Escuela Bella Vista was founded as a private school in 1948 to provide a North American educational program for students in grades 1-9. In 1972, grades 10-12 were added to the school's program and in 2003 both the I.B. Program and a new pre-kindergarten program were added. At the present time Escuela Bella Vista is an international school; twenty countries are represented within the student body. The school's campus consists of forty classrooms, two gymnasiums, library, cafeteria, science and computer laboratories, office complex, music room, and other rooms. A new climate-controlled 300+ seat auditorium was completed in May 2005.