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School + catchment buyer guide: SD 35 (Langley)

R.E. Mountain Secondary (Langley): IB Diploma + Catchment Buyer Guide

Last reviewed by Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR®Sources: Langley School District (sd35.bc.ca) school pages and catchment maps, Province of B.C. news releases, B.C. student enrolment open dataCC BY 4.0How we verify

This guide covers R.E. Mountain Secondary at 7633 202A Street, Langley, BC V2Y 1W4: its catchment and what it means for a family buying in Yorkson, Routley, Latimer, or other parts of Willoughby. It is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School and hosts the Langley School District’s IB Diploma programme. The guide covers the school, the grade structure, the IB application path, its two feeder middle schools, the nearby elementary schools, the catchment change coming in September 2027, and the confirmation steps to run before pricing in school access.

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The school, in 60 seconds

R.E. Mountain Secondary is a public Grades 9–12 school in School District 35 (Langley) at 7633 202A Street, Langley, BC V2Y 1W4. The current building opened in September 2019 with capacity for 1,700 students. In September 2025 it enrolled 2,573, the most of any public school in B.C. outside the online-learning schools, and the most every school year since 2023/24. A 300-seat addition announced in April 2026 is expected to start construction in summer 2027 and be ready in late 2028. On the district’s current map the catchment covers Yorkson and most of Willoughby south of Highway 1. From September 2027 the eastern part moves to Emery Dosdall Secondary; the Yorkson question below has the new boundary.

The IB Diploma Programme: the SD 35 differentiator

The Langley School District runs the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme as a district choice programme offered at R.E. Mountain Secondary and open to all Langley residents. It is a two-year programme in Grades 11 and 12, and a Pre-IB programme in Grades 9 and 10 prepares students for it. IB authorisation is granted school by school by the International Baccalaureate Organization. The other Langley secondaries carry programmes of their own: Walnut Grove Secondary runs English and French Immersion tracks and Advanced Placement, and Brookswood Secondary also offers French Immersion.

IB admission is by application, not by address alone. Living in the R.E. Mountain catchment gets a student into the building and makes them eligible to apply for Pre-IB; a seat in either stage still requires application and acceptance. The application timeline and requirements are set by the school and the district. Buyers paying a catchment premium for IB access should confirm the application path for their child’s entry year first.

Pre-IB and the other programmes

Before the Diploma, R.E. Mountain runs a competitive Pre-IB programme in Grades 9 and 10, and it admits only students who live in the R.E. Mountain catchment. The IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12 is different: a Langley School District choice programme, open to any Langley resident. The school does not host French Immersion; in the district it continues at secondary level at Brookswood Secondary and Walnut Grove Secondary. Electives, athletics and clubs change year to year, and the school’s programs page carries the current list. For a family weighing a different programme, compare across the district: Walnut Grove Secondary, Brookswood and Langley Fine Arts School each have their own.

Two middle schools feed R.E. Mountain: Yorkson Creek and Peter Ewart

Willoughby uses a middle school structure: elementary schools teach Kindergarten to Grade 5, middle schools Grades 6–8, and R.E. Mountain Grades 9–12. Other parts of the Langley district do not: in Walnut Grove, Topham Elementary runs to Grade 7 and Walnut Grove Secondary takes Grades 8–12. R.E. Mountain’s Grade 9 students come from two middle schools, Yorkson Creek Middle and Peter Ewart Middle. A family moving from a Kindergarten to Grade 7 system changes school at Grade 6 and again at Grade 9.

Feeder pattern: elementary → middle → secondary

A Willoughby child goes from a Kindergarten to Grade 5 elementary into Yorkson Creek Middle or Peter Ewart Middle, and on to secondary in Grade 9. Yorkson Creek names Lynn Fripps, R.C. Garnett and Willoughby Elementary as its feeders; Donna Gabriel Robins is the other elementary inside the catchment covered here. The school for a given address comes from the district’s school locator, and from September 2027 some of these schools sit on the Emery Dosdall side of the new boundary.

Yorkson Creek Middle School

Grades 6–8

At 20686 84 Avenue, one of the two middle schools whose students join R.E. Mountain in Grade 9; Peter Ewart Middle, at 7755 202A Street beside R.E. Mountain, is the other. Yorkson Creek names Lynn Fripps, R.C. Garnett and Willoughby Elementary as its feeder elementaries. Its catchment straddles R.E. Mountain's September 2027 boundary, so from then its students go on to R.E. Mountain or to Emery Dosdall Secondary depending on the home address.

Lynn Fripps Elementary

Grades K–5

At 21020 83 Avenue. Opened in 2012, built to LEED Gold standards with room for 510 students; a 150-seat addition opened in September 2025. The school sits east of R.E. Mountain's September 2027 boundary, inside the Emery Dosdall Secondary catchment from that date.

R.C. Garnett Demonstration Elementary

Grades K–5

At 7096 201 Street, a teaching demonstration school that also runs professional development for Langley teachers. It sits west of the September 2027 boundary, inside R.E. Mountain's catchment under both the current and the new maps.

Willoughby Elementary

Grades K–5

At 20766 80 Avenue. The school sits east of 206 Street, which puts it inside the Emery Dosdall Secondary catchment from September 2027.

Donna Gabriel Robins Elementary

Grades K–5

At 7844 204B Street. Opened in September 2021 with 550 seats; the Province has funded a 200-seat addition, with construction starting in fall 2026. It sits inside R.E. Mountain's catchment on both maps. Its pages do not name a middle school, so check the school locator for the specific address.

