The ranking holds 11 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 6 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 5. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 4.
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All 11 schools in the ranking are private. We have not yet found a state school in Salvador with an international accreditation. 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.
Schools in Salvador with an IB programme (6): Pan American School of Bahia, Villa Global Education, Colégio São Paulo, Land School, Colégio Anchieta - Pituba, Gurilândia International School. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 5 schools in Salvador: Colégio São Paulo, Colégio Anchieta - Pituba, Escola Girassol, Anchietinha Aquarius, Anchieta Patamares.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 4 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 Salvador 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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Pan American School of Bahia comes first with 77.1 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next come Villa Global Education (74.1) and Colégio São Paulo (72.2). 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 11 schools: 11 private. We found no state school in Salvador with an international accreditation. Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 6 schools: Pan American School of Bahia, Villa Global Education, Colégio São Paulo, Land School, Colégio Anchieta - Pituba, Gurilândia International School.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 5 schools: Colégio São Paulo, Colégio Anchieta - Pituba, Escola Girassol, Anchietinha Aquarius, Anchieta Patamares.
The earliest intake starts at 1 year old. 6 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 6.8 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.