SD28 Quesnel serves approximately 3000 students with twelve elementary schools, a grade 8-9 junior school, a grade 10-12 secondary school, a secondary alternate school and a distance learning school. The District includes the communities of Quesnel, Nazko and Wells. Approximately one-third of the student population is of Indigenous ancestry. Indigenous students from the First Nations of Nazko, Lhtako,?Esdilagh, and Lhoosk’uz, as well as students who are Métis, and Inuit attend School District 28 schools.