Middle · Westwood Plateau · Lansdowne corridor · SD43 Coquitlam School District
Updated September 2026 · Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960
A Coquitlam REALTOR®'s read on Scott Creek Middle — what the school offers, which neighbourhoods feed in, and what to know about the catchment housing in Westwood Plateau · Lansdowne corridor.
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What should you know about Scott Creek Middle?
Scott Creek Middle School — Scott Creek Middle School is a middle school in Coquitlam, serving grades 6–8 in the Westwood Plateau · Lansdowne corridor area. Westwood Plateau middle with a PADS-accredited wellness facility dog. Address: 1240 Lansdowne Drive, V3E 3E7. Phone 604-945-0156.
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Check whether your address is actually inside the Scott Creek Middle catchment.
SD43 catchments are set by address, not by neighbourhood name. Enter your street in the district’s official School Locator to see the schools that serve your home. This is the authoritative source.
Verified school facts · SD43
School type
Middle
Grades
6–8
District
SD43 (Coquitlam School District)
Address
1240 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3E 3E7
Phone
Website
Administration (2025–26)
Daren Fridge (Principal)
Vice-principal: contact the school office for the current administration team.
Enrolment
Approximately 650 students.
School hours
Confirm the current year's bell schedule directly with the school at 604-945-0156.
Local representation
School Trustee: SD43 Board of Education contact → · MLA: Port Moody-Burquitlam
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
Published enrolment figures for Scott Creek Middle, 2025–26 school year.
Current enrolment
639 students
2025–2026 school year
Grades served
6–8
Montessori + Mandarin Bilingual middle streams
Enrolment by grade
School Year 2025–2026
SD43's principal's page describes Scott Creek as a school of approximately 650 students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Headcounts shift during the year — and the 2025 addition added 250 seats of capacity — so confirm current numbers with the school office.
Enrolment cross-referenced against publicly reported SD43 school-profile data, retrieved September 2026 (School Year 2025–2026).
What this school is best known for
Scott Creek sits on Lansdowne Drive between Westwood Plateau and Eagle Ridge. It is one of two SD43 middle schools offering the district's grade 6–8 Montessori program (the other is Montgomery Middle), and it is the middle-school stop on the Mandarin Bilingual pathway that runs from Walton Elementary to Gleneagle Secondary. A PADS-accredited facility dog works at the school supporting students and staff, and a 10-classroom, 250-seat addition opened in early 2025. Secondary catchment depends on the address — confirm it with the SD43 School Locator.
Quick Answer
What should you know about Scott Creek Middle?
Scott Creek Middle is an SD43 grade 6–8 school at 1240 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam, between Westwood Plateau and Eagle Ridge. It hosts SD43's late-entry Montessori program and the middle years of the Mandarin Bilingual pathway, both by application. A 250-seat addition opened in early 2025. Confirm any address with the SD43 School Locator.
Programs & academic profile
The BC grade 6–8 curriculum, plus two SD43 programs of choice on site: late-entry Montessori (grades 6–8) and the middle years of the Mandarin Bilingual program. Both are filled through SD43's Programs of Choice application, not by catchment.
A PADS-accredited facility dog works at Scott Creek to help support students and staff. Ask the school office about the current program.
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.
| GVR sub-area | Detached benchmark | Detached YoY | Townhouse benchmark | Townhouse YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Creek | $1,546,100 | −14.3% | $958,500 | −11.3% |
| Eagle Ridge | $1,236,700 | −8.4% | $892,200 | −7.8% |
| Upper Eagle Ridge | $1,549,100 | −9.8% | $766,600 | −8.5% |
| Westwood Plateau | $1,772,800 | 0.4% | $1,015,100 | −9.7% |
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® MLS® Home Price Index, August 2026. Sub-area boundaries do not match SD43 catchments; small sub-areas have few sales, so benchmarks can move sharply month to month.
