United States, San Francisco
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Two YCIS Silicon Valley campuses are located in Mountain View, California. The ECE Campus is at 199 East Middlefield Road, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043; the K-8 Campus is at 310 Easy Street, Mountain View, CA 94043.
Preschool through grade 8; Early Childhood, Elementary School, and Middle School.
Non-profit 501(c)3 private international school; bilingual Mandarin-English education.
Part of the Yew Chung Education Foundation (YCEF), registered in Hong Kong.
Application & enrollment fees
- Non-refundable tuition deposit (per student): USD 2,500.
- One-time, non-refundable new student / enrollment fee: USD 2,000.
Tuition fees by year group (annual and per-term equivalents)
- Preschool / Pre‑K (age 2–5): USD 36,900 per year. Equivalent per term (if billed across three equal terms): USD 12,300 per term.
- Kindergarten – Grade 8 (K–8): USD 34,650 per year. Equivalent per term (if billed across three equal terms): USD 11,550 per term.
- Published planning figures for the 2026/27 academic year (school projections as listed by public admissions resources): Preschool / Pre‑K: USD 39,500; K–5 (example published projection): USD 37,500. Equivalent per term (three equal terms): Preschool USD 13,167 per term; K–5 USD 12,500 per term. These projected figures are published in the school's publicly circulated admissions material.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- A non-refundable tuition deposit (USD 2,500) is required per student to secure a place and a separate one-time new student fee (USD 2,000) is charged on enrollment.
- Tuition figures are presented as annual amounts; families are typically offered formal payment arrangements (for example, full payment or scheduled installment plans) through the school's billing processes. Financial Aid applications are submitted through FACTS Management.
- Specific billing dates, installment schedules, late-payment penalties, and enrollment-hold rules are set in the school's enrollment agreement and billing notices for the admitted year. (The deposit and new-student fee are charged at enrollment/acceptance.)
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not applicable. Yew Chung International School — Silicon Valley operates as early childhood through grade 8 day campuses; there are no boarding facilities or boarding fees.
Other costs and typical ancillary fees
- One-time or annual ancillary charges commonly applied include new-student fee (USD 2,000) and the non-refundable tuition deposit (USD 2,500) as noted above.
- School lunches, extracurricular program fees, instrument or music program fees, after‑school program or extended-care fees, field-trip costs, and certain activity fees are billed separately from base tuition when applicable. Published materials for the Yew Chung network note that lunch and some program costs are not included in tuition.
- Uniform policy and provisioning: network fee schedules indicate that uniform items or allocations may be provided or charged as part of the school's fee procedures; families should expect uniform-related charges or entitlements to be included in the school's admissions/finance communications.
Refund information
- The tuition deposit (USD 2,500) and the one-time new student fee (USD 2,000) are non-refundable.
- Other refund conditions (refunds of tuition for mid-year withdrawal, deadlines for refund eligibility, and any pro‑rata refunds) are defined in the school's enrollment and withdrawal policy and will be specified in the enrollment agreement for the admitted year; those policies determine prorated refunds (if any) and applicable deadlines.
Fee payment options
- Bank transfer (wire/ACH) and electronic payments are accepted as standard methods for Yew Chung network campuses; in-person credit/debit card payments are accepted at some campuses. The Yew Chung network also uses common third-party systems (for example, FACTS) for scholarship/financial-aid administration and family billing arrangements. Expect the Silicon Valley campus to accept bank transfer and standard electronic payment methods and to offer installment/payment-plan administration through the school's finance office.
Summary (key figures)
- Preschool / Pre‑K annual tuition: USD 36,900 (per-term equivalent if divided into three terms: USD 12,300).
- Kindergarten – Grade 8 annual tuition: USD 34,650 (per-term equivalent if divided into three terms: USD 11,550).
- Non-refundable tuition deposit: USD 2,500 per student. One-time new student fee: USD 2,000.
- Boarding: not applicable (day school only).
(If you require these figures presented in a different currency or as per-term breakdowns using a different number of installments, those calculations can be generated from the annual amounts above.)
Yew Chung International School Silicon Valley (YCIS Silicon Valley) delivers a bilingual Mandarin-English education for ages 2 to 14 within a non-profit American environment. The school offers EYFS, American, Singapore, and bespoke curricula, taught in English and Mandarin through a bilingual co‑teaching model that pairs English‑speaking and Mandarin‑speaking teachers. Students progress from preschool to middle school across two Mountain View campuses: an early childhood campus on East Middlefield Road and a K–8 campus on Easy Street. The program follows the Yew Chung Approach, emphasizing the Twelve Values and inquiry-based learning, with seven integrated areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Physical Development; Communication and Language; Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the World; Expressive Arts and Design. The school blends Eastern and Western traditions to develop compassionate, bilingual world learners. Facilities include weekly violin instruction, Art and Music, an indoor gym, and extensive field trips and campus-wide events for families and communities.