The Vancouver School District 39 is a large, urban and multicultural school district that includes some of the most affluent and impoverished urban neighbourhoods in the country. This setting provides wonderful opportunities as well as serious challenges.
The Vancouver School District is among the most diverse public school systems in Canada with an annual enrolment of approximately 56,000 students in Kindergarten to grade 12. In addition, the Vancouver School District provides educational programs and services to full-time Adult Education and Continuing Education students.
Our programs and services address the extraordinary and complex challenges associated with a diverse district. Our goal is to serve the needs and tap the potential of each of our students so that they may achieve their unique potential.
Vancouver schools are involved in a wide range of partnerships with cultural, arts, and service organizations. The district also offers a multitude of services and program options to meet student interests and needs.
| Enrollment | Diversity | Our Schools |
- 31,000 Elementary students
- 25,000 Secondary students
- 3,000 (FTE) Adult education students
- 48,000 Students in continuing education programs
- 3,000 Students in distributed learning programs
| - 25% of K-Grade 12 students are designated ESL
- 60% speak a language other than English at home
- 126 languages have been identified in our schools
- 7% of elementary and secondary students are special education learners
- 9% of elementary students are French Immersion learners
- 4% of secondary students are French Immersion learners
- 16% of students participate in a school meal program
- 2,000 students attend full day kindergarten
- 4% of secondary students are Aboriginal learners
- 2000 self-identified Aboriginal students representing 600 bands and nations attend Vancouver schools
| - Our schools reside on Musqueam and Coast Salish traditional territory
- 74 Elementary schools and 17 elementary annexes
- 7 Adult education centres
- One Distance Education School (Vancouver Learning Network) at two locations elementary and secondary.
- District programs include early and late French Immersion (18), Mandarin Bilingual, Fine Arts, Gifted and Montessori
- 56 district programs connected to our secondary schools addressing a wide range of needs from remedial to enrichment
- 12 Community school teams
- 3 Junior Kindergarten classes
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