Middle School · Citadel Heights · Late FI + MACC Gifted Hub
Updated October 2026 · Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960
A Coquitlam REALTOR®'s read on Citadel Middle — one of only three SD43 Late French Immersion entry sites AND one of three MACC gifted cluster sites. How both specialty programs work for families applying district-wide.
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What should you know about Citadel Middle?
École Citadel Middle School — École Citadel Middle School is a middle school in Port Coquitlam, serving grades 6–8 in the Citadel Heights · Port Coquitlam area. SD43 Late FI entry + MACC gifted cluster middle school. Address: 1265 Citadel Drive, V3C 5X6. Phone 604-945-6187.
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Check whether your address is actually inside the Citadel Middle catchment.
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Verified school facts · SD43
School type
Middle
Grades
6–8
District
SD43 (Coquitlam School District)
Address
1265 Citadel Drive, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 5X6
Phone
Website
Administration (2025–26)
Confirm with SD43 2025–26 listing. (Principal)
VP: Confirm current VP roster with the school office.
Enrolment
446 students, School Year 2025–2026. Confirm current-year totals with the school office.
School hours
Confirm the current year's bell schedule directly with the school at 604-945-6187.
Local representation
School Trustee: SD43 Board of Education contact → · MLA: Port Coquitlam
In-catchment registration
Cross-catchment / school of choice
Catchment locator
School details verified against the SD43 school page (June 2026). Bell schedules, administrators, and program details can change year to year — confirm the current year directly with the school office before relying on any specific number.
Enrolment snapshot
Citadel's total headcount below is a confirmed figure; the grade-by-grade split is an approximate visual read from the source chart rather than an exact published number — see the note under the chart.
Current enrolment
446 students
2025–2026 school year
Grades served
6–8
English + Late French Immersion streams
Enrolment by grade (approximate)
School Year 2025–2026
Per-grade figures are a visual estimate read from SchoolGuide's enrolment-by-grade chart, which does not publish exact per-grade values; they are rounded to the nearest five and will not sum precisely to the confirmed total headcount of 446. Confirm exact per-grade counts with the school office before relying on them for planning purposes.
Total enrolment (446) and program offerings confirmed via SchoolGuide's public school-profile tool (schoolguide.vtco.app), retrieved September 2026 (School Year 2025–2026).
What this school is best known for
Citadel is one of SD43's most program-rich middle schools. It hosts BOTH the Late French Immersion entry pathway (grade 6 entry into FI for students who didn't do Early FI in elementary) AND the MACC gifted program — a district cluster class for identified gifted grade 6–8 students, learning together across the four core academic subjects. Most middles run one specialty; Citadel runs two.
Programs & academic profile
One of three SD43 Late FI entry sites (alongside Moody Middle and Montgomery Middle). Students with no prior FI background can begin French Immersion at grade 6 and continue through Riverside Secondary.
District gifted program for identified gifted students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Cluster-class model — identified students learn together across the four core subjects.
Standard BC middle-school curriculum for the Citadel Heights catchment.
Music, performing arts, visual arts, technology education.
Volleyball, basketball, cross-country, track.
SD43 inclusive-education model.
District-wide, under SD43's Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement. Indigenous Support Teachers and Child & Youth Care Workers, scholarships, land-based learning, and the All Nations Canoe Event, serving grades K–12 across SD43.
District-wide, grades K–12. Full-year (10-month) and summer options, with ESL and Culture Programming and a Teacher Training Program; qualifying secondary students can access AP and IB coursework.
Catchment, feeders & cross-catchment
Citadel Heights neighbourhood of Port Coquitlam. Late FI and MACC programs draw district-wide.
Hazel Trembath, Castle Park, and other Citadel Heights elementaries (English stream). Late FI and MACC applications draw district-wide.
École Riverside Secondary (FI continuation), Terry Fox Secondary (English).
SD43 allows cross-catchment enrolment when space permits, allocated by lottery with in-district and sibling priority. SD43 cross-catchment policy →
Catchment lines run down individual streets and can put one side of a road in one catchment and the opposite side in the next. Always verify a specific address with the SD43 school locator before relying on any boundary statement.
Extracurriculars · sports · clubs
Programs change year to year. Confirm the current season's club and sport list on the school's Programs / Clubs page.
Inside the catchment · housing read
Inside the Citadel Middle catchment in Citadel Heights · Port Coquitlam, you're looking at established residential streets. Verify the exact catchment for your address through the SD43 locator before committing — boundary lines can run down individual streets.
Feeder elementary schools
Blakeburn Elementary and Castle Park Elementary feed into Citadel Middle. Each entry below carries the school's provincial record — principal, address, office line, grades and official school code — taken from the B.C. Ministry of Education's Student Success database rather than a directory copy. Catchment boundaries for elementary and middle are drawn separately, so confirm any boundary-edge address through SD43's locator before relying on it.
Grades K-5, public, School District 43. 1040 Riverside Dr, Port Coquitlam V3B 8A7. Office 604 944-9037. Principal Iram Khan. Provincial school code 04343074.
SD43 lists it as english, with no immersion stream on site.
Catchment: north Port Coquitlam — Riverside Drive, Coast Meridian area, Citadel-adjacent streets.
Grades K-5, public, School District 43. 1144 Confederation Dr, Port Coquitlam V3C 6P1. Office 604 468-8620. Principal Ian Robertson. Provincial school code 04343072.
SD43 lists it as english, with no immersion stream on site.
Catchment: citadel Heights, Port Coquitlam — Confederation Drive corridor.
For the housing in that footprint, read citadel port coquitlam guide.
Frequently asked questions
Citadel Middle is an SD43 grade 6–8 middle school serving Citadel Heights · Port Coquitlam. One of three SD43 LATE French Immersion entry hosts (grade 6 start), AND one of three SD43 MACC (Middle Age Cluster Class) gifted cluster sites for grades 6–7–8. The school is a destination for two distinct district programs.
Citadel Heights neighbourhood of Port Coquitlam. Late FI and MACC programs draw district-wide. Verify a specific address through the SD43 school locator.
Confirm with SD43 2025–26 listing..
Hazel Trembath, Castle Park, and other Citadel Heights elementaries (English stream). Late FI and MACC applications draw district-wide.
École Riverside Secondary (FI continuation), Terry Fox Secondary (English).
Yes — through the SD43 cross-catchment / school-of-choice process when space permits.
No. SD43 has discontinued regular bus transportation district-wide.
Grades 6, 7, and 8.
1265 Citadel Drive, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 5X6. Phone 604-945-6187.
Continue your Coquitlam school research
Main hub
The full SD43 schools guide for the Tri-Cities.
Hub
Ranked guide to the top Coquitlam SD43 schools.
Programs
Every SD43 French Immersion entry point.
Private
Independent schools serving Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam.
Sources & methodology
School facts verified against the SD43 Citadel Middle school page and the SD43 Board of Education / Trustees page. Catchment, registration, and cross-catchment information from SD43's cross-catchment policy page and the SD43 school locator. Enrolment (446 students, 2025–2026) and program confirmation (Late French Immersion, Indigenous Education Support, SD43 International Student Program) were verified via SchoolGuide's public school-profile tool (schoolguide.vtco.app), retrieved September 2026; the grade-by-grade enrolment split shown in the Enrolment Snapshot above is an approximate visual read from that source's chart, not an exact published figure. All SD43.bc.ca links on this page were re-verified September 2026 after SD43 relaunched its website — the previous SharePoint-style URLs (the school page, the locator, registration, and cross-catchment) all now 404 or redirect to the SD43 homepage. Real estate commentary is the professional opinion of Craig Johnston, REALTOR® license V99960, working under Royal LePage Elite West and serving the SD43 Tri-Cities market.
Page reviewed and dated June 2026; enrolment and program details refreshed September 2026. License V99960 · BCFSA-regulated. Confirm school program details with the school office before relying on them for an enrolment decision.
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