Don Christian Elementary

School facts

Address

6256 184 St, Surrey V3S 8E6

City

Surrey

Type

Public

Phone

604-576-1381

Email

donchristian@surreyschools.ca

Design capacity

390 students

Website

surreyschools.ca/donchristian ↗

Principal

Antonio Vendramin

Level

Elementary

Grades

K–7

School district

SD 36 Surrey

Programs

Core French

Ministry school number

03636122

Provincial riding (MLA)

Surrey-Cloverdale

School board

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

English language learners

29% 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 37 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.

Capacity: 389 students in a building designed for 390.

Building, space & safety

Design capacity

390 students

Available seats

1

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. Some counts here are hidden by the Ministry (fewer than 10 students), so this school's figures are partly estimated. 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 →