Smiling Creek Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–5 · Coquitlam · SD 43 Coquitlam
School facts
- Address
- 3456 Princeton Ave, Coquitlam V3E 3H1
- City
- Coquitlam
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 604-931-9280
- rkillawee@sd43.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 430 students
- Website
- sd43.bc.ca/smilingcreek ↗
- Principal
- Rob Killawee
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–5
- School district
- SD 43 Coquitlam
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 04343059
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
- School board
- SD 43 Coquitlam · chair Michael Thomas (mithomas@sd43.bc.ca) · office 604-939-9201 · trustees ↗
- English language learners
- 41% of students
Programs
- Core French Language
French taught as a subject. - SD43 Summer Learning Extended Learning grades 1-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
Tuition-free summer skill-building, academic completion and high school credit courses, including hybrid Fast Track. Details ↗ - SD43 International Education International grades K-12 · by application · offered district-wide
International student program with ten-month academic placements in regular classes plus short-term and summer programs. Details ↗ - Apex Online Learning grades K-9 · open to all · offered district-wide
Blended online and in-person K-9 program led by BC-certified teachers for families able to support home-based learning. 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 76 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 68 | 70 | 70 | 81 | 105 | 92 |
Capacity: 486 students in a building designed for 430.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 430 students
- Available seats
- none: 56 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 | 95% | 120% | 119% | 117% | 117% | 113% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 43: 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 | 90% | — | 71% | 73% |
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
| Leigh Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.2 km |
| Ecole Coquitlam River Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.6 km |
| Ecole Irvine Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.9 km |
| British Columbia Christian Academy | K–12 (elementary & secondary) | Independent | 2.0 km |
| Ecole Nestor Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.3 km |
| des Pionniers-de-Maillardville | K–12 (elementary & secondary) | Francophone public (CSF) | 2.5 km |
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