The ranking holds 11 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 9 of them. A year of school costs from $5 004 to $29 997. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 1.
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| Cheapest | $5 004 a year | Lycée français René-Cassin d'Oslo |
| Median | $18 716 a year | top of the fee range at 2 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $29 997 a year | Oslo International School |
| Free | 6 schools | Blindern videregående skole, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Ås videregående skole |
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 Oslo are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
5 of the 11 schools in the ranking are private. The other 6 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.
6 schools in Oslo teach an international programme with no tuition fee: Blindern videregående skole, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Ås videregående skole. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
6 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Blindern videregående skole, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Ås videregående skole. 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 Oslo with an IB programme (9): Blindern videregående skole, Norlights International School Oslo, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Oslo International School, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Asker International School, Ås videregående skole. 1 of them runs the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 25 km from the centre of Oslo. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Oslo 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: 1 school · 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 Oslo that is 7.7 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 $5 004 to $29 997 for a school year. The cheapest is Lycée français René-Cassin d'Oslo, the most expensive Oslo International School. The median for the senior stage is $18 716 a year. Tuition is free at 6 schools: Blindern videregående skole, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Ås videregående skole. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
Oslo International School comes first with 74.8 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come Blindern videregående skole (74.0) and Norlights International School Oslo (74.0). 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 11 schools: 5 private and 6 state (Blindern videregående skole, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Ås videregående skole). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 9 schools: Blindern videregående skole, Norlights International School Oslo, Bjørnholt videregående skole, Manglerud skole, Oslo International School, Lillestrøm videregående skole, Nesbru videregående skole, Asker International School, Ås videregående skole. 1 of them runs the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP.
The earliest intake starts at 1 year old. 3 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 7.7 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.