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Education in British Columbia comprises public and private primary and secondary schools throughout the province. Like most other provinces in Canada, education is compulsory from ages 6–16 (grades 1–10), although the vast majority of students remain in school until they graduate from high school at the age of 18.
Many school districts were in existence prior to British Columbia joining Canada in 1871. Some districts were just single schools or even one teacher. Traditionally school districts in British Columbia were either municipal, which were named after the municipality such as Vancouver or Victoria, or rural and given a regional name.
0–9. School District 5 Southeast Kootenay; School District 6 Rocky Mountain; School District 8 Kootenay Lake; School District 10 Arrow Lakes; School District 19 Revelstoke
High schools in Victoria, British Columbia (6 P) Pages in category "High schools in British Columbia" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total.
The Vancouver school district is a large, urban and multicultural school district. As of 2019, the district provides programs to 54,000 students in kindergarten to grade 12, as well as over 2,000 adults in adult education programs. [9] In 2014, there were 1,473 international students in Vancouver public schools. [10]
School District No. 37 (Delta) is a school district in British Columbia south of Vancouver. The district serves the Municipality of Delta including the three communities of Ladner , Tsawwassen , and North Delta .
It is the largest school district in British Columbia with 80,208 students and 195+ languages represented during the 2022-23 school year. District 36 includes 103 elementary schools, 21 secondary schools, 5 learning centres, and 3 adult education centres. While the district was established in 1906 its first school opened in 1882.
The first public school was opened in 1853 near what is now Central Middle School. This building later became Victoria High School . When the area became part of the province of British Columbia there were already three school districts in the area: the Victoria City School District (established on June 25, 1869), the Esquimalt School District ...