← Back to the rankingTheodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, Germany · est. 1873 · State
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Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium (THG) is a state Gymnasium with a classical languages profile in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Rhineland-Palatinate), tracing its history to a Latin school: a private one existed from 1853, and the royal Bavarian Latin school opened on 26 September 1873; it has had its current name since 1964. About 850 students attend from grade 5 to 13. All students learn at least three foreign languages: Latin from grade 5, English from grade 6, French or Ancient Greek from grade 8; Spanish is a club; the Latinum can be earned at the end of grade 10. In March 2006 THG became the first school in the state authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme: the IB is offered only as an additional qualification alongside the state Abitur in grades 12-13, the first diplomas were awarded in 2009, and the scheduled IB evaluation in spring 2026 was successful. In preparation, bilingual clubs in History and Geography and in Science in English run in grades 9 and 10. Regular teaching is in German. The school has an extended music programme (orchestras, choir, big band, string class), exchanges with Okemos (USA) and Sarreguemines (France), and prepares students for the DELF exams.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
German, English
Languages taught
Latin, French, Spanish
About the fees The Gymnasium is state-run and charges no tuition. Extra costs: supervised homework for grades 5-6 at 32 EUR per month (membership of the friends' association required), textbook rental for a fee (with exemption under the state scheme), trips and exam courses.
Admissions Registration for grade 5 is in February (for 2026-2027 on 9-11 February) by booked time slot only; a child may be registered at only one school in Ludwigshafen. An open day is held in November. One requirement for the IB Diploma Programme is to complete two bilingual clubs: English and American History (or Geography) in grade 9 and Science in grade 10; before choosing upper school courses in grade 10 students receive detailed guidance from the head of the upper school and the IB coordinator. Individual IB subjects can also be taken for certificates. The website describes no competitive selection.
Stages and year groups Grades 5-13. A Rhineland-Palatinate Gymnasium: orientation stage (grades 5-6), middle stage (grades 7-10), upper stage Mainzer Studienstufe (grades 11-13) with the Abitur (Allgemeine Hochschulreife); almost all subjects except religion and computer science can be taken as advanced courses. The IB Diploma Programme runs only together with the Abitur, in grades 12-13 under both the state curriculum and IB requirements: German, English and Biology at Higher Level; Mathematics, History, Music and French at Standard Level; plus Theory of Knowledge, an Extended Essay of about 4000 words and CAS (150 hours). Preparatory bilingual clubs run in grades 9 and 10.
Address Freiastraße 10, 67059 Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs inside a German Gymnasium: in the upper grades students take the IB Diploma alongside the Abitur.
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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.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The Gymnasium is in the school centre on Freiastraße (since 1970, shared with the Anne-Frank-Realschule). Three computer rooms, fibre internet and Wi-Fi throughout, interactive whiteboards in every classroom, a tablet trolley, well-equipped science and computing rooms, and an assembly hall. The library (new building from 2011) has 42 work places with six computers and works with the Ludwigshafen city library. Grades 5-6 have supervised homework sessions Monday to Thursday until 14:45. The school has a school dog. Awards: Digitale Schule and MINT-freundliche Schule.
Clubs and activities: Big Band · Kinderchor (children's choir) · Symphonieorchester (symphony orchestra) · Blasorchester (wind orchestra) · Theaterabo Extraklasse (theatre subscription) · Chemie-Wettbewerbs-vorbereitung (chemistry competition preparation) · Garten (school garden) · Physik im Advent (physics in Advent) · Technik (technology) · Tierhaltung und Tierpflege (animal keeping and care) · 3D-Druck-AG (3D printing club) · DELF (French DELF course) · Pupille (school newspaper)
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 sizenot stated
The website publishes the staff list with teachers' addresses; the IB Diploma Programme coordinator runs the programme and advises students. The school is a training school for new teachers of the Speyer teacher training seminar.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Since May 2022 a school social worker has been on site several days a week: social learning projects, individual conversations and counselling. Grades 5-10 have class councils. The school holds the title Schule ohne Rassismus.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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.
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