Bankhead Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–6 · Kelowna · SD 23 Central Okanagan
The school from outside
Google Street View from the street in front of the school (drag to look around), or the satellite photo. Photos may be a few years old. Imagery © Google.
School facts
- Address
- 1280 Wilson Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6Y6
- City
- Kelowna
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-870-5114
- kimberley.grimwood@sd23.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 415 students
- Principal
- Kimberley Grimwood
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–6
- School district
- SD 23 Central Okanagan
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 02323034
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Kelowna Centre
- School board
- SD 23 Central Okanagan · chair Valene Johnson (valene.johnson@sd23.bc.ca) · office 250-860-8888
- English language learners
- 28% of students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject.
From the school district's own pages and the Ministry's school list. Programs change: confirm with the school.
Where it is
Enrolment over time
Up 47 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 47 | 42 | 60 | 52 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
Capacity: 389 students in a building designed for 415.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 415 students
- Available seats
- 26
- Seismic safety
- Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)
| Year | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | 25/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of capacity | 82% | 87% | 89% | 95% | 98% | 94% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 23: dots above the dashed line have more students than the building was designed for. This school is the large dot.
Seismic status: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, Seismic Mitigation Program progress report. No building condition score is published for this school.
Test results (FSA)
No published Grade 4 or 7 Foundation Skills Assessment results for this school (secondary schools don't write it, and small groups are hidden).
Catchment
Which homes belong to this school's catchment isn't published as open data.
Schools nearby
| Glenmore Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.3 km |
| The Balsam School | Elementary | Independent | 1.5 km |
| Central Secondary | Senior secondary | Public | 1.6 km |
| St Joseph Elementary School | Elementary | Independent | 1.6 km |
| A S Matheson Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.8 km |
| Watson Road Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.8 km |
What it costs to live here
That's about the same as the typical asking price near Kelowna schools ($749K).
Houses and multi-family homes listed for sale within 1 km of the school, October 29, 2026. Asking prices, not sale prices. Listing data from REALTOR.ca (CREA DDF®).
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