The ranking holds 72 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 41 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 34. A year of school costs from $2 778 to $40 000. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 5.
5 schools publish a monthly fee rather than a yearly one and do not say how many payments they charge over a school year. We count such a year as ten payments: that is the number charged by the schools that do state it, and that is how long the school year runs in most countries of the ranking.
This page gathers the schools of the city and of the towns around it: a family chooses between them the way it chooses between districts of one place. Each school carries its own address on its card, with the district or the town named there.
We do not take reviews from maps and directories: their terms forbid it, and nobody checks the quality there. Everything below comes from the official registers of the accrediting organisations and from the schools' own sites, and every fact carries its source and the date of the check.
| Cheapest | $2 778 a year | Belgrano Day School |
| Median | $10 119 a year | top of the fee range at 10 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $40 000 a year | Asociación Escuelas Lincoln |
| Free | 1 school | Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg» |
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 Buenos Aires are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
68 of the 72 schools in the ranking are private. The other 4 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 Buenos Aires teaches an international programme with no tuition fee: Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg». On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
4 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg», Escuela Municipal Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento (EMPAS), Sworn Junior College Belgrano, Escuela de Educacion Media N 1 D.E. 7 'Julieta Lanteri'. 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 Buenos Aires with an IB programme (41): Instituto Ballester (Deutsche Schule Villa Ballester), Asociación Cultural Pestalozzi, Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg», St. George's College North, Villa Devoto School, Belgrano Day School, St. Andrew's Scots School, Escuela Municipal Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento (EMPAS), Colegio San Patricio de Lujan, Northlands (кампус Olivos), St. Catherine's Moorlands School, sede Belgrano, St. Xavier's College (Colegio San Javier), Asociación Escuelas Lincoln, Colegio San Marcos / St. Mark's College, St. Mary's International College, Northern International School, Austin ebs, St. George's College - Quilmes, St John's Pilar, Southern International School, Orange Day School, Northlands A.C.B. (кампус Nordelta), Islands International School, Dover High School, Colegio Tarbut, St. Francis School, St. Matthew's College North (Sede Norte), Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Fundadora, Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Pilar, Holmberg Schule, St. Catherine's Moorlands School - Tortuguitas, St. Matthew's College, Sede Fundadora, St John's Beccar, Colegio La Salle (Asociación Educacionista Argentina), Instituto Santa Brígida, Colegio de Todos Los Santos, Deutsche Schule Temperley, Colegio Lincoln, Colegio Palermo Chico, Instituto Wolfsohn, Colegio Montessori de Lujan. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 34 schools in Buenos Aires: United High School, St. George's College North, Villa Devoto School, Belgrano Day School, Bede's Grammar School, Master College, St. Andrew's Scots School, Northlands (кампус Olivos), Colegio San Cirano, St. Xavier's College (Colegio San Javier), Colegio San Marcos / St. Mark's College, St. Mary's International College, Northern International School, St. George's College - Quilmes, Southern International School, Orange Day School, Barker College, Northlands A.C.B. (кампус Nordelta), Escuela Argentina Modelo, Colegio Holy Cross, Washington School, Buenos Aires Christian School, Colegio Bayard, Islands International School, Eccleston School, Colegio Tarbut, Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Fundadora, Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Pilar, St. Brendan's College, Sworn Junior College Belgrano, St. Margaret's School, Balmoral College, Colegio Rio de la Plata, Port School Madero.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 5 schools · Boarding: 1 school · School transport: 1 school.
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 Buenos Aires that is 6.8 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 $2 778 to $40 000 for a school year. The cheapest is Belgrano Day School, the most expensive Asociación Escuelas Lincoln. The median for the senior stage is $10 119 a year. Tuition is free at 1 school: Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg». Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency. 5 schools publish a monthly fee rather than a yearly one and do not say how many payments they charge over a school year. We count such a year as ten payments: that is the number charged by the schools that do state it, and that is how long the school year runs in most countries of the ranking.
Instituto Ballester (Deutsche Schule Villa Ballester) comes first with 74.7 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come United High School (74.3) and Asociación Cultural Pestalozzi (74.2). 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 72 schools: 68 private and 4 state (Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg», Escuela Municipal Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento (EMPAS), Sworn Junior College Belgrano, Escuela de Educacion Media N 1 D.E. 7 'Julieta Lanteri'). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 41 schools: Instituto Ballester (Deutsche Schule Villa Ballester), Asociación Cultural Pestalozzi, Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas «Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg», St. George's College North, Villa Devoto School, Belgrano Day School, St. Andrew's Scots School, Escuela Municipal Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento (EMPAS), Colegio San Patricio de Lujan, Northlands (кампус Olivos), St. Catherine's Moorlands School, sede Belgrano, St. Xavier's College (Colegio San Javier), Asociación Escuelas Lincoln, Colegio San Marcos / St. Mark's College, St. Mary's International College, Northern International School, Austin ebs, St. George's College - Quilmes, St John's Pilar, Southern International School, Orange Day School, Northlands A.C.B. (кампус Nordelta), Islands International School, Dover High School, Colegio Tarbut, St. Francis School, St. Matthew's College North (Sede Norte), Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Fundadora, Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Pilar, Holmberg Schule, St. Catherine's Moorlands School - Tortuguitas, St. Matthew's College, Sede Fundadora, St John's Beccar, Colegio La Salle (Asociación Educacionista Argentina), Instituto Santa Brígida, Colegio de Todos Los Santos, Deutsche Schule Temperley, Colegio Lincoln, Colegio Palermo Chico, Instituto Wolfsohn, Colegio Montessori de Lujan.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 34 schools: United High School, St. George's College North, Villa Devoto School, Belgrano Day School, Bede's Grammar School, Master College, St. Andrew's Scots School, Northlands (кампус Olivos), Colegio San Cirano, St. Xavier's College (Colegio San Javier), Colegio San Marcos / St. Mark's College, St. Mary's International College, Northern International School, St. George's College - Quilmes, Southern International School, Orange Day School, Barker College, Northlands A.C.B. (кампус Nordelta), Escuela Argentina Modelo, Colegio Holy Cross, Washington School, Buenos Aires Christian School, Colegio Bayard, Islands International School, Eccleston School, Colegio Tarbut, Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Fundadora, Saint Mary of the Hills School, Sede Pilar, St. Brendan's College, Sworn Junior College Belgrano, St. Margaret's School, Balmoral College, Colegio Rio de la Plata, Port School Madero.
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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 6.8 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.