What School District 28 Quesnel does

School District 28 Quesnel is a public K-12 school district operating under the British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care. The district serves approximately 3,000 students across the communities of Quesnel, Nazko, and Wells through a network of 15 schools — twelve elementary schools, a grade 8-9 junior school (Quesnel Junior School), a grade 10-12 secondary school (Correlieu Secondary), a secondary alternate school (McNaughton Centre), and a distance learning school (Quesnel Distributed Learning). Approximately one-third of the student population is of Indigenous ancestry, drawn from the First Nations of Nazko, Lhtako, ?Esdilagh, and Lhoosk'uz, as well as Métis and Inuit communities. The district operates from its administration office at 401 North Star Road, Quesnel BC, on the traditional lands of the Lhtako Dene.

The district's service portfolio includes core K-12 instruction plus specialized offerings: French Immersion, Early Learning/StrongStart programs, Aboriginal Education, a Breakfast Program, Inclusive Education support, and student transportation services spanning 20+ bus routes across Quesnel, Wells, Nazko, Bouchie Lake, the Barkerville Highway corridor, and Quesnel Hixon Road. The district employs 501-1,000 staff. Technology infrastructure is entirely composed of third-party platforms with no proprietary systems developed in-house: MyEd BC (provincial student information system), Traversa (transportation management), Schoolkit (district and school website CMS), Microsoft Outlook (staff productivity), CivicWeb (board governance and policy portal), Google Maps (catchment boundaries), Microsoft Forms (transportation registration), and the BC Government's ERASE anti-bullying platform. No proprietary AI, data, or technology assets are disclosed.

As a government state entity, School District 28 Quesnel does not charge tuition for K-12 education. Operating funding flows primarily from the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, with the elected seven-member Board of Education (current term: October 2022 - October 2026) governing policy and the Superintendent of Schools (Dan Lowndes) serving as chief executive. The district's Annual Budget Bylaw for FY2025/2026 is set at $53,025,818, up modestly from $52,548,016 in FY2024/2025. Supplemental revenue sources are limited — primarily transportation assistance per Policy 630 and the forthcoming licensed daycare operation at the new Carson Elementary School by The Whole Child Early Learning Centre Ltd. opening Fall 2026. The district does not pursue acquisitions, spin-offs, or competitive market expansion; its scope is geographically fixed by provincial mandate.

Name

School District 28 Quesnel

Legal name

School District 28 Quesnel

Website

https://sd28.bc.ca

Company type

Public

Founded year

1872

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

School District 28 Quesnel is a British Columbia public K-12 school district serving approximately 3,000 students across 15 schools in Quesnel, Nazko, and Wells. Provincially funded, it delivers core education plus French Immersion, Indigenous education, distance learning, and student transportation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Virtual & Blended Learning Programs (District-Run) (EDAJAAAI), Specialized Programs & Classrooms (Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, Intellectual/Developmental, Multi-Disability) (EDAJAKAH), Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Student transportation services
• Indigenous education programs
• Distance learning programs
• Early childhood education

Headquarters

HQ city

Quesnel

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

School District 28 Quesnel delivers publicly funded K-12 education to approximately 3,000 students through a network of 15 schools (twelve elementary, one grade 8-9 junior school, one grade 10-12 secondary school, one alternate secondary school, and one distance learning school) across Quesnel, Nazko, and Wells in British Columbia. The district supplements classroom instruction with French Immersion, Early Learning/StrongStart, Aboriginal Education for Indigenous learners, a Breakfast Program, and student transportation services across more than 20 bus routes. It operates under the governance of the British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care.

Product overview

School District 28 Quesnel provides comprehensive K-12 educational services as a single unified school district operation. The district operates twelve elementary schools, a grade 8-9 junior school, a grade 10-12 secondary school, a secondary alternate school, and a distance learning school (Quesnel Distributed Learning). The portfolio includes specialized programs such as French Immersion, Early Learning programs including StrongStart, Aboriginal Education services for Indigenous students (approximately one-third of enrollment), and a Breakfast Program. Student transportation via school buses and the MyEd BC Parent Portal are complementary service offerings. Curriculum Support Services provides instructional guidance across all schools. The district serves Quesnel, Nazko, and Wells communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Education Services Comprehensive publicly funded K-12 education program delivered through 15 schools serving kindergarten through grade 12 for families residing in the Quesnel, Nazko, and Wells communities of British Columbia.
• Student Transportation Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• School District 74 Gold Trail: Adjacent rural BC public school district (Lillooet area) with comparable small-enrollment footprint, multi-community catchment structure, and significant Indigenous student population. Operates under the same BC public school funding and policy regime and faces similar transportation and rural-service delivery challenges as SD28.
• EBUS Academy (Interior Distance Education): Public distributed learning school serving K-9 students across rural and remote BC communities via online education. Most directly comparable peer to SD28's Quesnel Distributed Learning operation, competing for the same rural online-learning students and operating under the same provincial distributed learning funding framework.
• School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin: Neighboring Cariboo-region BC public school district operating a similar network of rural and small-town schools serving comparable Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Same funding model (BC Ministry of Education), same regulatory framework, and directly comparable mix of elementary, secondary, Indigenous education, and distance learning services.

Regional players

• School District 73 Kamloops-Thompson: Mid-to-large BC interior public school district operating a comparable portfolio (elementary, secondary, alternate, Indigenous education, French programs, online learning) across an extended geography. Comparable on operating model and funding structure but with materially larger enrollment than SD28.
• Kootenay Lake School District 8: BC public school district serving the Nelson/Kootenay Lake region with a similarly rural, multi-community footprint, distributed schools, and student transportation network. Comparable governance, funding, and program mix including Indigenous education and distributed learning alternatives.
• School District 100 Mile House: Small rural BC public school district in the South Cariboo serving a comparable small-town and Indigenous student base. Closely analogous on scale (likely under 2,000 students), operating model, and the operational realities of low-density rural service delivery.
• School District 57 Prince George: Larger northern BC public school district serving Prince George and surrounding region. Compares on rural/urban mix, Indigenous education programs, distributed learning, and student transportation, but at materially larger scale; useful peer for benchmarking SD28's operational efficiency and program breadth against a bigger northern neighbor.

Others

• First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC): BC-wide Indigenous education advisory body that shapes and supports First Nations-led K-12 education across the province, including the communities SD28 serves (Nazko, Lhtako, ?Esdilagh, Lhoosk'uz). Comparable as an Indigenous education ecosystem participant and a potential funding/coordination partner rather than a competing operator.
• StrongStart BC Programs: Provincial early-learning drop-in program network for children 0-5, hosted inside BC public schools. Directly overlaps with SD28's StrongStart early learning offerings, sharing staff, facilities, and the family-recruitment funnel into SD28's elementary schools; complementary rather than competitive but shares the same target families.

Emerging players

• Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF): BC's francophone public school authority providing French-language K-12 instruction province-wide. Comparable as a publicly funded K-12 operator and the natural alternative for families seeking French-language education beyond SD28's French Immersion stream, with overlapping curriculum, transportation, and funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@QuesnelSchoolDistrict28
• Facebookfacebook.com/schooldistrict28
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quesnel-school-district-28

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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