Cowichan Valley School District SD79

Duncan, 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%.

Grade 4 Literacy

62.3%

Grade 4 Numeracy

50.8%

Grade 7 Numeracy

46.7%

Below average for British Columbia: SD79 places 37 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (53.3%).

2,430 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue

How Cowichan Valley students are doing, in the Ministry of Education's report on the district

Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 and 12 literacy assessments, 2024-25, BC resident students

Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment, 2024-25, BC resident students

Grade 11 to 12 transition and the six-year completion rate, 2024-25

Share of students who wrote the assessment, 2024-25; the district's Indigenous and diverse-ability students write less often

Click any figure to open its chart with every year.

The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide

Figures and findings read from Cowichan Valley School District's 2025 School District Report for SD079, Student Success BC (PDF, January 2026) , published 2026-01.

The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.

Seven trustees, elected in October 2022; the next election is October 17, 2026.

2557 Beverly Street, Duncan, 250-748-0321, info@sd79.bc.ca.

Darlene Reynolds
Acting Superintendent
tjones@sd79.bc.ca
Jason Sandquist
Secretary-Treasurer
execasst_st@sd79.bc.ca
Tammy Renyard
Assistant Superintendent
trenyard@sd79.bc.ca
Mike Russell
Director of Communications, Community Relations and Safety
mrussell@sd79.bc.ca
Jeffrey Robinson
Director of Operations
jeffrey.robinson@sd79.bc.ca
Ann Kissinger
Director of Instruction
akissinger@sd79.bc.ca
Nicole Boucher
Director of Instruction
nboucher@sd79.bc.ca
Jennifer Calverley
Director of Instruction
jcalverley@sd79.bc.ca
Mary Peter
District Principal of Indigenous Education
mpeter@sd79.bc.ca
Ryan Gough
District Principal of Careers and Trades
rgough@sd79.bc.ca
Glen Posey
District Principal of Instruction and Innovation K-12
gposey@sd79.bc.ca
Alison Keple
District Principal of International Programs
akeple@sd79.bc.ca
Aaron Henry
Transportation Manager · 250-748-1066 ext. 275

26 total

School	Students
Alex Aitken	188
Alexander Elementary	287
Bench Elementary	411
Chemainus Elementary Community School	318
Chemainus Secondary	363
Cowichan Open School	70
Crofton Elementary Community School	159
Discovery Elementary	396
Drinkwater Elementary	367
Ecole Cobble Hill Elementary	348
Ecole Mount Prevost Elementary	377
Frances Kelsey Secondary	966
George Bonner Elementary	376
Khowhemun Elementary	322
Lake Cowichan Elementary	203
Lake Cowichan Secondary	188
Maple Bay Elementary	348
Mill Bay Nature School	96
Palsson Elementary	176
Quamichan School	554
Quw'utsun Secondary School	1,016
Tansor Elementary	279
Thetis Island Elementary	16
Adult Learning Centre Continuing Education School	-
Cowichan Valley Distributed Learning District Online Learning School	-
Cowichan Valley Open Learning Co-Op Alternate Programs School	308