White Rock · SD36 Surrey
These are the homes currently for sale inside the Semiahmoo Secondary catchment, drawn to the boundary School District 36 (Surrey) publishes. Three elementary schools sit inside it and feed into Semiahmoo.
It runs from the waterfront north to 24 Avenue and from 140 Street east to 156 Street below 16 Avenue, narrowing to 152 Street above it. That takes in White Rock west of 156 Street and the Surrey blocks around the school north of 16 Avenue; White Rock addresses east of 156 Street are in the Earl Marriott catchment instead. Being inside the boundary is not the same as being guaranteed a seat, and there is more on that below.
Semiahmoo Secondary is in Surrey, not White Rock, yet nearly all of White Rock feeds it. The boundary stops at 156 Street on the east side, and past that the city's own streets go to Earl Marriott.
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604 536 2131 · semiahmoo@surreyschools.ca
Grade 10 provincial assessments, proficient or extending — 2024/2025
| Assessment | Compared with Surrey and B.C. | This school | Surrey | B.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy Assessment 10 | 85.1% | 68.6% | 72.0% | |
| Literacy Assessment 12 | 90.0% | 75.9% | 77.3% | |
| Numeracy Assessment 10 | 38.9% | 44.0% | 50.0% |
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Every elementary catchment in this district nests inside exactly one secondary catchment, so a home inside this boundary feeds one of these 3 and then Semiahmoo. Which one depends on the address, not the neighbourhood name — the map above shows how the 3 divide it up.
604 531 8082 · bayridge@surreyschools.ca
Foundation Skills Assessment, on track or extending — 2025/2026
| Assessment | This school | Surrey | B.C. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 Literacy | 68.8% | 62.6% | 72.7% |
| Grade 4 Numeracy | 70.8% | 53.4% | 66.5% |
| Grade 7 Literacy | 84.9% | 70.5% | 75.3% |
| Grade 7 Numeracy | 47.2% | 50.9% | 59.2% |
604 536 8712 · htthrift@surreyschools.ca
Foundation Skills Assessment, on track or extending — 2025/2026
| Assessment | This school | Surrey | B.C. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 Literacy | 62.5% | 62.6% | 72.7% |
| Grade 4 Numeracy | 58.5% | 53.4% | 66.5% |
| Grade 7 Literacy | 76.5% | 70.5% | 75.3% |
604 531 5731 · whiterock@surreyschools.ca
Foundation Skills Assessment, on track or extending — 2025/2026
| Assessment | This school | Surrey | B.C. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 Literacy | 48.1% | 62.6% | 72.7% |
| Grade 4 Numeracy | 49.4% | 53.4% | 66.5% |
| Grade 7 Literacy | 81.9% | 70.5% | 75.3% |
| Grade 7 Numeracy | 58.1% | 50.9% | 59.2% |
These are provincial assessments, not rankings, and they are published by the B.C. Ministry of Education under the Open Government Licence. The figure is the share of students who wrote the assessment and scored in the top bands — On Track or Extending for the Foundation Skills Assessment, Proficient or Extending for the Grade 10 assessments.
Surrey and B.C. sit beside every number on purpose. Grade 10 Numeracy runs at about half the province, so a figure in the forties is close to normal and reads as a failing grade only if you see it on its own. A number without its baselines is not a fact, it is an impression.
What they do not measure: teaching, the programs a school runs, how a particular child would do there, or whether anyone is happy. They measure two skills, on one day, among the students who sat the test. This site does not rank schools and does not publish a rating, because the question buyers actually ask is which catchment an address is in — not which school is best.
School District 36 (Surrey) reserves the right to redirect students once a school is full. In 2024 Surrey closed in-catchment registration at three of its schools, so this is not a technicality. The boundary tells you which school an address is assigned to; it does not reserve a desk in it.
Before you make an offer on a home you chose for its school, confirm the address with the district. Their catchment locator is the authority, not this page.
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Most of what goes wrong here is not the boundary. It is assuming the boundary settles it. This is what I would tell you across a kitchen table, written down: six short chapters, in your browser, no download.
Three: Bayridge, H.T. Thrift and White Rock Elementary. Every elementary catchment in Surrey Schools nests inside exactly one secondary catchment, so a home in this boundary feeds one of those three and then Semiahmoo. Three is a small feeder set for a school of about 1,650 students; the catchment is compact and densely built rather than small in enrolment.
No, and the answer changed in 2020. West of 156 Street, yes. East of 156 Street, White Rock is in the Earl Marriott catchment. Before September 2020 the White Rock Elementary catchment itself was split between the two secondaries; the district moved it entirely to Semiahmoo when it redrew the South Surrey and White Rock boundaries across four schools instead of three. Students already at Earl Marriott and their younger siblings were allowed to stay, so some families' lived experience still reflects the old line.
Not any more, despite the name. Semiahmoo Trail was reassigned to Elgin Park Secondary in the same September 2020 redraw. The shared name is a genuine trap for anyone reading a school list rather than the district's map. If Semiahmoo Secondary is the reason for a move, check the specific address with Surrey Schools' catchment locator rather than assuming a Semiahmoo Trail home leads there.
Looking at the wider neighbourhood rather than the school? See White Rock homes for sale, or check any address against all three school tiers.
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