8 (Kootenay Lake) is a school district in British Columbia.

The district includes the municipalities of Nelson, Creston, Kaslo and Slocan, British Columbia, as well as many rural communities in the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

's then-Ministry of Education, Skills and Training reduced the number of school districts from 75 to 57 (now 60), largely to save money by restructuring.

[1] The board of education voted to keep Jewett and Winlaw elementary schools open.

Salmo Elementary and Trafalgar Middle School also remained open.