Dover Bay Secondary
Public elementary school · grades 8–12 · Nanaimo · SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith
School facts
- Address
- 6135 Mcgirr Rd, Nanaimo V9V 1M1
- City
- Nanaimo
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-756-4595
- info.dv@sd68.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 1,325 students
- Principal
- Kim Darbyshire
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- 8–12
- School district
- SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 06868010
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Nanaimo-Lantzville
- School board
- SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith · chair Leanne Lee (trusteesboardchair@sd68.bc.ca) · office 250-754-5521
- English language learners
- 4% of students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject.
From the school district's own pages and the Ministry's school list. Programs change: confirm with the school.
Where it is
Enrolment over time
Up 336 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 305 | 318 | 334 | 383 | 326 |
Capacity: 1,666 students in a building designed for 1,325.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 1,325 students
- Available seats
- none: 341 students over capacity
- Seismic safety
- Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)
| Year | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | 25/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of capacity | 100% | 104% | 113% | 115% | 121% | 126% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 68: dots above the dashed line have more students than the building was designed for. This school is the large dot.
Seismic status: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, Seismic Mitigation Program progress report. No building condition score is published for this school.
Test results (FSA)
No published Grade 4 or 7 Foundation Skills Assessment results for this school (secondary schools don't write it, and small groups are hidden).
Catchment
Which homes belong to this school's catchment isn't published as open data.
Schools nearby
| McGirr Elementary | Elementary | Public | 0.5 km |
| Rutherford Elementary | Elementary | Public | 0.8 km |
| Randerson Ridge Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.1 km |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.4 km |
| Uplands Park Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.5 km |
| Frank J. Ney Elementary | Elementary | Public | 3.1 km |
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