Kamloops-Thompson School District SD73
Kamloops, 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: SD73 places 16 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (66.9%).
4,615 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue
Student success
How Kamloops-Thompson 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 1,150 students a grade; 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 straight 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 Kamloops-Thompson School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report 2025 (PDF, sd73.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
Register for busing, sd73.bc.ca ↗- Who qualifies
- Catchment school beyond 4 km (K to 3) or 4.8 km (grades 4 to 12)
- Register
- Automatic for registered students; new families call 250-372-5853
- Courtesy rides
- If a bus has room; first to lose the seat
- No bus
- Transportation assistance payments on application
- Transportation office
- 250-372-5853, skristjanson@sd73.bc.ca
From the district
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Nine trustees: five for Kamloops and one each for Barriere, Clearwater and the North Thompson, Chase and Sun Peaks, and Savona and Logan Lake. The next election is October 17, 2026.
- hgrieve@sd73.bc.caHeather GrieveChair · Kamloops
- rkershaw@sd73.bc.caRhonda KershawVice-Chair · Barriere
- chickson@sd73.bc.caCole HicksonTrustee · Kamloops
- djules@sd73.bc.caDiane JulesTrustee · Chase, Sun Peaks and TNRD areas L and P
- jkang@sd73.bc.caJo KangTrustee · Kamloops
- kkarpuk@sd73.bc.caKathleen KarpukTrustee · Kamloops
- cmckelvey@sd73.bc.caCara McKelveyTrustee · Savona and Logan Lake
- jofee@sd73.bc.caJohn O'FeeTrustee · Kamloops
- ssim@sd73.bc.caShelley SimTrustee · Clearwater and TNRD areas A and O
As listed on Meet the Trustees, sd73.bc.ca
District office
1383 Ninth Avenue, Kamloops, 250-374-0679. Staff emails go through the district's directory form.
- Mike St. JohnSuperintendent of Schools · 250-374-0679
- Kim MorrisSecretary-Treasurer · 250-374-0679
- Rick KienleinAssistant Superintendent, Secondary · 250-374-0679
- Grant ReillyAssistant Superintendent, Early Learning and Elementary · 250-374-0679
- John WiedrickAssociate Superintendent, Human Resources · 250-374-0679
- Carol DeFehrDirector of Instruction, Curriculum · 250-376-2266
- Mike BowdenDistrict Principal, Indigenous Education · 250-376-2266
- Deanna BradyDistrict Principal, Inclusive Education · 250-376-2266
- Cory CarmichaelDistrict Principal, Safe and Caring Schools · 250-374-0679
- Chelsea IsenorDirector of Communications and Board Administration · 250-374-0679
- Robbie TallonDirector of Finance · 250-374-0679
- Art McDonaldDirector of Facilities · 250-851-4420
- Wayne PinetteDirector of Information and Technology · 250-374-0679
- skristjanson@sd73.bc.caSherry KristjansonDirector of Transportation · 250-372-5853
As listed on Staff Directory, sd73.bc.ca
Schools
49 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen Elementary | 502 |
| AE Perry Elementary | 366 |
| Arthur Hatton Elementary | 315 |
| Arthur Stevenson Elementary | 286 |
| Barriere Elementary | 206 |
| Barriere Elementary-Secondary | 222 |
| Beattie Elementary | 356 |
| Bert Edwards Science & Technology | 276 |
| Blue River School | - |
| Brocklehurst Secondary School | 561 |
| Chase Elementary-Secondary | 230 |
| Clearwater Secondary | 190 |
| Dallas Elementary | 323 |
| David Thompson Elementary | 290 |
| Dufferin Elementary | 260 |
| Ecole Lloyd George Elementary | 450 |
| George Hilliard Elementary | 191 |
| Haldane Elementary | 238 |
| Heffley Creek Elementary | 22 |
| Juniper Ridge Elementary | 350 |
| Kamloops School of the Arts | 497 |
| Kay Bingham Elementary | 196 |
| Logan Lake Elementary | 134 |
| Logan Lake Elementary Secondary | 140 |
| Marion Schilling Elementary | 229 |
| McGowan Park Elementary | 401 |
| Norkam Secondary School | 948 |
| Pacific Way Elementary | 401 |
| Parkcrest Elementary | 384 |
| Pinantan Elementary | 67 |
| Raft River Elementary | 288 |
| Ralph Bell Elementary School | 290 |
| Rayleigh Elementary | 233 |
| Robert L Clemitson Elementary | 399 |
| Sa-Hali Secondary | 854 |
| Savona Elementary | 55 |
| South Kamloops Secondary | 1,127 |
| South Sa-Hali Elementary | 378 |
| Summit Elementary | 330 |
| Sun Peaks School | 130 |
| Valleyview Secondary | 1,149 |
| Vavenby Elementary | 23 |
| Westmount Elementary | 245 |
| Westsyde Elementary | 230 |
| Westsyde Secondary | 748 |
| Westwold Elementary | - |
| @KOOL Provincial Online Learning School | 836 |
| Continuing Ed SD 73 Continuing Education School | 104 |
| Twin Rivers Education Centre Alternate Programs School | 180 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue