Mulgrave School vs West Point Grey Academy
🇨🇦 Vancouver · Side-by-side comparison on verifiable public data.
Neither Mulgrave School nor West Point Grey Academy sits in a market with a public inspectorate, so both are assessed on verifiable accreditation, curriculum authorisation, and published data rather than an official quality rating. Curriculum is the core differentiator: Mulgrave School offers IB while West Point Grey Academy offers Canadian — the choice should follow the family's target qualification system. Both are day schools with fees in the same market band — see the table below for the figures, and verify against each school's own published fees.
Key Facts
| Mulgrave School | West Point Grey Academy | |
|---|---|---|
| Curriculum | IB | Canadian |
| Ages | 3–18 | 4-18 |
| Languages of instruction | English | English, French, Spanish, Mandarin |
| Annual fees | CAD 30,290–34,180 (2026–27 tuition) | CAD 31,710 (flat JK–Grade 12, 2025–26; one-time entrance fee CAD 3,500; +CAD 4,500 for out-of-province students) |
| Enrollment | 950 | 927 |
| Boarding | Day only | Day only |
| Accreditations | CIS, IB World School, ISABC, CAIS | CAIS, ISABC |
Strengths
- ✓Full IB Continuum authorisation — PYP, MYP and DP delivered unbroken from age 3 to Grade 12, rare even among IB World Schools
- ✓Triple independent-sector accreditation (CIS, CAIS, ISABC) on top of IB authorisation
- ✓Genuinely international community — families from 37 countries — well suited to globally-mobile families
- ✓Low published 7:1 student ratio
- ✓Not-for-profit governance rather than a for-profit operator model
- ✓Accredited by both CAIS and ISABC, with membership in Global Online Academy, AISAP and EMA (school-reported).
- ✓Broad academic breadth: 20 Advanced Placement courses plus Global Studies, STEM (engineering, coding, robotics) and extensive visual/performing arts.
- ✓Three additional languages — French, Spanish and Mandarin — taught from Junior Kindergarten.
- ✓Low 8:1 student-teacher ratio with 132 teachers and dedicated counselling staff (school-reported).
- ✓Strong outdoor and experiential program, including a full-year Grade 10 Wilderness Pursuits program and Indigenous education embedded across grades.
Trade-offs
- !No boarding — day school only, so out-of-area and international families must relocate locally
- !Premium fees (CAD 30,290–34,180 tuition) plus a CAD 25,000 refundable family deposit and a CAD 7,000 international surcharge — a high entry cost
- !Single curriculum (IB only) — no NCEA/AP/Cambridge alternative for families wanting a different pathway
- !The school does not publish a single official total-enrolment figure or EAL/language-support details on the pages reviewed
- !Secular and non-denominational — not a fit for families specifically seeking a faith-based school
- !No boarding — a day school only, so unsuitable for families needing residential placement.
- !Single flat tuition across all grades sits at the higher end of BC independent-school fees, with additional entrance and out-of-province charges.
- !No IB or Cambridge pathway; university-preparation depth rests on AP and the BC Dogwood diploma.
Best Fit For
- • Families wanting a single, internationally-portable IB pathway across a child's entire schooling
- • Globally-mobile / expat families valuing an international peer community
- • Families seeking a co-educational, secular, gender-inclusive environment
- • West Vancouver / North Shore families able to attend as day students
- • Families in Vancouver seeking an accredited, academically broad JK–12 day school.
- • Students wanting AP enrichment alongside strong arts, athletics and outdoor education.
- • Families valuing early multilingual exposure (French, Spanish, Mandarin from JK).
University Placement
School-reported · not independently verified
School-reported, unverified: Mulgrave is a university-preparatory IB Diploma school (87 graduates in the Class of 2026), but no specific university-destination statistics or IB average score were retrievable from a public source — treat any placement claims as unverified until confirmed on the school's published data.
School-reported, unverified: WPGA reports a 100% graduation rate, 100% postsecondary acceptance, and approximately CAD 2 million in scholarship awards annually; it also reports that 95% of 331 AP exams written in 2024 scored 3.0 or above. These figures are published by the school and not independently verified.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Should I choose Mulgrave School or West Point Grey Academy?
Mulgrave School is best for: Families wanting a single, internationally-portable IB pathway across a child's entire schooling. West Point Grey Academy is best for: Families in Vancouver seeking an accredited, academically broad JK–12 day school.. The right choice depends on target curriculum, budget, and family priorities — the two are not linearly comparable.
How do fees compare between Mulgrave School and West Point Grey Academy?
Mulgrave School: CAD 30,290–34,180 (2026–27 tuition). West Point Grey Academy: CAD 31,710 (flat JK–Grade 12, 2025–26; one-time entrance fee CAD 3,500; +CAD 4,500 for out-of-province students). Verify against each school's own published fees; some figures are sourced from third-party aggregators.
What curricula do Mulgrave School and West Point Grey Academy offer?
Mulgrave School: IB. West Point Grey Academy: Canadian.
Do Mulgrave School or West Point Grey Academy offer boarding?
Mulgrave School: day school only. West Point Grey Academy: day school only.
Questions parents ask
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