← Back to the rankingMarymount International School Rome
Rome, Italy · est. 1946 · Private
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Marymount International School Rome is a private, Catholic, co-educational day school from age 2 to Grade 12 in northern Rome. It was opened by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary on 16 October 1946 at the request of the US Embassy, for the children of Allied personnel after the war; since 1953 it has occupied Villa Lauchli. Teaching is in English on an American curriculum: graduates receive the American High School Diploma, the IB Diploma Programme is taught in Grades 11-12 (since 1985, one of the first in Italy), and Advanced Placement courses are available in Grades 10-12. For Italian-speaking children there is an Italian language strand and a Licenza Media Program preparing for Italian state examinations. The school reports 900 students (2026-2027 profile) from more than 90 countries; there are 6 students per teacher and average class size is 16. The school closed its boarding programme in 1995.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $15 703–31 632 a year
13 900–28 000 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · AP · American programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Latin
Students per teacher
6 students per teacher
Class size
On average 16 students per class
Registration fee
≈ $565
500 EUR
About the fees Annual tuition 2026-2027: Early Childhood 13900 EUR, Kindergarten 17750 EUR, Grades 1-5 21000 EUR, Grades 6-8 23900 EUR, Grades 9-12 28000 EUR; Grade 13 28000 EUR. Lunch is included. If a child needs a one-to-one classroom assistant on admission, this costs another 22000 EUR a year. Limited financial aid is available on request to the Headmistress; up to 10 scholarships for students entering Grades 6, 9 and 11 give a 5% tuition reduction.
Admissions The school welcomes families from all over the world: students of around 90 nationalities attend. Applications are accepted year round; for September entry January-February is recommended, and applications during the year are reviewed individually. Steps: an online inquiry, a meeting and tour with the admissions team, an online application with a health form, teacher and Principal recommendations from the previous school, report cards for the last two years and a 500 EUR fee; the Admissions Committee then reviews the file and the Headmistress communicates the decision. Age is counted on 31 October: Early Childhood from 2 (no toilet training needed), EC1 from 3, EC2 from 4, Kindergarten from 5. Children whose first language is not English receive the English Language Learning programme; in some cases acceptance depends on a one-to-one assistant paid by the family. Academic scholarships by examination are offered to students entering Grades 6, 9 and 11.
Stages and year groups Early Childhood Center (ages 2-5) on an international early years curriculum in English; Kindergarten and Grades 1-5 form the elementary school, taught in English and inspired by the IB philosophy, with Italian as a Second Language or as a First Language preparing for the Idoneità alla Prima Media exam; Grades 6-8 follow an American international curriculum, with an optional Licenza Media Program and the Idoneità and esame di Stato di terza media examinations; Grades 9-12 follow an American programme towards the American High School Diploma (21 credits), with the IB Diploma Programme in Grades 11-12 (full diploma, bilingual diploma or individual certificates; recognised for entry to Italian universities) and Advanced Placement courses in Grades 10-12 at no extra cost (2026-2027: AP English Language and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP World History and seven more through Global Online Academy). An optional Grade 13 offers further credits.
Address Via di Villa Lauchli 180, 00191 Roma
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeCIS · accreditationMSA · accreditationCollege Board · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The school is accredited by CIS. The school is accredited by MSA (Middle States Association); its directory status is Active. The College Board AP Course Ledger lists the school for 2025-2026.
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: DP (ages 16-19). 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 →CISCouncil of International Schools
It accredits international schools and is a paying association at the same time. It examines governance and ownership, the curriculum, teaching, student wellbeing, staff and premises; a team of volunteers from other CIS accredited schools visits the school. Membership and accreditation are different things here, and schools confuse them more often than anything else.
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 →MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
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 →College BoardCollege Board, the AP programme
An American organisation that allows a school to put the letters AP on a pupil's transcript. The permission is granted course by course and tied to a particular teacher, it has to be renewed every year, and College Board reads the course syllabus before granting it.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run advanced AP courses - not the school as a whole, but one by one: by subject and by teacher. Governance, safeguarding and the primary years are not part of that check. Which subjects are actually approved is visible in the ledger. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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Advanced Placement: American advanced courses for the senior years. The exam for a course is set and marked by the College Board, not by the school. A good result is counted by American universities as a first-year course already passed, which saves a student time and money.
What this means for this school. A school does not get to call a course AP automatically: the College Board reads the course syllabus and approves it separately for every subject and every teacher, and the permission has to be renewed each year. Every approved school in the world is listed in the open AP Course Ledger, and this school's entry there stands as a line in the accreditation block above. How many courses a school is approved for, and in which subjects, the ledger does not show in its general listing. AP has no leaving certificate of its own: it sits on top of the school's main programme rather than being a separate system.
American programme
The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
35 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma, Class of 2026: 58 candidates out of 80 graduates, all 58 awarded the diploma (100%), average score 35, 52% scored 35 or more, 17% 40 or more, 43% earned a bilingual diploma; world average 31. 2024: 54 candidates, 96% passed; 2023: 46 candidates, 98% passed, average score 33.4. SAT, Class of 2026: 52 students, mean score 1200. AP 2026-2028: English Language and Composition 15 of 17 scored 3 or higher, Biology 13 of 16, World History 23 of 26.
Where leavers go: Bocconi University · LUISS · Sapienza University of Rome · Catholic University of the Sacred Heart · University College London (UCL) · King's College London · University of Edinburgh · University of St Andrews · University of Warwick · University of California, Berkeley · University of California, Los Angeles · University of Toronto
and others, 17 universities in the school's list in allAccording to the school profile, about 98% of graduates go straight on to further education. Graduates of 2024-2026 enrolled at universities in Italy, the UK, Europe, the US, Canada, Asia and the Middle East; the school publishes the Class of 2026 acceptances as a separate list.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: Junior Architects · Multicultural Club · Origami Club · STEM Club · Royal Liar (school newspaper) · Environmental Club · Model United Nations · JuniOrchestra · National Honor Society · Varsity Sports
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers170
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: Of the 59 secondary school faculty, two thirds hold advanced degrees.
The school reports 170 faculty members from around the world. In Early Childhood each group of two-year-olds has two teachers and an assistant, EC1, EC2 and Kindergarten have a teacher and an assistant; Grades 1-5 have a class teacher and specialist teachers for music, art, physical education, library, Italian and technology.
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 room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes a Safeguarding Policy (in English and Italian), an Anti-Bullying Policy, a Missing Child Policy, a Physical Restraint Policy and a complaints procedure. The Health Center with a nurse is open from 8:30 to 16:00 and during sports events; there is a school psychologist, a Learning Support department with individual learning plans and pet-therapy dogs; the elementary school runs the Caring School Community social and emotional programme.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)87 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 data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)100 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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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