Nanaimo District Secondary
Public secondary school · grades 8–12 · Nanaimo · SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith
School facts
- Address
- 355 Wakesiah Ave, Nanaimo V9R 3K5
- City
- Nanaimo
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-740-2000
- info.nd@sd68.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 1,400 students
- Principal
- Ricki Bartlett
- Level
- Secondary
- Grades
- 8–12
- School district
- SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith
- Programs
- Early French ImmersionCore French
- Ministry school number
- 06868001
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
- School board
- SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith · chair Leanne Lee (trusteesboardchair@sd68.bc.ca) · office 250-754-5521
- English language learners
- 3% of students
- In French Immersion
- 476 students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject. - Early French Immersion Language
Most of the school day is taught in French from Kindergarten or Grade 1.
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 224 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 305 | 315 | 324 | 344 | 307 |
Capacity: 1,595 students in a building designed for 1,400.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 1,400 students
- Available seats
- none: 195 students over capacity
- 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 | 98% | 112% | 113% | 110% | 114% | 114% |
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
| Secondaire de Nanaimo | Secondary | Francophone public (CSF) | 0.0 km |
| Fairview Elementary | Elementary | Public | 0.7 km |
| Georgia Avenue Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.0 km |
| Pauline Haarer Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.6 km |
| John Barsby Secondary | Secondary | Public | 1.7 km |
| Brechin Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.9 km |
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