Pacific Rim School District SD70
Port Alberni, 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%.
Below average for British Columbia: SD70 places 30 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (61.2%).
1,063 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue
Student success
How Pacific Rim students are doing, in the district's own annual report
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 literacy assessment; about 260 to 300 students a grade, 80% of whom write it; Grade 10 runs a year behind
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment; Grade 10 runs a year behind
Graduating
Five-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, 2023-24, and transition to a BC post-secondary institution
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7 and 10, positive responses
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 Pacific Rim School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report, Part 1, September 2025 (PDF, sd70.bc.ca) , published 2025-09.
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
Bus Routes, sd70.bc.ca ↗- Register
- New riders online by September 15; passes scanned on and off
- Fridays
- Alberni Valley afternoon runs leave earlier
- West Coast
- Wickaninnish and Ucluelet routes include a dock pickup
- Catchments
- Each school has a defined area; French Immersion takes the whole district
- Contact
- 250-720-2772; dprevost@sd70.bc.ca
From the district
Route map
All 12 routes drawn from the district's stop lists. Open the live map to pick a route and see its stops and times.
Stops placed with OpenStreetMap; a stop that could not be placed is left off rather than guessed. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Six trustees for the Alberni Valley and the West Coast; the next election is October 17, 2026.
- corr@sd70.bc.caCynthia OrrBoard Chair · 250-726-4635
- cwashington@sd70.bc.caChris WashingtonVice-Chair · 250-731-6481
- cbray@sd70.bc.caCherilyn BrayTrustee · 250-723-0029
- pcraig@sd70.bc.caPam CraigTrustee · 250-724-0683
- lransom@sd70.bc.caLarry RansomTrustee · 250-724-1700
- hzanette@sd70.bc.caHelen ZanetteTrustee · 250-720-2770
As listed on Trustees, sd70.bc.ca
Board office team
4690 Roger Street, Port Alberni, 250-723-3565.
- pklaver@sd70.bc.caPeter KlaverSuperintendent of Schools
- jmessenger@sd70.bc.caJames MessengerAssistant Superintendent
- tfong@sd70.bc.caTeri FongSecretary-Treasurer
- jatwal@sd70.bc.caJaslene AtwalDirector of Instruction, Human Resources
- mbennett@sd70.bc.caMichell BennettDirector of Instruction, Inclusive Education
- jhansen@sd70.bc.caJaime HansenDirector of Instruction, Indigenous Education
- mfryer@sd70.bc.caMarc FryerDirector of Instruction, International Education and Newcomers
- ataylor@sd70.bc.caAlex TaylorDirector of Operations
- mcolyn@sd70.bc.caMichelle ColynManager of Indigenous Language and Culture
- dprevost@sd70.bc.caDave PrevostBus Garage and Transportation · 250-720-2772
As listed on Board Office Team, sd70.bc.ca
Schools
14 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Alberni District Secondary | 1,290 |
| Alberni Elementary | 380 |
| Bamfield Community School | 35 |
| Eric J Dunn Elementary | 273 |
| John Howitt Elementary | 184 |
| Maquinna Elementary | 282 |
| Tsuma-as Elementary | 329 |
| Ucluelet Elementary | 239 |
| Ucluelet Secondary | 261 |
| Wickaninnish Community School | 231 |
| Wood Elementary | 228 |
| Choices DL District Online Learning School | 35 |
| Eighth Avenue Learning Centre Alternate Programs School | 146 |
| SD 70 Continuing Ed Continuing Education School | 213 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue