University Highlands Elementary

School facts

Address

9388 Tower Rd, Burnaby V5A 4X6

City

Burnaby

Type

Public

Phone

604-296-9036

Email

lindsay.holliday@burnabyschools.ca

Design capacity

485 students

Website

universityhighlands.burnabyschools.ca ↗

Principal

Lindsay Holliday

Level

Elementary

Grades

K–7

School district

SD 41 Burnaby

Programs

Core French

Ministry school number

04141069

Provincial riding (MLA)

Burnaby East

School board

SD 41 Burnaby · chair Kristin Schnider (kristin.schnider@burnabyschools.ca) · office 604-296-6900 · trustees ↗

English language learners

51% of students

Programs

• Core French Language
  French taught as a subject.
• Burnaby Youth Hub Program Alternative · offered district-wide
  Multidisciplinary support program, run with Purpose Society, helping disengaged students re-engage with school. Details ↗
• Outlook Program Alternative · offered district-wide
  Small-class program with intensive academic, behavioural and mental health support, run with Leo Street. Details ↗
• District Elementary Honour Ensembles Arts · by application · offered district-wide
  District children's, youth and handbell choirs entered by music-teacher nomination and audition. Details ↗
• Summer Session Extended Learning grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  July summer school with elementary courses and secondary ELL, preview, credit, enrichment and advanced-credit courses. Details ↗
• Indigenous Education Services Indigenous grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  Grade 7 transition support, literacy enhancement, post-secondary transition help and school-based cultural programs for Indigenous students. Details ↗
• Study in Burnaby International Program International grades K-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  International student program offering K-12 study, homestay and university pathways toward the BC Dogwood Diploma. Details ↗
• Burnaby Online Online Learning grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  District online school offering full-time K-12 programs and course-by-course study for Grades 10-12. Details ↗
• Fraser Park Secondary Program Special · offered district-wide
  Provincial resource program serving students from across British Columbia. Details ↗
• Maples Secondary Program Special · by application · offered district-wide
  Provincial resource program offering classroom instruction for youth referred to the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre. Details ↗

From the school district's own pages and the Ministry's school list. Programs change: confirm with the school.

Enrolment over time

Up 152 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.

Capacity: 467 students in a building designed for 485.

Building, space & safety

Design capacity

485 students

Available seats

18

Seismic safety

Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)

Building condition (FCI)

0.07 · Good (2023)

Students as a share of today's design capacity.

Every public school in SD 41: 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)

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.