Schools
The board has 36 schools:
- 21 elementary schools (PK-Grade 5)
- 6 middle schools (Grades 6-8)
- 5 high schools (Grades 9 to 12)
Vancouver High School stood for many years at the intersection of Columbia and West Fourth Plain Boulevard, but was closed down in the mid-1950s, with students split between two new high schools: Fort Vancouver High School and Hudsons' Bay High School.
| High School | Type | Established | Enrollment | Mascot | WIAA Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview | Comprehensive 9–12 | 1997 | 1975 | Storm | 4A |
| Vancouver iTech Prepratory | STEM, Magnet School 6-12 | 2012 | 220 | None | 3A |
| Columbia River | Comprehensive 9–12 | 1962 | 1307 | Chieftains | 3A |
| Fort Vancouver | Comprehensive 9–12 | 1888 | 1504 | Trappers | 3A |
| Hudson's Bay | Comprehensive 9–12 | 1956 | 1522 | Eagles | 3A |
| Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Magnet 6–12 | 1996 | 556 | N/A | N/A |
| Lewis and Clark | Alternative 9–12 | 1970 | 370 | Compass Rose | N/A |
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Famous quotes containing the word schools:
“Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“I lay my eternal curse on whomsoever shall now or at any time hereafter make schoolbooks of my works and make me hated as Shakespeare is hated. My plays were not designed as instruments of torture. All the schools that lust after them get this answer, and will never get any other.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“To me, nothing can be more important than giving children books, It’s better to be giving books to children than drug treatment to them when they’re 15 years old. Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn’t have to put them in prisons?”
—Fran Lebowitz (20th century)