The ranking holds 26 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 10 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 13. A year of school costs from $3 824 to $26 600. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 6.
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| Cheapest | $3 824 a year | Kaspi International School |
| Median | $8 824 a year | top of the fee range at 12 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $26 600 a year | The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA) |
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 Baku are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
23 of the 26 schools in the ranking are private. The other 3 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.
3 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Школа-лицей №6 имени Тофига Исмайлова, Баку, Образовательный комплекс №132-134, Баку, Турецкая школа в Баку. 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 Baku with an IB programme (10): European Azerbaijan School (EAS), İdrak Liseyi (Idrak Lyceum), Бакинский филиал, The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA), Dunya School, Kaspi International School, Школа-лицей №6 имени Тофига Исмайлова, Баку, Baku International Education Complex, Bakı Modern Təhsil Kompleksi, ADA School при университете ADA, Образовательный комплекс №132-134, Баку. 4 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 13 schools in Baku: Baku Oxford School, Azerbaijan British College, XXI Century International Education and Innovation Centre, Landau School, Bakı İstanbul Liseyi, Kaspi Liseyi, Müasir Təhsil Kompleksi adına Heydər Əliyev, British School in Baku, Evrika Liseyi, Bakı Modern Təhsil Kompleksi, Hədəf Liseyi, Modern Innovations Lyceum (MIL), Oxbridge Academy.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 6 schools · Boarding: 1 school · School transport: 13 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 Baku 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 $3 824 to $26 600 for a school year. The cheapest is Kaspi International School, the most expensive The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA). The median for the senior stage is $8 824 a year. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
European Azerbaijan School (EAS) comes first with 85.6 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come İdrak Liseyi (Idrak Lyceum), Бакинский филиал (80.7) and Baku Oxford School (79.9). 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 26 schools: 23 private and 3 state (Школа-лицей №6 имени Тофига Исмайлова, Баку, Образовательный комплекс №132-134, Баку, Турецкая школа в Баку). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 10 schools: European Azerbaijan School (EAS), İdrak Liseyi (Idrak Lyceum), Бакинский филиал, The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA), Dunya School, Kaspi International School, Школа-лицей №6 имени Тофига Исмайлова, Баку, Baku International Education Complex, Bakı Modern Təhsil Kompleksi, ADA School при университете ADA, Образовательный комплекс №132-134, Баку. 4 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 13 schools: Baku Oxford School, Azerbaijan British College, XXI Century International Education and Innovation Centre, Landau School, Bakı İstanbul Liseyi, Kaspi Liseyi, Müasir Təhsil Kompleksi adına Heydər Əliyev, British School in Baku, Evrika Liseyi, Bakı Modern Təhsil Kompleksi, Hədəf Liseyi, Modern Innovations Lyceum (MIL), Oxbridge Academy.
The earliest intake starts at 1 year old. 22 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.