The amount of tuition paid by international students to British Columbia (BC) public school districts in the 2017-18 school year reached $256,829,094. That is an increase by nearly $15 million compared to last year. This represents about 5% of total district revenues provincially, but the bulk of gains are concentrated in just 10 districts in Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria. K-12 International student tuition charges are $14,000 to $15,000 a year, depending on school district. The number of international students attending BC public schools, as reported by the BC Ministry of Education was 16,412 in 2017-18. The financial inequalities between school districts created by international tuition are produced because most of the non-resident students end up in districts in the Metro Vancouver area and Southern Vancouver Island. The influx of these additional funds combined with provincial funding allows some school districts to offer more services to their students than others.