Because Montessori and Mandarin Bilingual seats are allocated by application rather than address, families across SD43 — Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra — can apply. What changes by city is the daily trip and the price of the home you leave from.
Closest to Lansdowne Drive. Coquitlam's detached benchmark was $1,599,100 (−5.9% year over year) in August 2026. Montessori families also have Montgomery Middle as the district's other grade 6–8 Montessori site.
Port Moody is part of SD43, so its families apply through the same Programs of Choice draw. Detached benchmark: $1,962,100 (−5.7%). Plan the drive to Lansdowne Drive for the 7:45 a.m. band and choir start.
Port Coquitlam families apply the same way. Detached benchmark: $1,243,800 (−8.0%). If you are weighing a move closer, compare it with the sub-area benchmarks in the table above.
Both villages are in SD43, so their children apply as in-district students. Anmore's detached benchmark was $2,987,300 (−6.7%). Expect to drive; neither village is on a direct route to Lansdowne Drive.
Catchment, feeders & cross-catchment
Lower Westwood Plateau — Lansdowne Drive corridor.
Varies by address — SD43 draws elementary and middle catchments separately. Program students also arrive by application from SD43's elementary Montessori sites and from Walton Elementary's Mandarin Bilingual program.
Set by address — confirm Grade 9 placement with the SD43 School Locator. Mandarin Bilingual students continue to Gleneagle Secondary.
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
Around Scott Creek Middle, buyers are choosing between detached homes and townhouse complexes spread across three Greater Vancouver REALTORS® sub-areas — Scott Creek, Eagle Ridge and Westwood Plateau — each with its own benchmark (see the table below). Those sub-area lines are not catchment lines, so run every address through the SD43 School Locator before you write an offer.
Feeder elementary schools
Bramblewood Elementary and Eagle Ridge Elementary are two Westwood Plateau elementary schools near Scott Creek; whether a given address continues to Scott Creek depends on the separate middle-school catchment, so check it in the SD43 School Locator. 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. 2875 Panorama Dr, Coquitlam V3E 2S7. Office 604 552-0313. Principal Michael Bird. Provincial school code 04343009.
It offers the English program, with no French Immersion stream on site.
Catchment: Westwood Plateau — Panorama Drive corridor, lower Plateau residential streets.
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Grades K-5, public, School District 43. 1215 Falcon Dr, Coquitlam V3E 1X9. Office 604 464-5848. Principal Genevieve McMahon. Provincial school code 04343020.
It offers the English program, with no French Immersion stream on site.
Catchment: Westwood Plateau — Falcon Drive corridor, Plateau Boulevard, and surrounding lower-slope streets.
For the housing in that footprint, read best coquitlam neighborhoods for families and eagle ridge coquitlam guide.
Yes. SD43 lists Scott Creek as one of two middle schools offering its grade 6–8 Montessori program; the other is Montgomery Middle. Entry is through SD43's online Programs of Choice application, held in January for the following September, and seats are filled by random draw. Children already in an SD43 Montessori program get priority, but even current Grade 5 Montessori students must apply. Check the SD43 Montessori page for this year's dates.
Yes. SD43's Mandarin Bilingual program runs at three schools: Walton Elementary (K–5), Scott Creek Middle (6–8) and Gleneagle Secondary (9–12). At the elementary level the program teaches half the BC curriculum in Mandarin and half in English. Families apply through SD43's Programs of Choice process, which uses a random draw with sibling priority. If you are buying with this pathway in mind, confirm entry rules for your child's grade with the district before you write an offer.
No. Living in the catchment lets you register at Scott Creek for its regular program, but Montessori and Mandarin Bilingual seats are allocated through SD43's Programs of Choice application by random draw, not by address. That cuts both ways: a family elsewhere in SD43 can apply, and a family on Lansdowne Drive is not guaranteed a program seat. I tell clients to treat the home and the program as two separate decisions, and to confirm the regular catchment with the SD43 School Locator.
