Peace River South School District SD59
Dawson Creek, British Columbia · Public · English
FSA results
Students at or above expectations in the Foundation Skills Assessment, 2025-2026. The British Columbia average is 73.4%.
Average for British Columbia: SD59 places 27 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (62.1%).
1,102 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue
Student success
How Peace River South students are doing, in the district's own annual report
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 (about 260 to 320 writers, over 90% participation) and the Grade 10 literacy assessment; 2024-25 from the Ministry's report
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment; many SD59 students write the numeracy assessment in Grade 11 or 12, which the Grade 10 figure does not count
Graduating
Six-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, from the Ministry's report, and grade transitions; the district's own five-year rate for 2023-24 was 68% to 81% depending on the measure
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7 and 10 combined, positive responses; 2024-25 estimated from the Ministry's elementary and secondary charts
Click any figure to open its chart with every year.
What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF.
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What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide
Figures and findings read from Peace River South School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report 2025, in the October 22, 2025 board package (PDF, sd59.bc.ca) , published 2025-10.
The report's own pages
The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.
School buses and catchment areas
Buses, sd59.bc.ca ↗- Who qualifies
- Outside city limits and beyond 800 m of the catchment school or nearest route
- Riding
- 5 minutes early; K to 4 need a parent or older sibling at the stop
- Bad weather
- Information line 250-782-1061, local radio, text or email
- No bus
- Per-kilometre assistance allowance on application
- Contact
- Bus garage 250-782-2106; Chetwynd, Standard Bus 250-788-2415
Catchment maps
Elementary catchments drawn from the boundaries on the district's map: the whole district, then Dawson Creek and Chetwynd up close. Dawson Creek Secondary, Chetwynd Secondary and Tumbler Ridge Secondary take their feeder schools' areas.
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Seven trustees: two for Chetwynd and area, one for Tumbler Ridge, two for Dawson Creek and two for the rural area around it; the next election is October 17, 2026. Trustees are reached through the contact form on the board page.
- Chad AndersonBoard Chair
- Roxanne GulickVice-Chair · Tumbler Ridge; BCSTA representative
- Crystal HilltonTrustee · Chetwynd and area
- Travis JonesTrustee
- Sherry MounseyTrustee · Chetwynd and area
- Angelina SchurmannTrustee · Dawson Creek
- Christina WardsTrustee · Dawson Creek
As listed on Board of Education, sd59.bc.ca
Leadership team
11600 7th Street, Dawson Creek, 250-782-8571.
- Christy FennellSuperintendent and CEO
- Peter NealeSecretary Treasurer
- Paul ChisholmDirector of Instruction
- Jan ProulxDirector of Instruction
- Dianne BassendowskiDistrict Principal
- Matt LindgrenDirector of Operations
- Jeff LekstromTransportation Manager · bus garage 250-782-2106
- Brittany FaulknerDirector of Human Resources
- Kenneth McClearyTechnology Systems Manager
- Mark QiuMyEducation BC Project Coordinator
As listed on Leadership Team, sd59.bc.ca
Schools
19 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Canalta Elementary | 225 |
| Chetwynd Secondary | 263 |
| Crescent Park Elementary | 250 |
| Dawson Creek Secondary | 997 |
| Devereaux Elementary | 80 |
| Don Titus Montessori | 143 |
| Ecole Frank Ross Elementary | 438 |
| Little Prairie Elementary | 185 |
| McLeod Elementary Secondary | 79 |
| Moberly Lake Elementary | 42 |
| Parkland Elementary | 64 |
| Peace View School | 32 |
| Pouce Coupe Elementary | 121 |
| South Peace Elementary | 37 |
| Tremblay Elementary | 196 |
| Tumbler Ridge Elementary | 219 |
| Tumbler Ridge Secondary | 191 |
| Windrem Elementary | 31 |
| South Peace Distributed Learning District Online Learning School | 70 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue