Golden Ears Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–7 · Maple Ridge · SD 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
School facts
- Address
- 23124 118 Ave, Maple Ridge V2X 2N1
- City
- Maple Ridge
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 604-463-9513
- tom_levesque@sd42.ca
- Design capacity
- 515 students
- Website
- elementary.sd42.ca/goldenears ↗
- Principal
- Tom Levesque
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–7
- School district
- SD 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
- Programs
- Late French ImmersionCore French
- Ministry school number
- 04242011
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Maple Ridge East
- School board
- SD 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows · chair Elaine Yamamoto (elaine_yamamoto@sd42.ca) · office 604-463-4200 · trustees ↗
- English language learners
- 14% of students
- In French Immersion
- 51 students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject. - Late French Immersion Language
French immersion that starts in Grade 6. - Summer Learning Extended Learning grades 6-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
Summer courses for grades 6-12 registered through the Parent Portal, with priority for SD42 students. Details ↗ - International Education Program International grades K-12 · by application · offered district-wide
Elementary and secondary study for international students, including graduation, IB and academy options plus summer programs. 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
Up 108 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 64 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 69 | 90 | 96 | 91 |
Capacity: 651 students in a building designed for 515.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 515 students
- Available seats
- none: 136 students over capacity
- Seismic safety
- Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)
- Seismic risk rating
- Medium (rated 2013)
- Building condition (FCI)
- 0.27 · Fair (2015)
| Year | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | 25/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of capacity | 105% | 114% | 117% | 123% | 123% | 126% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 42: 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. Building condition: the Facility Condition Index compares the cost of needed repairs with the cost of replacing the building (0 = new, 1 = worn out), from the school district's facility report.
Test results (FSA 2025/2026)
| This school | Last year | District | BC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 reading | 83% | 81% | 68% | 73% |
| Grade 4 numeracy | 83% | 85% | — | 67% |
| Grade 7 reading | 81% | 82% | — | 75% |
| Grade 7 numeracy | 49% | — | 52% | 59% |
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
| ci:tməxw Environmental Community | Elementary & junior secondary | Public | 0.2 km |
| Thomas Haney Secondary | Secondary | Public | 0.3 km |
| Harry Hooge Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.2 km |
| St Patrick's | Elementary | Independent | 1.3 km |
| Kanaka Creek Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.4 km |
| Alexander Robinson Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.4 km |
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