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Cover Story EW DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Parameters of Excellence: India’s Top 10 Day Schools

(across all day schools, including day-cum-boarding)

o compile the 2025-26 league tables of day schools
— co-ed, boys, girls and day-cum-boarding — 9,500
Trespondents comprising parents, principals, teach-
ers and senior students were persuaded to rate them under
14 parameters or attributes. On the reasoning that there is
more to education than academic or scholastic excellence
(on which conventional league tables published abroad are
based), the respondents were asked to rate schools on 14
parameters of school education excellence including aca-
demic reputation, curriculum and pedagogy, co-curricular
education, faculty competence, leadership, infrastructure,
value for money, teacher welfare etc.
For the parmeter of excellence rankings of India’s Top
10 day schools, under the broad category of day schools,
top-ranked schools in each sub-category (co-ed, day-cum-
boarding, boys and girls) compete with each other. Step by Step, Noida students: academic reputation India #3
Parameter rankings of Top 10 day schools (across all day
school sub-categories) are set out below.

NB: NR=Not Top 10 ranked

Rank Academic reputation Rank Academic reputation Rating
Rating 2022 2023 2024 2025 (100)
2022 2023 2024 2025 (100)
NR NR 10 5 Children’s Academy, Kandivali
7 9 10 1 The Shri Ram School, Vasant (Ashok Nagar), Mumbai 88
Vihar/Moulsari, Delhi 92 NR NR 10 5 RN Podar School, Mumbai 88
NR NR 6 2 Sri Venkateshwar International School, NR NR NR 5 Nirmal Bhartia School, Delhi 88
Sector 18, Dwarka, Delhi 91 NR NR NR 5 Shiv Nadar School, Noida 88
NR NR NR 3 Delhi Public School, Bopal, Ahmedabad 90 NR NR NR 5 Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam, Chennai 88
NR NR NR 3 Montfort Senior Secondary School, Delhi 90 NR NR NR 5 Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj,
2 8 7 3 Step by Step, Noida 90 Delhi 88
NR NR NR 4 Shalom Hills International School, NR NR NR 5 KR Mangalam World School, GK II, Delhi 88
Gurugram 89 NR NR NR 5 Billabong High International School, Noida 88
NR NR NR 4 Udgam School for Children, Thaltej, 8 10 7 5 Mallya Aditi International School, Bengaluru 88
Ahmedabad 89 6 7 5 5 Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata 88
NR NR NR 4 Gitanjali School, Hyderabad 89 NR NR NR 5 SSVM World School, Coimbatore 88
NR NR NR 4 Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh 89 NR NR NR 5 Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram 88
10 9 5 4 Vidyaranya High School, Hyderabad 89 NR NR 7 6 Bal Bharati Public School, Ganga Ram
NR NR NR 4 JBCN International School, Borivali, Hospital Rd, Delhi 87
Mumbai 89 NR NR NR 6 Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi 87
NR NR NR 4 Delhi Public School, Sector 45, Gurugram 89 NR NR NR 6 Ryan International School, Mayur Vihar,
NR NR NR 4 Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata 89 Delhi 87
10 NR 5 4 Delhi Public School, Bangalore East 89 NR NR NR 6 Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana 87
NR NR NR 4 Suncity School, Gurugram 89 NR NR NR 6 Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram 87
9 NR 7 5 Springdales School, Pusa Road, Delhi 88 5 10 3 6 Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School,
10 8 7 5 Vidyashilp Academy, Bengaluru 88 Thane 87
NR NR NR 5 Campion School, Fort, Mumbai 88 NR NR NR 6 Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar 87
NR NR NR 5 Sacred Heart Sr Sec School, Chandigarh 88 NR NR NR 6 ITL Public School, Dwarka, Delhi 87

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