The ranking holds 28 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 22 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 7. A year of school costs from €6 120 to €17 320. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 12.
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| Cheapest | $6 914 a year | Deutsche Schule Athen |
| Median | $16 155 a year | top of the fee range at 13 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $19 567 a year | St. Catherine's British School |
| Free | 1 school | Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi |
Figures are converted to dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish their fees in their own currency. One-off charges, meals, transport and uniform are not included unless the school says otherwise. Fees for schools in Athens are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
23 of the 28 schools in the ranking are private. The other 5 are state schools, set out below. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
1 school in Athens teaches an international programme with no tuition fee: Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
5 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Athens Music School, Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi, Model General Lyceum of Ionideios School of Piraeus, Anavryta Model Lyceum, Arts Secondary School of Gerakas (Kallitechniko Gymnasio Geraka). Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
Schools in Athens with an IB programme (22): Athens Music School, Psychico College, The Moraitis School, Athens College, Lampiri Schools, Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi, International Metropolitan School, American Community Schools of Athens, Pierce - The American College of Greece, International School of Piraeus, Model General Lyceum of Ionideios School of Piraeus, Doukas School, Ionios School, Anavryta Model Lyceum, Platon School, Arts Secondary School of Gerakas (Kallitechniko Gymnasio Geraka), International School of Athens, St. Catherine's British School, Costeas-Geitonas School (CGS), Campion School, Geitonas School, DES Interactive European School. 5 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 7 schools in Athens: Doukas School, Verita International School, St. Catherine's British School, Byron College, Campion School, St. Lawrence College, Ekpedeftiki Anagennisi.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 26 km from the centre of Athens. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Athens chooses between them as between districts of one place.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 12 schools · School transport: 19 schools.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Athens that is 7.5 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
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Published fees run from $6 914 to $19 567 for a school year. The cheapest is Deutsche Schule Athen, the most expensive St. Catherine's British School. The median for the senior stage is $16 155 a year. Tuition is free at 1 school: Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
Costeas-Geitonas School (CGS) comes first with 83.9 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next come St. Lawrence College (82.7) and International School of Athens (79.6). The score is built from data anyone can check: accreditations found in official registers, programmes, facilities and published fees. A place in the ranking is not for sale.
The ranking holds 28 schools: 23 private and 5 state (Athens Music School, Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi, Model General Lyceum of Ionideios School of Piraeus, Anavryta Model Lyceum, Arts Secondary School of Gerakas (Kallitechniko Gymnasio Geraka)). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 22 schools: Athens Music School, Psychico College, The Moraitis School, Athens College, Lampiri Schools, Model Upper Secondary School of Agioi Anargyroi, International Metropolitan School, American Community Schools of Athens, Pierce - The American College of Greece, International School of Piraeus, Model General Lyceum of Ionideios School of Piraeus, Doukas School, Ionios School, Anavryta Model Lyceum, Platon School, Arts Secondary School of Gerakas (Kallitechniko Gymnasio Geraka), International School of Athens, St. Catherine's British School, Costeas-Geitonas School (CGS), Campion School, Geitonas School, DES Interactive European School. 5 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 7 schools: Doukas School, Verita International School, St. Catherine's British School, Byron College, Campion School, St. Lawrence College, Ekpedeftiki Anagennisi.
The earliest intake starts at 6 months old. 21 schools have a preschool section.
The score of every school adds up from nine criteria with different weights: academic programmes, accreditation, facilities, clubs, the fee against other schools in the country, reviews, university destinations, safety and teachers. A criterion counts only when there is data behind it that can be checked, so every score says how many of the nine were counted. Right now that is 7.5 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.