Vancouver Island North School District SD85
Port Hardy, British Columbia · Public · English
Student success
How Vancouver Island North students are doing: the Ministry's open data, and what the district's own report says
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 and 12 literacy assessments, BC-resident students, from the Ministry's open data
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment
Graduating
Six-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, BC-resident students, and grade-to-grade transitions
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7, 10 and 12 together, share answering positively
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 Vancouver Island North School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report, Part 1, September 2025 (PDF, sd85.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, sd85.bc.ca ↗- Runs
- Morning runs from 7:15 to meet ferries; separate Friday runs
- Weather
- Closures and cancellations on the district's weather page
- Safety
- School bus safety sheet
- Contact
- Operations and Transportation, 250-949-8155 ext. 5
From the district
Route map
All 10 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
Seven trustees for the North Island communities, joined by student trustees; the next election is October 17, 2026. Reach the Board through the district office, 250-949-6618.
- Leightan WishartChairperson
- Jeff FieldVice-Chair
- Janet DeaneTrustee
- Lawrie GarrettTrustee
- Eric HunterTrustee
- Carol PrescottTrustee
- Kat TjepkemaTrustee
As listed on Board Meetings and minutes, sd85.bc.ca
District staff
School Board Office, Port Hardy, 250-949-6618.
- Christina MacDonaldSuperintendent
- Rena SweeneyAssistant Superintendent
- John MartinSecretary Treasurer
- Operations and TransportationBuses and facilities · 250-949-8155 ext. 5
As listed on Contact Us, sd85.bc.ca
Schools
9 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| A J Elliott Elementary | 25 |
| Alert Bay Elementary | 19 |
| Eagle View Elementary | 182 |
| Fort Rupert Elementary | 79 |
| North Island Secondary | 269 |
| Port Hardy Secondary | 304 |
| Sea View Elementary School | 38 |
| Sunset Elementary | 225 |
| Eke Me-Xi School Alternate Programs School | 56 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue