Elementary · Westwood Plateau · SD43 Coquitlam
A Coquitlam REALTOR®'s straight read on what it means to live inside the Hampton Park catchment — what the school actually offers, what the housing looks like, and how to buy into it without paying for the wrong block.
Verified school facts · SD43
School type
Elementary
Address
1760 Paddock Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3E 3N8
Grades
K–5
District
SD43 (Coquitlam School District)
Programs
Early Montessori program
Verified against the SD43 school page. Catchment boundaries are set by SD43 and can change — confirm any specific address with the SD43 catchment finder before relying on it.
Hampton Park catchment · Housing read
Westwood Plateau (upper plateau). Notable: Hampton Park sits on the former Westwood Motorsport Park raceway — the school was built on the site of the racetrack that closed in 1990.. The Hampton Park catchment buyer profile is shaped by a single deciding factor: families who have already decided their kids will attend this school and are buying around that decision.
That changes how the catchment trades. Inventory inside the Hampton Park catchment moves at a different rhythm than otherwise-comparable inventory just outside the boundary. Same lot size, same year built, same condition — different price. The school catchment is the difference, and a catchment-aware Coquitlam REALTOR® can save you from overpaying or, on the seller side, can make sure you capture the catchment premium that's actually there.
School catchment boundaries are determined by the Coquitlam School District (SD43), not by the City of Coquitlam. They can be redrawn — though typically with at least one school year of notice.
Use the SD43 catchment finder for any specific address you are seriously considering. Boundary lines run down individual streets and can put one side of a road in this catchment and the opposite side in the next one over.
SD43 does allow cross-catchment registration when space permits, but it is not guaranteed. Buying inside the catchment is the only way to lock in placement.
Continue your Coquitlam school research
Hub
The full Coquitlam SD43 schools guide.
Programs
Every Coquitlam school with French Immersion programming.
Neighbourhood
Schools serving the Burke Mountain build-out.
Neighbourhood
Schools serving Westwood Plateau and surrounding pockets.
A 50-year Coquitlam resident and licensed REALTOR®, Craig knows the catchment streets, the boundary risks, and the homes that come up inside the Hampton Park catchment before they hit the public market.