Enrolment
* Pending final enrolment count in the fall, it is estimated that there will be 537,589 public school students in the 2017-18 school year. This would be an increase of 4,232 students since last year (school-aged and adult, funded full-time equivalent students).
* Based on student head-count in the 2016-17 school year, there were:
* 66,665 students with special needs in the province – 2,182 more than the year before.
* 69,032 Aboriginal students in the province – 1,279 fewer than the year before.
* 66,285 English Language Learning (ELL) students in the province – 394 fewer than the year before.
* 5,691 francophone students in the province – 158 more than the year before.
* 53,768 French Immersion students in the province – 677 more than the year before.
* 83,497 independent school students – 1,838 more than the year before.
Achievement 2015-16
* 83% of public school students are completing high school
* 90% of francophone students in public schools are completing high school
* 96% of French Immersion students in public schools are completing high school
* 64% of Aboriginal students in public schools are completing high school
* 87% of English language learners in public schools are completing high school
Investment in Learning
* British Columbia’s total education operating budget for public and independent schools in the 2017-18 fiscal year is $5.9 billion.
* Per-pupil funding in the 2017-18 school year is approximately $9,100.
* Funding to schools in B.C. for students with special needs is approximately $1 billion in the 2017-18 school year, including basic student funding and targeted supports.
* Government is investing $376 million in the Classroom Enhancement Fund to hire new teachers and specialty teachers in classrooms across B.C. for the 2017-18 school year.
* School districts receive $52 million through CommunityLINK and $11.2 million via the Vulnerable Student Supplement each year to help them fund programs that support vulnerable children and youth.
Learning Environment
* There are 1,566 public schools and 360 independent schools in B.C.