on 0 of 5 measures and behind on 2.
Every school’s results (27)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Anne McClymont ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 519 · G4 numeracy 502 | Second fifth |
| Shannon Lake ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 497 · G4 numeracy 534 | Second fifth |
| Kelowna SecondarySecondary | Graduation 93% | Second fifth |
| Our Lady of LourdesAll grades | G4 literacy 490 · G4 numeracy 469 · G7 literacy 526 · G7 numeracy 488 | Second fifth |
| Peachland ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 505 · G4 numeracy 484 | Second fifth |
| Rose Valley ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 494 · G4 numeracy 508 | Second fifth |
| St Joseph Elementary SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 473 · G4 numeracy 513 · G7 literacy 505 · G7 numeracy 482 | Second fifth |
| The Balsam SchoolElementary | G4 literacy 501 · G4 numeracy 460 · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked | Second fifth |
| Chief Tomat ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 504 | Middle fifth |
| Helen Gorman ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 480 · G4 numeracy 471 | Middle fifth |
| Mar Jok ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 481 · G4 numeracy 484 | Middle fifth |
| Raymer ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 496 · G4 numeracy 471 | Middle fifth |
| de l'Anse-au-sableElementary | G4 literacy 477 · G4 numeracy 481 · G7 literacy 472 · G7 numeracy 462 · Graduation masked | Middle fifth |
| Dorothea Walker ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 472 · G4 numeracy 483 | Middle fifth |
| Mount Boucherie SecondarySecondary | Graduation 92% | Middle fifth |
| Casorso ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 474 · G4 numeracy 447 | Fourth fifth |
| Hudson Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 457 · G4 numeracy 472 | Fourth fifth |
| KLO Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 454 · G7 numeracy 438 | Fourth fifth |
| Sensisyusten House of LearningElementary | G4 literacy 469 · G4 numeracy 429 | Fourth fifth |
| A S Matheson ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 438 · G4 numeracy 431 | Fourth fifth |
| Glenrosa ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 455 · G4 numeracy 440 | Fourth fifth |
| Kleos Open LearningAlternative or adult | G4 literacy 445 · G4 numeracy 480 · G7 literacy 448 · G7 numeracy 411 · Graduation 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Glenrosa Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 425 · G7 numeracy 389 | Bottom fifth |
| Webber Road ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 438 · G4 numeracy 399 | Bottom fifth |
| Central School ProgramsAlternative or adult | G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 42% | Bottom fifth |
| Constable Neil Bruce Middle SchoolElementary | G7 literacy 413 · G7 numeracy 380 | Bottom fifth |
| eSchool23Alternative or adult | G4 literacy masked · G4 numeracy masked · G7 literacy masked · G7 numeracy masked · Graduation 38% | 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 30 schools in and around West Kelowna are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around West Kelowna
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.
The French-language schools are de l'Anse-au-sable, run by SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone.
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 West Kelowna’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
The split by system: English public 23, French-language 1 and independent 6.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
SD 23 Central Okanagan runs the most, 23 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| SD 23 Central OkanaganA S Matheson, Adult Education SD#23, Anne McClymont, Casorso, Central School Programs, Central Secondary, Chief Tomat, Constable Neil Bruce … | English public | 23 |
| SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophonede l'Anse-au-sable | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in West Kelowna
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 30 schools in and around West Kelowna
High schools within reach of West Kelowna
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 2 English public and 2 independent. Nearest: Mount Boucherie Secondary, 1.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Boucherie SecondarySecondary | SD 23 Central Okanagan | English public | Middle fifth | 1.6 km |
| Our Lady of LourdesAll grades | – | Independent | Second fifth | 3.6 km |
| Kelowna SecondarySecondary | SD 23 Central Okanagan | English public | Second fifth | 9 km |
| Immaculata Regional High SchoolSecondary | – | Independent | Top fifth | 9.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around West Kelowna
The area also has online learning through Kleos Open Learning and eSchool23; adult and continuing education at Adult Education SD#23; alternative programs at Central School Programs. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 63,957 | 73 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| … | ||||
| West Vancouver | 47,929 | 37 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Mission | 47,280 | 26 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 51 | 1 | 2.3 km |
| Yaletown | 40,297 | 60 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| West Kelowna | 40,274 | 30 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 102 | 4 | 1.9 km |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 16 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Campbell River | 38,300 | 19 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 65 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 15 | 0 | 0.8 km |
More schools than here: 24 of the 34 others. 23 of 35 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around West Kelowna
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kelowna | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1.6 km |
| Tsinstikeptum 9 1 km | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 km |
| Tsinstikeptum 10 5.6 km | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4.1 km |
| Kelowna 12 km | 49 | 1 | 12 | 2.4 km |
| Peachland 13 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 km |
Top among the neighbours: Kelowna, 49 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within West Kelowna and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. BC publishes average FSA scores and graduation rates, masking small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in West Kelowna
Which boards run the schools in West Kelowna?
By number of schools: SD 23 Central Okanagan (23) and SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone (1).
How do I get a place at a school in West Kelowna?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in West Kelowna?
Yes, schooling in French is at de l'Anse-au-sable.
How many schools are there in West Kelowna?
Inside the town there are 12; another 18 sit within 3 km.
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).