← Back to the rankingInternational School of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany · est. 1985 · Private
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The International School of Stuttgart (ISS) is a private, non-profit international day school founded by parents in 1985; it operates as an association of parents and teachers. Today more than 900 children aged 3 to 18 from more than 45 nationalities attend on two campuses: Degerloch in southern Stuttgart (early years to grade 12, about 708 students) and Sindelfingen (early years to grade 10, about 169 students). The school was one of the first in Germany authorised to offer all three IB programmes: the PYP from age three to grade 5, the MYP in grades 6-10 and the Diploma Programme in grades 11-12. Teaching is in English with strong German and optional French and Spanish; in Sindelfingen primary classes each class has an English-speaking and a German-speaking teacher. The Diploma Programme is open to all, the student to teacher ratio is seven to one, and teachers stay on average eight years. The school is recognised by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education and receives state subsidies.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $16 889–27 791 a year
14 950–24 600 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
Students per teacher
1 to 7
Registration fee
≈ $847
750 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for the 2026-2027 school year: Early Years 3 and Early Years 14950 EUR, Kindergarten 19250 EUR, grades 1-5 20900 EUR, grades 6-8 22350 EUR, grades 9-10 22950 EUR, grades 11-12 24600 EUR. Means-tested Grant-in-Aid financial assistance is available through the school's committee.
Admissions Admission is open: every application is considered on its merits regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion; there are no entrance exams and the school is non-selective. Applications for both campuses are handled by the admissions office in Degerloch on a rolling basis while places are available; an application is valid only for the stated school year and does not reserve a place. Steps: a pre-application form, then the online portal with documents - passport copy, photo, school reports for two years translated into English (not for early years) and proof of measles vaccination, mandatory under German law. The application fee is 750 EUR. Children who do not speak English receive an intensive EAL programme, and home languages are supported. Placement is by age.
Stages and year groups Grades Early Years 3, Early Years, Kindergarten, 1-12. IB PYP from Early Years 3 to grade 5 (ages 3-11) ending with the Grade 5 Exhibition; IB MYP in grades 6-10 with the Personal Project, where the MYP Certificate or Bilingual Certificate is recognised as equivalent to the Mittlerer Schulabschluss; IB Diploma Programme in grades 11-12 (Degerloch campus only), recognised as equivalent to the Allgemeine Hochschulreife under KMK conditions; students may also earn course certificates or the school diploma accredited by NEASC as a US High School Diploma. DP subjects: physics, biology, chemistry, environmental systems, computer science, history, geography, business management, global politics, English A and B, German A, B and ab initio, French B, Spanish B, a school-supported self-taught language, visual arts, music, theatre, mathematics AA and AI. All in English. The school does not name any Cambridge or Pearson courses.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeNEASC · accreditationThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes. The school is accredited by NEASC.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
32 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma, class of 2025: 54 candidates, 54 diplomas (100%), average score 32 against a global average of about 30, highest 45; 41% earned a bilingual diploma. Earlier years: 2024 54 of 54, average 33; 2023 46 of 47, average 33; 2022 57 of 58, average 35; 2021 57 of 58, average 37. MYP Certificate: average subject grade 5.1 against 4.7 globally, average total 41 against 37.7, 22% bilingual certificates.
Where leavers go: Technical University of Munich · WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management · Bauhaus University Weimar · Maastricht University · University of Amsterdam · Erasmus University Rotterdam · University College Dublin · IE University · Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) · University of Glasgow · National University of Singapore · Yonsei University
and others, 13 universities in the school's list in allAccording to the 2025-2026 school profile, 61% of graduates go on to study in Europe, 13% in North America, 5% each in the UK and Asia, and 15% take a gap year; the school reports 100% university placement success.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground
Clubs and activities: Model United Nations · Duke of Edinburgh's International Award · Student Council · KIVA (charity microloans) · Theatre · Music · GISST competitive sports · SV-ISS Sports Club · Erasmus+
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
There are on average seven students per teacher (six on the Sindelfingen campus); teachers stay at the school for eight years on average. Primary classes use co-teaching and small group instruction. The school is a hub for teacher development through its Resident Program. All job applicants undergo child-protection screening.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school says safeguarding is a core priority: all job applicants go through reference checks, background checks and self-disclosure. Educational psychologists work on both campuses, and there are homeroom teachers, advisory groups and a peer mentoring programme. A non-discrimination and anti-harassment statement applies.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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