The ranking holds 17 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 14. A year of school costs from €7 694 to €8 500.
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| Cheapest | $8 692 a year | École française Alexandre-Dumas de Naples |
| Median | $9 603 a year | top of the fee range at 1 school with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $9 603 a year | École française Alexandre-Dumas de Naples |
| Free | 12 schools | Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz |
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 Naples are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
5 of the 17 schools in the ranking are private. The other 12 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.
12 schools in Naples teach an international programme with no tuition fee: Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
12 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz. 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.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 14 schools in Naples: Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Istituto La Sala, Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 21 km from the centre of Naples. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Naples 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. School transport: 2 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 Naples that is 7.8 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 $8 692 to $9 603 for a school year. The cheapest is École française Alexandre-Dumas de Naples, the most expensive École française Alexandre-Dumas de Naples. The median for the senior stage is $9 603 a year. Tuition is free at 12 schools: Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
Liceo Classico Armando Diaz comes first with 75.8 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro» (74.8) and Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico (73.3). 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 17 schools: 5 private and 12 state (Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 14 schools: Liceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro», Liceo Classico Statale Gian Battista Vico, Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie, Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, Liceo Classico e Scientifico Francesco Sbordone, I.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco", Liceo Statale Immanuel Kant, Istituto d'Istruzione Secondaria Superiore «Giancarlo Siani», Liceo Statale Laura Bassi, Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Statale A.M. De Carlo, Liceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo", Istituto La Sala, Liceo Scientifico - Classico E. Torricelli, Liceo Classico Armando Diaz.
The earliest intake starts at 2 years old. 5 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 7.8 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.