Biggest Private Schools in Greater
Vancouver
- ranked by 1995-96 student
enrolment*
researched as follows by BUSINESS
IN VANCOUVER
| Rank |
Private School |
Student Enrolment |
Grades |
Annual |
No. of Teachers/ |
Affiliation(s)
|
Student Mix/ |
School Principal |
Year |
| '96/'95 |
|
in 1995-96 |
Offered |
Tuition Fees |
Total Staff |
|
Specialties |
or Administrator |
Founded |
|
|
| 1/ |
Vancouver College
Ltd. 3 |
1,000 |
K - 12 |
$1,200 - $2,270 |
60/ |
FISA, CPS; |
Male/ |
Br. Kieran Murphy |
1922 |
| 1 |
5400 Cartier St. |
|
|
|
75 |
administered by |
College |
|
|
|
Vancouver V6M 3A5 |
|
|
|
|
Congregation of |
preparation |
|
|
|
261-4285/261-2284 |
|
|
|
|
Christian Brothers |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2/ |
St. George's School
3 |
960 |
1 - 12 |
$5,480 - $8,405 |
70/ |
FISA, ISA, CAIS, |
Male/ |
Gordon Atkinson |
1931 |
| 10 |
4175 W. 29th Ave. |
|
|
|
80 |
NAIS, TABS, WBSA |
University preparation, |
|
|
|
Vancouver V6S 1V6 |
|
|
|
|
|
boarding |
|
|
|
224-1304/224-7066 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3/ |
Mennonite
Educational Institution |
910 |
K - 4, 8 - 12 |
$1,840 - $2,920 |
49/ |
FISA, AMG; |
Co-Ed/ |
Leo Regehr |
1944 |
| 2 |
4081 Clearbrook Rd. |
|
|
|
64 |
owned by a society |
College preparation |
|
|
|
Clearbrook V2T 3X8 |
|
|
|
|
of 15 Mennonite |
|
|
|
|
859-9762/859-9206 |
|
|
|
|
churches |
|
|
|
|
|
| 4/ |
Pacific Academy
|
890 |
K - 12 |
$1,700 - $4,020 |
53/ |
FISA, ACSI |
Co-Ed/ |
Raymond Sutton |
1985 |
| 5 |
10238 168th St. |
|
|
|
103 |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Surrey V4N 1Z4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
581-5353/581-0087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5/ |
Holy Cross Regional
High School |
800 |
8 - 12 |
$1,050 - $1,800 |
41/ |
FISA, CPSVA |
Co-Ed/ |
Robert De Julius |
1982 |
| 3 |
16193 88th Ave. |
|
|
|
47 |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Surrey V4N 1G3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
581-3023/583-4795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6/ |
Khalsa School 3 |
750 |
K - 10 |
$50 4 |
89/ |
FISA, AMG |
Co-Ed/ |
Harchand Singh Gill |
1986 |
| 17 |
6933 124th St. |
|
|
|
105 |
|
Sikh religion &
music, |
|
|
|
Surrey V3W 3W6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Punjabi, ESL |
|
|
|
591-2248/591-3396 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7/ |
Collingwood School |
720 |
K - 12 |
$6,900 - $8,600 |
70/ |
FISA, ISA, |
Co-Ed/ |
Graham Baldwin |
1984 |
| 4 |
70 Morven Dr. |
|
|
|
105 |
CAIS, NAIS, |
University preparation, |
|
|
|
West Vancouver V7S 1B2 |
|
|
|
|
PAPE |
student exchange
program, |
|
|
|
925-3331/925-3373 |
|
|
|
|
|
experiential education |
|
|
|
|
| 8/ |
Crofton House |
650 |
1 - 12 |
$6,830 - $8,300 |
62/ |
FISA, ISA, |
Female/ |
Barbara Walker |
1898 |
| 7 |
3200 W. 41st Ave. |
|
|
|
75 |
NAIS |
University preparation, |
|
|
|
Vancouver |
|
|
|
|
|
extra-curricular
activities, |
|
|
|
263-3255/263-4941 |
|
|
|
|
|
advanced placement
courses |
|
|
|
|
| 9/ |
Notre Dame Regional
Secondary |
636 |
8 - 12 |
NA |
NA/ |
FISA, CPS |
Co-Ed/ |
Michael Cooke |
1953 |
| 6 |
2855 Parker St. |
|
|
|
NA |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Vancouver V5K 2T8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
255-5454/255-2115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10/ |
York House School |
600 |
K - 12 |
$6,030 - $8,840 |
54/ |
CAIS, FISA, |
Female/ |
Gaid Ruddy |
1932 |
| 8 |
4176 Alexandra St. |
|
|
|
67 |
ISA, NAIS |
College preparation, |
|
|
|
Vancouver V6J 2V6 |
|
|
|
|
|
bilingual program |
|
|
|
736-6551/736-6530 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11/ |
St. Thomas More
Collegiate 3 |
592 |
8 - 12 |
$1,950 |
34/ |
FISA, CPS |
Male/ |
Br. H.J. O'Neill |
1960 |
| 9 |
7450 12th Ave. |
|
|
|
41 |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Burnaby V3N 2K1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
