The ranking holds 3 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. A year of school costs from €2 950 to €2 950.
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| Cheapest | $3 333 a year | École française de Sarrebruck et Dilling |
| Median | $3 333 a year | top of the fee range at 1 school with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $3 333 a year | École française de Sarrebruck et Dilling |
| Free | 2 schools | Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken, Europäische Schule Saarland |
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 Saarbrucken are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
1 of the 3 schools in the ranking is 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.
2 schools in Saarbrucken teach an international programme with no tuition fee: Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken, Europäische Schule Saarland. 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: Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken, Europäische Schule Saarland. 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.
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 Saarbrucken that is 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 $3 333 to $3 333 for a school year. The cheapest is École française de Sarrebruck et Dilling, the most expensive École française de Sarrebruck et Dilling. The median for the senior stage is $3 333 a year. Tuition is free at 2 schools: Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken, Europäische Schule Saarland. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
École française de Sarrebruck et Dilling comes first with 74.9 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken (72.9) and Europäische Schule Saarland (68.0). 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 3 schools: 1 private and 2 state (Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken, Europäische Schule Saarland). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
The earliest intake starts at 3 years old. 1 school has 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 8 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.