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Cover Story EW BUDGET PRIVATE SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Super 40 Budget Private Schools national league table

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 and hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision (100) Value for money (100) TOTAL SCORE (1200)
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100)

1 1+ 1 1+ Mukarram Jah School, Hyderabad 79 152 74 79 80 79 77 78 76 77 83 934
1+ 1 1+ 1 St. Mary’s High School, Kalyan, Mumbai 78 143 70 80 81 87 82 78 74 74 87 934
2 2 2 2 Muni International School, Delhi 74 155 78 78 75 76 76 80 79 75 84 930
3 3 3 3 Nagarjuna High School, Kadapa 80 148 81 77 78 73 75 73 75 77 84 921
6 4 31 4 Kennedy School, Guntur 75 149 75 75 76 81 79 77 73 78 78 916
19 8 2 4 Kotak Lead School, Kharagpur (WB) 72 145 82 77 83 72 78 78 78 73 78 916
4 5 5 5 Little Star English School, Guwahati 79 144 70 76 76 86 81 77 67 72 86 914
NR 10 5 5 Jhunjhunu Academy 75 148 77 76 75 75 78 75 77 72 86 914
10 9 6 5 Pragati School, Ahmedabad 74 145 78 78 77 79 80 72 75 75 81 914
11 8 3 6 Don Bosco High School, Dombivali (W), Mumbai 77 152 80 72 77 71 72 74 78 72 81 906
5 5 7 6 SR Capital Public School, Naveen Shahdara, Delhi 79 153 77 78 75 73 72 66 79 74 80 906
7 9 4 7 Little Flower Matriculation Hr Sec School, Chennai 82 149 82 80 71 70 78 72 69 77 72 902
13 6 6 8 Sukhpal Senior Secondary School, Ugala 74 151 75 78 72 75 74 76 73 70 78 896
NR 11 10 9 Hari Vidya Bhawan Sr Secondary School, Delhi 75 151 73 71 73 72 71 76 81 76 76 895
NR 12 12 10 Springdale Public School, Kurukshetra 77 148 75 74 74 72 77 72 70 72 83 894
NR 13 10 10 Priyadarshani School (SSC Board), Indrayani Nagar,
Pune 74 149 74 72 73 75 73 74 79 72 79 894
9 10 10 11 New Blossoms Education Society, Bengaluru 75 152 75 72 74 75 76 73 71 71 78 892
NR NR 9 11 Angels Babyland Matric. Hr Sec School,Chennai 75 148 79 73 73 69 74 78 76 68 79 892
NR 14 12 11 Sainath Public School, Delhi 74 149 77 73 73 74 71 75 81 72 73 892
8 10 10 12 St. Ann’s Blooming Buds School, Tivim (Goa) 72 148 76 72 73 79 75 75 74 70 76 890
NR NR NR 12 St. Mary’s Nursery & Primary School, Chennai 74 143 75 73 76 78 74 74 75 73 75 890
14 13 13 13 Pragathi Vidyalaya, Hyderabad 76 143 74 74 77 76 72 74 73 68 75 882
7 7 7 14 Sri Vijaya Sai High School, Bodhan, Nizamabad 71 136 75 76 73 72 79 75 75 69 80 881
NR 20 14 14 Pragnya Bodhini High School, Goregaon (East),
Mumbai 73 139 75 73 74 83 73 76 72 71 72 881
30 14 14 15 Shri Rama Rural Academy, Guntur 75 144 72 75 72 74 73 72 72 73 77 879
NR 20 17 15 MP Shah English High School, Vile Parle (West),
Mumbai 74 146 77 72 68 78 72 73 73 72 74 879
18 20 16 15 St. Joseph’s High School (SSC), New Panvel,
Navi Mumbai 71 139 76 73 71 77 74 73 71 72 82 879
NR 24 17 16 Mother Teressa High School & Junior College,
Malad (West), Mumbai 78 144 76 71 72 75 77 74 69 70 71 877
8 11 11 16 Pratibha Educare, Rajahmundry 75 141 75 72 72 73 71 73 74 73 78 877
NR 23 18 17 St. Soldier Paradise Public School, Mohali 75 142 71 71 75 74 73 71 72 73 79 876
NR 16 15 17 Noble Public School, Meerut 71 149 73 72 72 74 73 72 71 74 75 876
15 18 18 17 Alif School of Dual Education, Thiruvananthapuram 71 146 70 76 79 69 75 73 72 73 72 876
NR 13 13 17 OPS International School, Gajraula (UP) 79 149 73 71 69 67 72 72 73 69 82 876
NR 15 19 18 Tagore Public School, Gurugram 77 140 69 73 76 78 71 70 75 68 78 875
12 16 15 18 Al-Ameen Central School, Koottanad, Palakkad 77 144 66 70 74 79 75 71 73 69 77 875
NR 22 19 18 Aspee Children’s Academy, Uchat, Palghar 75 146 73 70 72 77 74 70 72 70 76 875
11 15 15 19 Ashwini Public School, Bengaluru 72 144 75 71 69 70 78 75 74 72 74 874
25 22 20 19 St. Mary’s English School, Kandivali, Mumbai 78 142 81 73 71 76 72 71 71 69 70 874
* Representative students of these schools wrote the Global Young Scholar Talent Search Test

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