R.E. Mountain vs Walnut Grove Secondary: the SD 35 comparison

On the district’s current map the two catchments meet at Highway 1: Walnut Grove Secondary serves the catchment north of it, R.E. Mountain the Willoughby catchment south of it. R.E. Mountain hosts Pre-IB and the IB Diploma; Walnut Grove Secondary runs English and French Immersion tracks and Advanced Placement. Walnut Grove Secondary, at 8919 Walnut Grove Drive, takes Grades 8–12 and has about 2,200 students. R.E. Mountain takes Grades 9–12 and has no French Immersion.

The choice is programme fit, not a ranking. Pre-IB needs an address inside R.E. Mountain’s catchment; the IB Diploma is open to any Langley resident; French Immersion at secondary means Walnut Grove Secondary or Brookswood. Match the school to the household’s needs, then price the catchment line accordingly.

Catchment confirmation in 3 steps

  1. Pull the live SD 35 (Langley) school locator and enter the specific street address. It returns the assigned elementary, middle and secondary schools. For September 2027 onward in Willoughby, also check the new-catchment infographic on the district’s School Locator page; the locator itself is due to be updated in fall 2026.
  2. Confirm directly with SD 35 (or the school) for any address near a catchment boundary. Boundary maps are reviewed periodically and edge addresses can be ambiguous; call the school board office at 604-534-7891 to confirm the answer for a specific lot.
  3. If IB access is the buying motivation, separately confirm the IB application timeline and current eligibility with R.E. Mountain Secondary directly. Pre-IB is limited to catchment residents and both stages are by application.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is R.E. Mountain Secondary and where is it located?

    R.E. Mountain Secondary is a public Grades 9–12 school in School District 35 (Langley) at 7633 202A Street, Langley, BC V2Y 1W4. It calls itself an IB World School, and the district runs its International Baccalaureate Diploma as a choice programme offered there. The current building opened in September 2019 with capacity for 1,700 students. In September 2025 it enrolled 2,573, more than any other public school in the province's enrolment data outside the online-learning schools, and the most in B.C. every school year since 2023/24. In April 2026 the Province announced a 300-seat addition, with construction expected to start in summer 2027 and the space ready in late 2028. Until then, class sizes and timetables are a live question for a family weighing the catchment.

  • What grade structure does this part of Langley use?

    Langley School District does not use one grade structure everywhere. In Willoughby, elementary schools such as Lynn Fripps and Donna Gabriel Robins teach Kindergarten to Grade 5, middle schools such as Yorkson Creek and Peter Ewart teach Grades 6 to 8, and R.E. Mountain takes Grades 9 to 12. Other parts of the district run Kindergarten to Grade 7 and then Grades 8 to 12: in Walnut Grove, Topham Elementary teaches to Grade 7 and Walnut Grove Secondary takes Grades 8 to 12. R.E. Mountain draws its Grade 9 class from two middle schools, Yorkson Creek and Peter Ewart. A family moving from a Kindergarten to Grade 7 system changes school at Grade 6 and again at Grade 9.

  • Is the IB programme at R.E. Mountain catchment-only or by application?

    Both, depending on the stage. The Pre-IB programme in Grades 9 and 10 is competitive and admits only students who live in the R.E. Mountain catchment. The IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12 is a district choice programme open to any Langley resident, by application. Living in the catchment therefore makes a student eligible to apply for Pre-IB; it does not guarantee a seat in either stage. The application timeline and requirements are set by the school and the district, so confirm them for the child's entry year before treating IB as a reason to buy.

  • Is R.E. Mountain the only IB Diploma school in SD 35?

    The Langley School District describes its IB Diploma as a district choice programme offered at R.E. Mountain Secondary and open to all Langley residents, so a Langley family applies there wherever it lives. The district's program list has no Mini School or Advanced Studies stream. Other secondaries carry their own programmes: Walnut Grove Secondary runs English and French Immersion tracks and an Advanced Placement programme, and Brookswood Secondary is the district's other French Immersion secondary. R.E. Mountain does not offer French Immersion.

  • Is Yorkson new construction in the R.E. Mountain catchment?

    Today, yes. On the district's secondary catchment map in force since September 2019, Yorkson and most of Willoughby south of Highway 1 are R.E. Mountain's catchment, and Walnut Grove Secondary's catchment lies north of the highway. That changes in September 2027. The district's new catchments give R.E. Mountain an eastern boundary along 202B Street north of 84 Avenue, 204 Street between 84 and 80 Avenue, and 206 Street from 80 to 72 Avenue. Addresses east of that line, including the 208 Street corridor between 80 and 84 Avenue, move to Emery Dosdall Secondary at 7587 212 Connector. Because Pre-IB admits only R.E. Mountain catchment residents, confirm with the school how the new boundary applies before buying east of the line for Pre-IB. The district plans to load the new boundaries into its school locator in fall 2026; until then the infographic on its School Locator page is the reference.

  • How does R.E. Mountain compare to Walnut Grove Secondary?

    The two schools sit on opposite sides of Highway 1. Walnut Grove Secondary, at 8919 Walnut Grove Drive, serves the catchment north of the highway: Grades 8 to 12, English and French Immersion tracks, an Advanced Placement programme and about 2,200 students. R.E. Mountain serves Willoughby south of the highway: Grades 9 to 12, with Pre-IB and the IB Diploma and no French Immersion. The choice is programme fit. A family set on French Immersion looks north of the highway or to Brookswood; a family set on Pre-IB needs an address inside R.E. Mountain's catchment.

  • What is the catchment confirmation process for a specific address?

    Three steps. First: enter the street address in the Langley School District school locator, which returns the assigned elementary, middle and secondary schools; for September 2027 onward in Willoughby, check the district's new-catchment infographic as well. Second: call the school board office (604-534-7891) for any address near a boundary. Third: if IB is the reason for buying, confirm the Pre-IB and IB Diploma application rules with R.E. Mountain Secondary for the child's entry year. Do all three before paying a catchment premium.

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