Schools Around Banderas Bay

It’s back-to-school
time in Puerto Vallarta and education is one of the concerns that young
families considering moving to Mexico are always worried about.  Luckily, here in the Banderas Bay region there are excellent private schools that provide a high level of education for a fraction of the price of private institutions in Canada or the USA.

Parents are
required to pay an annual registration fee, generally the equivalent to 50% to
100% of the monthly tuition, and monthly payments that vary between 2000 and 9000
pesos per month depending on the school and the grade level of the student.  Other costs include school uniforms and
materials.

Some popular,
bilingual schools in the Puerto Vallarta region include:

Bucerias

Colegio Bucerias

Maple Bear

Colegio Salzmann

Nuevo Vallarta

Campo Verde

Instituto Pierre
Faure (Catholic instruction)

Puerto Vallarta

The American
School

Colegio Anglo
American

Ameyali

Colegio Jean
Piaget

British America
School

The Vancouver
School

For parents
concerned about the transferability of Mexican school credits, students will
have no issue to transfer to a Canadian or American elementary or secondary
school or to apply to university with their Mexican educational credits but may
be required to write a basic English placement exam.

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