North Otter Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–7 · Langley Township · SD 35 Langley
School facts
- Address
- 5370 248 St, Aldergrove V4W 1A7
- City
- Langley Township
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 604-856-3355
- northotter@sd35.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 315 students
- Website
- sd35.bc.ca/northotter ↗
- Principal
- Chris Wejr
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–7
- School district
- SD 35 Langley
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 03535015
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Langley-Abbotsford
- School board
- SD 35 Langley · chair Candy Ashdown (cashdown@sd35.bc.ca) · office 604-534-7891 · trustees ↗
- English language learners
- 4% of students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject. - International Student Program International · by application · offered district-wide
Langley Schools program for international students with ELL support and access to IB, AP, fine arts and sports academies. 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 72 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 39 | 39 | 54 | 54 | 64 | 47 | 43 | 49 |
Capacity: 389 students in a building designed for 315.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 315 students
- Available seats
- none: 74 students over capacity
- Seismic safety
- Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)
- Seismic risk rating
- Medium (rated 2012)
- Building condition (FCI)
- 0.35 · Poor (2012)
| Year | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | 25/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of capacity | 101% | 117% | 120% | 124% | 124% | 123% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 35: 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 | 88% | 49% | 73% | 73% |
| Grade 7 reading | 96% | — | 69% | 75% |
| Grade 7 numeracy | 40% | — | 51% | 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
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).
Schools nearby
| D.W. Poppy Secondary | Secondary | Public | 2.3 km |
| Coghlan Fundamental Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.5 km |
| Fraser Valley Adventist Academy | Elementary | Independent | 2.7 km |
| Peterson Road Elementary | Elementary | Public | 3.2 km |
| Khalsa School of the Fraser Valley | Elementary & junior secondary | Independent | 3.5 km |
| Langley Christian School | K–12 (elementary & secondary) | Independent | 4.2 km |
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