To add capacity. The Province funded a $15 million, two-storey prefabricated addition with 10 classrooms and 250 new student seats, which opened in early 2025. B.C.'s education minister described the prefab approach as taking about half the time and half the cost of a conventional build. For buyers, it is a sign the district has been adding room at this school rather than a promise about future class sizes — ask the school office about current enrolment.
Yes. Scott Creek's SD43 page describes a PADS-accredited facility dog that works at the school to support students and staff by lowering stress and lifting the mood. If your child has allergies or is anxious around dogs, ask the school office how the program is set up before September. It is a small detail, but families moving here often ask about it.
Yes. Scott Creek's SD43 page lists band and choir sessions starting at 7:45 a.m., before the regular school day, and the school holds a winter music concert. That early start matters when you are choosing a home: a short walk or drive to Lansdowne Drive makes a 7:45 rehearsal much easier to keep up for three years. Times can change each year, so confirm the current schedule with the school office at 604-945-0156.
It depends on the sub-area. In August 2026, the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® detached benchmark was $1,546,100 in Scott Creek, $1,236,700 in Eagle Ridge and $1,772,800 in Westwood Plateau. Townhouse benchmarks were $958,500, $892,200 and $1,015,100. Benchmarks describe a typical home, not a specific one, and sub-area lines are not catchment lines. If you would like a street-by-street read, book a strategy call.
No. SD43 says moving from middle to secondary school outside your catchment needs a new cross-catchment application and approval. Applications are processed by random draw, with siblings first and then in-district families, and approval is never guaranteed. For the 2027–28 school year the window is February 5–10, 2027. The one exception worth knowing is a program pathway: Mandarin Bilingual students continue from Scott Creek to Gleneagle Secondary within the program.
Scott Creek Middle is at 1240 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam, BC V3E 3E7. The office line is 604-945-0156 and the email is scottcreek@sd43.bc.ca. The province lists it as school 04343113. Administrators change between school years — SD43's 2025–26 listing named Daren Fridge as principal — so call the office for the current team before a school visit or registration question.
Continue your Coquitlam school research
Main hub
The full SD43 schools guide for the Tri-Cities.
Hub
How to compare Coquitlam SD43 schools and programs for your family.
Programs
Every SD43 French Immersion entry point.
Private
Independent schools serving Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam.
Sources & methodology
School facts verified against the SD43 Scott Creek Middle school page, the SD43 Board of Education / Trustees page, and the SD43 school locator. Catchment, registration, and cross-catchment information from SD43's cross-catchment policy page. Enrolment (639 students, 2025–2026) and the grade-level breakdown above are cross-referenced against publicly available SD43 school-profile data, retrieved September 2026; the Indigenous Education Support program and the SD43 International Student Program were cross-referenced against publicly reported SD43 district program information, also retrieved September 2026. SD43 relaunched its website in 2026; the SD43 links on this page point to the district's current pages. 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.
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 Scott Creek Middle catchment before they hit the public market.
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Most families I meet about Scott Creek are thinking about one of its two programs, so I separate the school question from the house question early.
I start by asking whether you want the regular program, Montessori or Mandarin Bilingual. The regular program follows your address; the other two follow SD43's January application and random draw. That answer decides whether we are shopping for a catchment or simply a sensible commute to Lansdowne Drive.
Before you write an offer, I run each address through the SD43 School Locator for the elementary, middle and secondary catchments, because they are drawn separately. I also note any listing remarks about schools and confirm them myself rather than relying on them.
I look at the real trip to 1240 Lansdowne Drive from each home — walking route, drop-off traffic, and how a 7:45 a.m. band or choir start would work. I compare that with the Scott Creek, Eagle Ridge and Westwood Plateau benchmarks so you can weigh price against routine.
Program results arrive in late January, and cross-catchment runs in February. Where it suits your situation, I help you line up subjects and completion dates so a school decision and a house decision aren't forced on the same week, and so you know your fallback school before any program result comes back.
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