Dr A R Lord Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–7 · Vancouver · SD 39 Vancouver
School facts
- Address
- 555 Lillooet St, Vancouver V5K 4G4
- City
- Vancouver
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 604-713-4620
- mlancaster@vsb.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 365 students
- Website
- vsb.bc.ca/dr-ar-lord ↗
- Principal
- Maggie Lancaster
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–7
- School district
- SD 39 Vancouver
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 03939095
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Vancouver-Hastings
- School board
- SD 39 Vancouver · chair Victoria Jung (victoria.jung@vsb.bc.ca) · office 604-713-5000 · trustees ↗
- English language learners
- 21% of students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject. - International Education Program International · by application · offered district-wide
Fee-paying study and homestay options for international students in VSB elementary and secondary schools. Details ↗
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 6 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 19 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 29 | 25 |
Capacity: 190 students in a building designed for 365.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 365 students
- Available seats
- 175
- 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 | 54% | 53% | 47% | 49% | 53% | 52% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 39: 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)
| This school | Last year | District | BC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 reading | 85% | 82% | 75% | 73% |
| Grade 4 numeracy | 79% | 86% | 70% | 67% |
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
Which homes belong to this school's catchment isn't published as open data.
Schools nearby
| Notre Dame Regional Secondary | Secondary | Independent | 0.6 km |
| Our Lady Of Sorrows | Elementary | Independent | 0.8 km |
| wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm Elementary School | Elementary | Public | 0.9 km |
| Hastings Community Elementary | Elementary | Public | 0.9 km |
| Sir John Franklin Community | Elementary | Public | 0.9 km |
| St. John's Academy | Secondary | Independent | 1.1 km |
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