Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega vs Silicon Valley International School - Willows

Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega and Silicon Valley International School - Willows are both in San Francisco, about 43 km apart. Both schools offer French, IB and American programmes, and Silicon Valley International School - Willows also offers Chinese National, German and Taiwan 108. Published annual fees are close, at $28,000 - 58,900 for Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega and $39,970 - 49,130 for Silicon Valley International School - Willows. Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega takes pupils from 2 to 18, and Silicon Valley International School - Willows from 3 to 18. The two are similar in size, at around 998 and 811 pupils. Typical class sizes are 18 at Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega and 16 at Silicon Valley International School - Willows.

	L Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega San Francisco, United States	S Silicon Valley International School - Willows San Francisco, United States
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Fees / year	Fees / year $28,000 - 58,900	Fees / year $39,970 - 49,130
Age range	Age range 2 - 18 years	Age range 3 - 18 years
Type	Type Co-educational	Type Co-educational
Curriculum	Curriculum French Curriculum, IB (MYP), IB (DP), American Curriculum	Curriculum IB (PYP), IB (MYP), IB (DP), French Curriculum, American Curriculum, Chinese National Curriculum, German Curriculum, Taiwan 108 Curriculum
Pupils	Pupils 998	Pupils 811
Typical class size	Typical class size 18	Typical class size 16
Instruction language	Instruction language French, English	Instruction language English, Mandarin, French, German
Opened	Opened 1967	Opened 1988
Bus service	Bus service No	Bus service No
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