West Bay Elementary

School facts

Address

3175 Thompson Pl, West Vancouver V7V 3E3

City

West Vancouver

Type

Public

Phone

604-981-1260

Email

sslater@wvschools.ca

Design capacity

340 students

Website

westvancouverschools.ca/westbay-elementary ↗

Principal

Scott Slater

Level

Elementary

Grades

K–7

School district

SD 45 West Vancouver

Programs

IB Primary Years ProgrammeCore French

Ministry school number

04545075

Provincial riding (MLA)

West Vancouver-Capilano

School board

SD 45 West Vancouver · chair Nicole Brown (nbrown@wvschools.ca) · office 604-981-1000 · trustees ↗

English language learners

34% of students

Programs

• IB Primary Years Programme IB grades K-7 · by application
  Every student from Kindergarten to Grade 7 learns through the inquiry-based IB PYP framework, with a second language from Kindergarten. Details ↗
• Core French Language
  French taught as a subject.
• Gifted Learning Support Academic Enrichment · offered district-wide
  Gifted support teachers on the district inclusive education team work with schools to support gifted learners. Details ↗
• Elementary Band Arts grades 6-7 · open to all · offered district-wide
  School-based band enrichment with two lessons a week and performances; registration fee required. Details ↗
• Junior Ignite District Choir Arts grades 5-7 · by application · offered district-wide
  Audition-based district choir for upper elementary singers, rehearsing at West Vancouver Secondary. Details ↗
• Summer Learning Extended Learning grades 1-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  July sessions with elementary programs and secondary preview/review and full-credit courses. Details ↗
• Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement Indigenous grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  District commitments for First Nations, Métis and Inuit students on belonging, pathways and Indigenous ways of knowing, with plans for every school. Details ↗
• International Student Program International grades K-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Tuition-based study for international students with ELL support, homestay options and access to academies. Details ↗
• Ignite Your Passion: Big Bad Bot Builders STEM grades 5-6 · by application · offered district-wide
  After-school robotics sessions at West Vancouver Secondary's South Campus for elementary students. Details ↗
• Ignite Your Passion: Cyber-Security and AI Explorers STEM grades 7-8 · open to all · offered district-wide
  New after-school pilot teaching cybersecurity and AI basics in a West Vancouver Secondary computer lab; fee applies. Details ↗
• Ignite Your Passion: Great Bots of Fire STEM grades 7-8 · by application · offered district-wide
  Robotics enrichment sessions at West Vancouver Secondary for district students in Grades 7 and 8. Details ↗

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

Enrolment over time

Down 16 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.

Capacity: 383 students in a building designed for 340.

Building, space & safety

Design capacity

340 students

Available seats

none: 43 students over capacity

Seismic safety

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

Students as a share of today's design capacity.

Every public school in SD 45: 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)

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.