521-1801/520-0725 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 12/ |
St. Patrick's
Regional Secondary |
475 |
8 - 12 |
$1,250 |
34/ |
FISA, CPSVA |
Co-Ed/ |
Chuck Luttrell |
1927 |
| 11 |
115 E. 11th Ave. |
|
|
|
40 |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Vancouver V5T 2C1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
874-6422/874-5176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 13/ |
Meadowridge School 3 |
450 |
8 - 12 |
$5,000 - $6,000 |
30/ |
FISA, AMG |
Co-Ed/ |
Graham Hookey |
1985 |
| NR |
12224 240th St. |
|
|
|
35 |
|
University preparation |
|
|
|
Maple Ridge V4R 1N1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
467-4444/467-4989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 14/ |
Little Flower
Academy |
431 |
8 - 12 |
NA |
NA/ |
FISA, CPS |
Female/ |
Sr. Eileen Kelly |
1927 |
| 12 |
4195 Alexandra St. |
|
|
|
NA |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Vancouver V6J 4C6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
738-9016/738-5749 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 15/ |
Abbotsford
Christian School 3 |
426 |
8 - 12 |
$3,768 - $5,652 |
29/ |
FISA, SCS |
Co-Ed/ |
Dwight Moodie |
1953 |
| 16 |
35011 Old Clayburn Rd. |
|
|
|
36 |
|
Fine arts program, |
|
|
|
Abbotsford V2S 7L7 |
|
|
|
|
|
athletic program |
|
|
|
850-5342/859-2240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16/ |
St. Thomas Aquinas
High School 3 |
420 |
8 - 12 |
$1,880 - $2,380 |
30/ |
FISA, CPS |
Co-Ed/ |
Marilyn Williams |
1959 |
| 13 |
541 W. Keith Rd. |
|
|
|
36 |
|
College preparation |
|
|
|
Noth Vancouver V7M 1M5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
987-4431/987-7816 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16/ |
Fraser Valley
Christian High |
420 |
8 - 12 |
$3,020 - $5,270 |
34/ |
FISA, SCS |
Co-Ed/ |
Al Boerema |
1964 |
| 14 |
15353 92nd Ave. |
|
|
|
40 |
|
Special education, |
|
|
|
Surrey V3R 1C3 |
|
|
|
|
|
learning assistance |
|
|
|
581-1033/581-1712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18/ |
Timothy Christian
School |
396 |
K - 12 |
NA |
NA/ |
FISA, SCS |
Co-Ed/ |
James Beecke |
1975 |
| 15 |
50420 Castleman Rd. |
|
|
|
NA |
|
Special education |
|
|
|
Chilliwack V2P 6H4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
794-7114/794-3520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 19/ |
Vancouver Christian
School |
347 |
K - 10 |
NA |
27/ |
FISA, SCS |
Co-Ed/ |
Ronald Donkersloot |
1949 |
| 18 |
3496 Mons Dr. |
|
|
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
|
|
Vancouver V5M 3E6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
435-3113/430-1591 |
Sources: 1995-96
Federation of Independant Schools Associations (FISA) Directory and
interviews with representatives of the above institutions.
1. The schools listed are all FISA members and offer secondary education.
2. FISA member associations: ACSI
(Association of Christian Schools International), AMG (Associate Member
Group), CPS (Catholic Public Schools Inter-Society Committee), CPSVA
(Catholic Public Schools of the Archdiocese of Vancouver), ISA (Independent
Schools Association of B.C.),
SCS (Society of Christian Schools in
B.C.).
Other associations: CAIS (Canadian Association of Independant Schools), ABS
(Association of Boarding Schools - U.S.),
NAIS (National Association of Independant Schools - U.S.), PAPE (Pan Pacific
Association of Private School Education),
WBSA (Western Boarding Schools
Association - U.S.).
3. These institutions consider foreign
students with student visas for admission.
4. Khalsa is a nonprofit school partially
funded by a Sikh temple and community donations.
NA Not available.
Business
In Vancouver makes every attempt to
publish accurate information in The List, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
Researched by Myriam Beaugé and Sarah Goodman, 604 688-2398.
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