Secondary · Central Port Moody · SD43 Coquitlam School District
Updated October 2026 · Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960
A Coquitlam REALTOR®'s straight read on the SD43 district IB Diploma hub — what PMSS actually offers, how the IB cohort recruits district-wide, and what it means to buy inside the catchment versus applying cross-catchment for the IB Programme alone.
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What should you know about Port Moody Secondary School?
Port Moody Secondary School — Port Moody Secondary School is a secondary school in Port Moody, serving grades 9–12 in the Central Port Moody · Moody Centre · Inlet area. The IB Diploma hub for the entire Coquitlam School District. Address: 300 Albert Street, V3H 2M5. Phone 604-939-6656.
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Verified school facts · SD43
School type
Secondary
Grades
9–12
District
SD43 (Coquitlam School District)
Address
300 Albert Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 2M5
Phone
Website
Administration (2025–26)
Andrew Lloyd (Principal) · alloyd@sd43.bc.ca
VP: Colin Cameron, Christi Livingstone, Shaunna Martin
Enrolment
~1,500 students
School hours
See the live bell schedule on the school's About page — separate Monday vs. Tuesday–Friday timings plus IB-specific blocks.
Local representation
School Trustee: SD43 Board of Education contact → · MLA: Port Moody-Burquitlam
In-catchment registration
Cross-catchment / school of choice
Catchment locator
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme
SD43 district-wide IB hub since 1986. Separate application from the standard catchment process. PMSS IB Programme application info →
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
Real, sourced enrolment figures for Port Moody Secondary — drawn from a published third-party school-data platform's per-grade profile for this school, so you're not relying on a guess.
Current enrolment
1,321 students
2025–2026 school year
Grades served
9–12
IB Diploma Programme + standard Dogwood track
Enrolment by grade
School Year 2025–2026
Honest gap: SD43's published profile for Port Moody Secondary does not break out Grade 9 or Grade 11 headcounts — only Grades 10 and 12 are shown (330 + 336 = 666 students), which is 655 students short of the platform's reported total enrolment of 1,321. Rather than estimate the missing figures, we're publishing exactly what the source discloses and flagging the gap.
Enrolment sourced from School Guide's published school-data profile for Port Moody Secondary (schoolguide.vtco.app), retrieved September 2026 (School Year 2025–2026).
What this school is best known for
Port Moody Secondary is the school families across Coquitlam, Port Moody, and Port Coquitlam apply to when they want the IB Diploma. It has been IB-authorized continuously since October 13, 1986, which makes it one of British Columbia's longest-running IB Diploma Programmes.
Programs & academic profile
The full IB DP in grades 11–12, with pre-IB / IB Foundations in grades 9–10. Includes the IB Core (Theory of Knowledge, Creativity-Activity-Service, the Extended Essay). Application is district-wide — qualified students from any SD43 catchment can apply.
Full BC graduation pathway for in-catchment and cross-catchment students who are not in the IB Diploma.
Concert Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Strings, Rock School, Musical Theatre, and the Theatre Company 11/12 senior production class.
Studio art, design, and senior portfolio courses.
Career-focused electives, work experience placements, and dual-credit pathways.
Soccer, basketball, rugby, volleyball, badminton, cross-country, track. Cheerleading reached national champion status in 2007; senior boys' soccer were BC provincial champions in 2007; girls' rugby placed 2nd at provincials in 2009. Port Moody hosts a marquee senior boys' basketball tournament each year.
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
Central Port Moody — including Moody Centre, the Inlet, the College Park pocket, and Glenayre. Heritage Mountain and Pleasantside families are typically zoned for Heritage Woods Secondary, not PMSS, unless they're accepted into the IB Programme as a district-wide draw.
Primary feeder is École Moody Middle School of the Arts (central Port Moody catchment). IB cohorts are drawn from across SD43 by application.
Post-secondary — students typically go on to UBC, SFU, UVic, McGill, Western, US schools, and IB-recognized universities worldwide.
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 Port Moody Secondary catchment you're typically looking at a mix of Moody Centre transit-oriented condos, Inlet older detached homes, and the College Park / Glenayre established single-family pocket. Cross-catchment families (in for IB only) buy wherever fits the family — the IB seat travels with the student.
Local knowledge · disclosure
Disclosure: Craig attended Port Moody Secondary as a student (grades 11–12, when SD43 used a K-7 / 8-10 / 11-12 grade structure). Today the school is configured as a standard 9–12 secondary. He still lives in the Tri-Cities and works the local market.
Frequently asked questions
It is the SD43 district-wide IB Diploma Programme hub, authorized since 1986, and one of the longest-running IB schools in British Columbia. It also offers a standard BC Dogwood track for in-catchment families, strong performing arts (Jazz Band, Strings, Theatre Company 11/12), and a competitive athletics program (Port Moody Blues — mascot: the Phoenix).
Its International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. PMSS is the SD43 district-wide IB hub — students from any Coquitlam, Port Moody, or Port Coquitlam catchment can apply. The school has been IB-authorized continuously since October 13, 1986.
Central Port Moody — including Moody Centre, the Inlet, College Park, and the Glenayre pocket. The school's primary middle-school feeder is École Moody Middle School of the Arts. Heritage Mountain and Pleasantside addresses are typically zoned for Heritage Woods Secondary, not PMSS, unless the student is accepted into the IB Programme as a district-wide draw.
Standard catchment registration goes through the SD43 district registration page (sd43.bc.ca/registration-information). For the IB Diploma Programme, applications run through the school's IB program page with a separate process, deadlines, and selection criteria — start at sd43.bc.ca/portmoody.
Yes, two ways. (1) Apply to the IB Diploma Programme — IB is offered as a district program of choice, so qualified students from anywhere in SD43 can apply. (2) Apply via the SD43 cross-catchment / school-of-choice process — placement depends on capacity, with in-district and sibling priority, and is allocated by lottery.
École Moody Middle School of the Arts is the primary feeder for the central Port Moody catchment. IB students come from across the entire SD43 district by application.
PMSS offers French as a second-language elective, but the SD43 district French Immersion secondary hub is École Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam, with École Riverside Secondary in Port Coquitlam also offering an FI option.
Approximately 1,500 students across grades 9–12. The IB Programme alone runs roughly 150 students per grade (pre-IB grades 9–10 plus full DP grades 11–12).
Concert Band, Jazz Band, Strings, Choir, Theatre Company 11/12 senior production class, Rock School, Musical Theatre. Athletics include soccer, basketball, rugby, volleyball, badminton, cross-country, track. The school hosts a marquee senior boys' basketball tournament each year and historically has reached BC provincials in cheerleading, soccer, and rugby.
Port Moody Blues. The mascot is the Phoenix — chosen after the original Port Moody High burned down in 1969. The current school opened on the 300 Albert Street site in 1973.
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Main hub
The full SD43 schools guide for the Tri-Cities.
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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 Port Moody Secondary school page, the SD43 2025–26 School Listings (administrators) PDF, and the SD43 school locator. Catchment, registration, and cross-catchment information from SD43's cross-catchment policy page. 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. License V99960 · BCFSA-regulated. Confirm school program details with the school office before relying on them for an enrolment decision.
A long-time Tri-Cities resident and licensed REALTOR®, Craig knows the catchment streets, the boundary risks, and the homes that come up inside the Port Moody Secondary catchment before they hit the public market.
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