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Cover Story EW CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DAY SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

India’s Top Central Government Day Schools

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Academic reputation (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Curriculum & pedagogy (100) Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management Parental involvement (100) Infrastructure provision Mental & emotional well- being services (100) Special needs education
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100) (100)

1+ 1 1+ 1 Army Public School, Delhi Cantt 83 177 83 83 82 71 71 89 77 77 68 67 85 78 1191
5 3 2 2 Navy Children School, Nausena Baugh,
Visakhapatnam 75 179 87 76 77 77 66 87 68 77 70 71 82 75 1167
8 5 4 3 Army Public School, Bolarum,
Secunderabad 71 172 91 84 84 78 66 92 71 76 63 57 79 74 1158
2 2 3 3 Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi 81 182 85 75 89 71 63 91 64 78 62 59 84 74 1158
7 6 5 4 Air Force School, Hebbal, Bengaluru 75 167 81 82 80 71 75 83 73 77 69 67 86 70 1156
10 8 7 5 BSF Sr Sec School, Paloura, Jammu 78 172 82 81 78 75 70 84 64 78 67 68 79 79 1155
13 9 8 6 Army Public School, Hisar 75 179 83 80 77 80 69 81 67 65 68 73 81 76 1154
1 3 6 7 Army Public School, Southern Command,
Pune 82 181 82 81 78 72 69 84 66 70 69 60 83 75 1152
4 7 9 8 Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute, Delhi 74 169 76* 74 83 77 67 85 71 74 65 77 81 75 1148
13 6 7 9 Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom,
Thiruvananthapuram 76 175 88 69 76 75 67 87 77 68 69 56 83 75 1141
8 8 10 10 Army School BEG & Centre, Kirkee, Pune 77 170 84 82 83 78 68 76 62 76 68 59 81 72 1136
16 11 11 11 Army Public School, Tezpur 79 176 95 67 76 70 65 78 75 73 66 57 79 73 1129
6 4 12 12 Navy Children School, Kochi 79 172 90 74 82 67 64 79 69 76 63 63 80 66 1124
9 10 14 13 Kendriya Vidyalaya — IIT Madras 73 173 88 74 73 75 72 85 66 68 63 55 81 76 1122
14 12 16 14 The Air Force School, Subroto Park, Delhi 77 162 88 79 86 70 66 75 66 76 67 59 79 68 1118
17 9 13 15 Army Public School, K. Kamaraj Road,
Bengaluru 75 171 86 82 76 72 63 78 65 72 64 54 81 76 1115
11 10 17 16 Air Force Bal Bharati School, Lodhi Road,
Delhi 74 169 83 84 80 76 63 72 65 80 61 54 81 69 1111
17 14 14 17 Kendriya Vidyalaya — IIT Bombay, Powai 71 169 88 72 74 68 68 79 65 67 66 57 85 80 1109
20 13 16 18 Kendriya Vidyalaya No 2, Naval Base, Kochi 77 170 91 79 73 70 69 78 63 69 67 58 75 68 1107
34 15 15 19 Army Public School, ASC Centre, Bengaluru 81 164 77 80 85 69 69 78 69 69 68 56 73 67 1105
9 14 18 20 Atomic Energy Central School, Thane 74 168 74 76 71 67 67 79 68 74 62 59 75 81 1095
53 18 19 21 Army Public School, Fazilka Cantt (Punjab) 77 165 92 64 83 67 62 77 67 66 64 60 78 72 1094
19 15 20 22 Army Public School, Shankar Vihar, Delhi
Cantt 77 170 78 80 80 69 66 75 62 68 63 58 69 75 1090
12 16 21 23 Army Public School, Noida 75 163 84 74 75 64 66 73 65 66 72 51 72 75 1075
15 19 22 24 Army Public School, Amritsar Cantt 72 162 85 78 75 62 64 71 62 67 64 57 77 74 1070
14 20 25 24 Navy Children School, Dabolim (Goa) 76 162 84 82 79 69 66 69 73 65 60 58 64 63 1070
11 24 26 25 Army Public School, RK Puram,
Secunderabad 75 163 77 75 75 65 62 80 69 65 66 51 77 68 1068
54 20 24 26 Army Public School, BD Bari (Samba) 72 171 89 76 75 62 70 75 64 62 62 48 66 68 1060
18 21 28 27 Army Public School, Golconda, Suncity,
Hyderabad 72 164 77 75 82 65 61 72 73 65 60 53 74 64 1057
32 17 23 28 Army Public School, Varanasi 72 162 90 66 76 67 64 74 60 64 63 48 76 73 1055
21 26 29 29 Army Public School, Pangode,
Thiruvananthapuram 79 149 78 72 84 67 69 73 67 62 64 50 68 71 1053
15 22 27 30 Army Public School, Ambala Cantt 77 154 76 77 77 64 61 74 70 58 62 52 74 74 1050
NR 23 29 30 Kendriya Vidyalaya, SAC, Vastrapur,
Ahmedabad 76 160 78 70 77 63 63 75 63 64 62 54 77 68 1050

* Representative students of these schools wrote the Global Young Scholar Talent Search Test

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