Dorothea Walker Elementary
Public elementary school · grades 3–6 · Kelowna · SD 23 Central Okanagan
School facts
- Address
- 4346 Gordon Dr, Kelowna V1W 1S5
- City
- Kelowna
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-870-5138
- christey.hughes@sd23.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 385 students
- Principal
- Christey Hughes
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- 3–6
- School district
- SD 23 Central Okanagan
- Programs
- Early French ImmersionCore French
- Ministry school number
- 02323030
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Kelowna-Mission
- School board
- SD 23 Central Okanagan · chair Valene Johnson (valene.johnson@sd23.bc.ca) · office 250-860-8888
- English language learners
- 10% of students
- In French Immersion
- 184 students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject. - Early French Immersion Language
Most of the school day is taught in French from Kindergarten or Grade 1.
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
Down 178 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 89 | 91 | 85 | 50 |
Capacity: 315 students in a building designed for 385.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 385 students
- Available seats
- 70
- 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 | 128% | 128% | 91% | 80% | 80% | 82% |
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
| Anne McClymont Elementary | Elementary | Public | 0.8 km |
| Okanagan Mission Secondary | Elementary | Public | 0.9 km |
| de l'Anse-au-sable | K–12 (elementary & secondary) | Francophone public (CSF) | 1.0 km |
| Bellevue Creek Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.1 km |
| Lakeside School Kelowna | Elementary | Independent | 1.5 km |
| Canyon Falls Middle School | Middle | Public | 2.7 km |
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