McGowan Park Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–7 · Kamloops · SD 73 Kamloops-Thompson
School facts
- Address
- 2080 Tremerton Dr, Kamloops V2E 2S2
- City
- Kamloops
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-374-4545
- alatta@sd73.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 285 students
- Principal
- Jayne Latta
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–7
- School district
- SD 73 Kamloops-Thompson
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 07324078
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Kamloops-North Thompson
- School board
- SD 73 Kamloops-Thompson · chair Heather Grieve (hgrieve@sd73.bc.ca) · office 250-374-0679
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject.
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 8 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 40 | 42 | 48 | 65 | 47 | 54 | 51 | 54 |
Capacity: 401 students in a building designed for 285.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 285 students
- Available seats
- none: 116 students over capacity
- 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 | 144% | 151% | 149% | 147% | 147% | 141% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 73: 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 | 86% | — | 72% | 73% |
| Grade 4 numeracy | 84% | — | 64% | 67% |
| Grade 7 reading | 91% | 86% | 74% | 75% |
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
| Summit Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.0 km |
| Aberdeen Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.3 km |
| South Sa-Hali Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.4 km |
| Pacific Way Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.2 km |
| Sa-Hali Secondary | Elementary | Public | 2.3 km |
| Kamloops School of the Arts | K–12 (elementary & secondary) | Public | 2.8 km |
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