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While educating 10.8% of all students enrolled in BC elementary and secondary schools, independent schools receive only 4.9% of grants the provincial budget allocates toward operating costs of schools. The maximum grant to an independent school is 1/2 the per pupil grant to a public school.
The approximately 68,900 students enrolled in independent schools in 2007-2008 represent 10.8% of all elementary and secondary school enrollment in BC.
