Fort Nelson School District SD81
Fort Nelson, British Columbia · Public · English
Student success
How Fort Nelson 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; cohorts of 40 to 70 students; 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
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7 and 10 combined
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 Fort Nelson School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report, September 2025 (PDF, sd81.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
Riding the school bus, sd81.bc.ca ↗- Bus 1
- Old Alaska Highway, Highland Drive, Radar Crescent
- Bus 2
- Fort Nelson First Nation, Villers, 53rd Street
- Bus 3
- McConachie, Pioneer Way, Pebble Drive, Fediw
- Bus 4
- Prophet River, Raven Crescent, Klahanie
- Cold weather
- Cancelled at -40 C; schools stay open
- Contact
- Standard Bus 250-774-3767; board office 250-774-2591
From the district
Bus schedule
The district's schedule for all four buses, stop by stop with morning pick-up and afternoon drop-off times.
Board of Education and district staff
Write to the Board: contact@sd81.bc.caTrustees
Five trustees; the next election is October 17, 2026.
- ldolen@sd81.bc.caLinda DolenBoard Chair
- bdolan@sd81.bc.caBill DolanTrustee
- kdickie@sd81.bc.caKathi DickieTrustee
- ytaylor@sd81.bc.caYvette TaylorTrustee
- fpeach@sd81.bc.caFrank PeachTrustee
As listed on Board of Education, sd81.bc.ca
District office
5110 Airport Drive, Fort Nelson, 250-774-2591.
- Mark TheobaldSuperintendent of Schools
- Darlene OsmondSecretary-Treasurer
- Sarah Jane AttrillDirector of Instruction; Principal, Toad River
- Darryl LowDirector of Facilities
- Mark LucasPrincipal, Fort Nelson Secondary · 250-774-6958
- Becky FroesePrincipal, R.L. Angus Elementary · 250-774-2738
- Shirley KenneyPrincipal, G.W. Carlson Elementary · 250-774-6941
- Melissa MurrinPrincipal, J.S. Clark Elementary · 250-774-3145
- panderson@sd81.bc.caPansy AndersonBus enquiries · 250-774-2591
As listed on Contact list, sd81.bc.ca
Schools
5 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Fort Nelson Secondary | 271 |
| G W Carlson Elementary | 126 |
| J S Clark Elementary | - |
| R L Angus Elementary | 142 |
| Toad River Elem-Secondary | - |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue