Watson Road Elementary
Public elementary school · grades K–6 · Kelowna · SD 23 Central Okanagan
School facts
- Address
- 475 Yates Rd, Kelowna V1V 1R3
- City
- Kelowna
- Type
- Public
- Phone
- 250-870-5137
- gurprit.hayher@sd23.bc.ca
- Design capacity
- 530 students
- Principal
- Gurprit Hayher
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades
- K–6
- School district
- SD 23 Central Okanagan
- Programs
- Core French
- Ministry school number
- 02323074
- Provincial riding (MLA)
- Kelowna Centre
- School board
- SD 23 Central Okanagan · chair Valene Johnson (valene.johnson@sd23.bc.ca) · office 250-860-8888
- English language learners
- 7% of students
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
Up 4 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.
| Grade | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 57 | 70 | 76 | 91 | 88 | 99 | 110 |
Capacity: 591 students in a building designed for 530.
Building, space & safety
- Design capacity
- 530 students
- Available seats
- none: 61 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 | 111% | 112% | 118% | 117% | 116% | 112% |
Students as a share of today's design capacity.
Every public school in SD 23: 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 numeracy | 88% | — | 68% | 67% |
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
| Dr Knox Middle School | Middle | Public | 1.6 km |
| Glenmore Elementary | Elementary | Public | 1.7 km |
| North Glenmore Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.0 km |
| Bankhead Elementary | Elementary | Public | 2.8 km |
| Kelowna Arts Academy | K–12 (elementary & secondary) | Independent | 3.6 km |
| Springvalley Middle School | Elementary | Public | 3.7 km |
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