Bear Creek Elementary

School facts

Address

13780 80 Ave, Surrey V3W 7X6

City

Surrey

Type

Public

Phone

604-594-7501

Email

bearcreek@surreyschools.ca

Design capacity

655 students

Website

surreyschools.ca/bearcreek ↗

Principal

Dajana Erceg

Level

Elementary

Grades

K–7

School district

SD 36 Surrey

Programs

Core French

Ministry school number

03636069

Provincial riding (MLA)

Surrey-Newton

School board

SD 36 Surrey · chair Gary Tymoschuk (tymoschuk_gary@surreyschools.ca) · office 604-596-7733 · trustees ↗

English language learners

54% of students

Programs

• Core French Language
  French taught as a subject.
• Challenge Program Academic Enrichment grades 3-7 · by application · offered district-wide
  Half-day modules where small groups of similarly able students take on intense academic, intellectual and creative challenges; entry by school referral. Details ↗
• Multi-Age Cluster Class (MACC) Academic Enrichment grades 5-7 · by application · offered district-wide
  Full-time class for highly gifted students offering a conceptually advanced curriculum and an intellectual peer group; entry by school referral. Details ↗
• Connections Alternative · by application · offered district-wide
  Referral-based program for ages 12-16 giving core-subject remediation plus coping and behaviour skills, aiming to return students to regular school. Details ↗
• Next 100 Years Civic grades 6-7 · offered district-wide
  Trained secondary mentors from L.A. Matheson and Tamanawis lead weekly Grade 6/7 sessions on identity, diversity, anti-racism and community. Details ↗
• International Education Program International grades K-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Study program for international students from Kindergarten to Grade 12, with one-semester and full-year options and homestay. Details ↗
• BASES (Building Academic, Social and Employment Skills) Special · by application · offered district-wide
  Referral-based program supporting students with special needs to build academic, social and employment skills. Details ↗

From the school district's own pages and the Ministry's school list. Programs change: confirm with the school.

Enrolment over time

Up 58 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.

Capacity: 570 students in a building designed for 655.

Building, space & safety

Design capacity

655 students

Available seats

85

Seismic safety

Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)

Students as a share of today's design capacity.

Every public school in SD 36: 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 2025/2026)

Share of students who wrote the Foundation Skills Assessment and scored on track or extending. Groups under 10 writers are not shown. Source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care.

Catchment

This school has an official catchment area (elementary). Children living inside it get priority for a spot at this school under the district's rules (it isn't a guarantee: busy schools can fill up).

See the catchment on the school map →