James Bay Community
Public elementary school · grades K–5 · Victoria · SD 61 Greater Victoria
School facts
- Address
- 140 Oswego St, Victoria V8V 2B1
- City
- Victoria
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-384-7184
- jamesbay@sd61.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 270 students
- Principal
- Marla Margetts
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–5
- School district
- SD 61 Greater Victoria
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 06161033
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Victoria-Beacon Hill
- School board
- SD 61 Greater Victoria · office 250-475-3212
- English language learners
- 34% 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
Down 14 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
Capacity: 178 students in a building designed for 270.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 270 students
- Available seats
- 92
- Seismic safety
- Waiting for a seismic upgrade (on the Province's future list)
| Year | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | 25/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of capacity | 71% | 65% | 68% | 67% | 67% | 66% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 61: 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 2025/2026)
| This school | Last year | District | BC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 reading | 80% | 75% | 79% | 73% |
| Grade 4 numeracy | 80% | 77% | 71% | 67% |
Share of students who wrote the Foundation Skills Assessment and scored on track or extending. Groups under 10 writers are not shown. Some counts here are hidden by the Ministry (fewer than 10 students), so this school's figures are partly estimated. Source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care.
Catchment
Which homes belong to this school's catchment isn't published as open data.
Schools nearby
| South Park Family School | Elementary | Public | 1.0 km |
| Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry | Secondary | Independent | 1.2 km |
| Christ Church Cathedral School | Elementary & junior secondary | Independent | 1.6 km |
| Victoria West Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.0 km |
| Sir James Douglas Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.4 km |
| Central Middle School | Elementary | Public | 2.5 km |
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