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Cover Story EW GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

India’s Top 30 Government Boarding 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 Safety & hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision Mental & emotional well- being services (100) Pastoral care (100) Value f
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100) (100)

1 1 2 1 Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun 85 166 75 79 89 81 79 78 74 79 81 76 88 74 1204
3 5 1 2 Rashtriya Military School, Bengaluru 73 160 83 76 89 78 71 82 82 72 68 81 88 84 1187
25 17 3 3 Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi 80 158 86 78 82 77 73 82 82 73 80 71 76 76 1174
2 4 4 3 Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya, Jamui (Bihar) 81 174 87 71 76 79 78 81 80 67 74 73 85 68 1174
5 6 4 4 Oak Grove School, Dehradun 76 162 89 70 85 75 77 80 75 67 72 82 77 83 1170
11 13 5 5 Rashtriya Military School, Dholpur (Raj) 75 166 80 78 87 75 65 68 80 74 75 76 75 86 1160
15 19 8 6 JNV, Hamirpur (HP) 75 164 72 75 76 66 74 83 75 76 76 81 76 76 1145
9 10 7 7 Rashtriya Military School, Chail (HP) 78 158 79 73 89 70 73 78 74 75 71 68 83 74 1143
NR NR 9 7 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Mahipani 74 150 94 80 77 79 65 79 71 80 79 73 76 66 1143
7 2 6 8 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV),
Chennithala, Alleppey (Kerala) 82 149 81 83 68 75 79 76 69 68 80 68 80 78 1136
10 9 10 9 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Baripada 77 170 69 67 83 74 75 73 80 79 69 71 76 72 1135
6 7 14 10 Army Public School, Dagshai, Solan 76 154 73 65 82 73 73 71 71 83 79 64 87 77 1128
12 15 18 11 JNV, Bagalur, Bengaluru 80 143 85 72 80 74 69 75 83 73 77 66 73 76 1126
18 10 11 12 JNV, Chendayad, Kannur (Kerala) 70 168 89 71 74 72 78 82 72 70 69 68 69 73 1125
19 13 12 13 JNV, Pimpale, Pune 78 163 92 71 69 67 71 75 80 75 64 72 78 69 1124
4 3 13 13 Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Sonipat 77 166 74 71 85 71 72 76 66 80 70 75 76 65 1124
23 11 18 13 JNV, Samastipur (Bihar) 71 175 93 64 73 72 58 74 80 75 63 76 81 69 1124
8 8 17 14 Rashtriya Military School, Belagavi 77 156 74 73 88 72 70 71 78 74 65 69 81 74 1122
11 12 15 15 Rashtriya Military School, Ajmer 74 161 76 77 82 66 74 80 67 65 73 73 82 71 1121
16 20 16 16 JNV, Chittoor 76 151 85 79 64 77 74 68 80 82 64 61 78 78 1117
14 18 20 17 Sainik School, Goalpara (Assam) 75 156 78 73 80 61 75 77 80 69 60 68 80 73 1105
12 14 19 18 Sainik School, Ghorakhal (Uttarakhand) 69 162 79 70 87 52 73 78 79 76 63 68 77 70 1103
13 16 21 19 JNV, Gachibowli, Ranga Reddy 72 161 87 70 75 56 62 77 83 69 66 74 76 71 1099
20 22 23 20 JNV, Pathanamthitta (Kerala) 70 160 77 64 60 64 64 77 79 81 67 65 76 62 1066
24 25 24 21 Sainik School, Jamnagar 70 143 73 69 79 61 69 69 79 75 63 66 78 70 1064
17 21 25 22 JNV, Neriamangalam, Ernakulam 72 153 90 59 65 65 62 73 74 62 66 61 80 73 1055
21 24 26 23 JNV, Karim Nagar (Telangana) 66 151 83 63 65 70 63 75 72 73 65 51 79 76 1052
NR 25 26 24 JNV, Chitradurga (Karnataka) 67 151 80 64 73 63 70 68 67 72 61 66 74 71 1047
22 23 22 25 Sainik School, Amaravathinagar (TN) 65 141 81 63 81 65 67 72 65 72 65 71 72 61 1041
33 28 28 25 JNV, Jalaun 67 134 76 67 68 69 68 69 79 70 65 64 74 71 1041
30 32 31 26 Sainik School, Punglwa (Nagaland) 71 145 65 68 76 69 64 61 68 62 69 65 71 69 1023
NR 26 27 27 Gen BC Joshi Army Public School,
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) 73 141 75 59 69 67 64 67 65 73 63 61 79 65 1021
NR NR 34 28 Woods Park Sainik School, Hamirpur (HP) 64 142 74 75 71 60 62 65 62 67 69 62 75 72 1020
NR NR 33 29 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Nilabadi,
Bandhugaon, Koraput 67 141 68 69 76 63 65 57 71 64 62 72 76 68 1019
26 27 32 30 Sainik School, Satara 63 136 74 60 76 71 63 66 74 62 61 59 78 66 1009
32 29 30 31 JNV, Chikkaballapura 60 137 75 61 72 61 64 69 71 65 69 67 69 67 1007
28 31 35 32 Sainik School, Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) 67 131 63 76 79 59 68 66 65 66 63 68 66 69 1006
27 30 37 33 Sainik School, Purulia (West Bengal) 63 140 69 69 75 64 63 59 59 61 65 57 77 74 995

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