When Howe opened its doors in September 2001, there were 596 students enrolled in grades 6-8.
2001 Demographics for the Howe catchment
- 27% of the school population comes from an Indo-Canadian background
- 85% of parents hold a high school diploma
- 13% of parents hold a post-secondary diploma
- 21% of parents reported that no English is spoken in the home
- 21% of the school population came from single parent families
2006 Representations
After five years of being a Middle School, they had represented from 24 different Elementary Schools with the enrollment of grade six students.
- The school welcomed 13 international students from Korea
- 143 out of the 611 students did not have English as their first language
- 38 out of 611 were Aboriginal students
In this enrolment graph, Colleen and Gordie Howe Middle received the highest number in 2007 with 627 students.
Starting in 2011, the school’s enrolment had dipped below the 500 mark with its lowest rate in 2015 with only 407 students.
The enrolment rate had stayed below 500 until 2018 with 532 students.
In the current enrolment rate in 2020/21, the school has a total of 538 students, 79 being Aboriginal.
Sources Used For This Page:
abbyschools.ca, and studentsuccess.gov.bc.ca