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Cover Story EW IVY LEAGUE DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Parameters of Excellence: India’s Top 10 Ivy League International Schools

(across all Ivy League international day schools, including day-cum-boarding)

o compile the 2025-26 league tables of select Ivy Rank Teacher welfare &
League international schools — day and day-cum- development Rating
Tboarding — sample respondents comprising parents, 2025 (0.62)
principals, and teachers were persuaded to rate them under
15 parameters or attributes. On the reasoning that there is 1 Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai 0.58
more to education than academic or scholastic excellence 1 The International School Bangalore 0.58
(on which conventional league tables published abroad are 2 Oberoi International School, Mumbai 0.57
based), the respondents were asked to rate schools on 15 2 Pathways World School, Gurgaon 0.57
parameters of school education excellence including aca- 3 Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur 0.55
demic reputation, curriculum and pedagogy, co-curricular 4 Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai 0.54
education, faculty competence, leadership, infrastructure, 5 Harrow International School, Bengaluru 0.53
value for money, teacher welfare, quality of alumni etc. 6 The Riverside School, Ahmedabad 0.50
Parameter rankings of Top 10 Ivy League international 7 Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad 0.49
schools (day and day-cum-boarding sub-categories) are set
out below.

Rank Curriculum & pedagogy Rank Value for money
Rating Rating
2025 (0.62) 2025 (0.62)

1 Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai 0.58 1 Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur 0.54
2 The International School Bangalore 0.57 1 Oberoi International School, Mumbai 0.54
2 Oberoi International School, Mumbai 0.57 2 The International School Bangalore 0.53
3 The Riverside School, Ahmedabad 0.54 3 Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai 0.52
3 Pathways World School, Gurgaon 0.54 4 Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad 0.51
3 Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai 0.54 4 Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai 0.51
4 Harrow International School, Bengaluru 0.52 5 The Riverside School, Ahmedabad 0.50
5 Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad 0.51 5 Harrow International School, Bengaluru 0.50
5 Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur 0.51 6 Pathways World School, Gurgaon 0.49

Rank Academic reputation Rank Competence of faculty
Rating Rating
2025 (0.62) 2025 (1.25)

1 Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai 0.59 1 Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai 1.17
2 The International School Bangalore 0.58 2 The International School Bangalore 1.16
3 Oberoi International School, Mumbai 0.57 2 Oberoi International School, Mumbai 1.16
4 Pathways World School, Gurgaon 0.56 3 Pathways World School, Gurgaon 1.15
5 Harrow International School, Bengaluru 0.54 4 Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai 1.12
6 Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur 0.52 4 Harrow International School, Bengaluru 1.12
7 Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai 0.51 5 Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad 1.10
8 Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad 0.50 6 Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur 1.08
8 The Riverside School, Ahmedabad 0.50 7 The Riverside School, Ahmedabad 1.07

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