The ranking holds 2 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 2 of them.
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0 of the 2 schools in the ranking are private. The other 2 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 Oulu teaches an international programme with no tuition fee: Oulun seudun ammattiopisto OSAO. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
2 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Oulun Lyseon lukio, Oulun seudun ammattiopisto OSAO. 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 Oulu with an IB programme (2): Oulun Lyseon lukio, Oulun seudun ammattiopisto OSAO. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
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 Oulu 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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Oulun Lyseon lukio comes first with 71.2 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next comes Oulun seudun ammattiopisto OSAO (69.4). 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 2 schools: 0 private and 2 state (Oulun Lyseon lukio, Oulun seudun ammattiopisto OSAO). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 2 schools: Oulun Lyseon lukio, Oulun seudun ammattiopisto OSAO.
The earliest intake starts at 16 years old.
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.