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Cover Story EW INDIA IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

INDIA’S IVY LEAGUE

INTERNATIONAL DAY SCHOOLS

The inaugural 2025-26
national table of Ivy League
international day schools
— the glamour section
of EWISR — comprises
four routinely top-ranked
institutions

hough over the past 18 years
since they were instituted in
2007, the annual Education-
TWorld India School Rank-
ings (EWISR) has evolved into the
world’s largest and most comprehen-
sive school rankings survey, the evo-
lution process is continuous. The mix
and/or size of our sample respondents
database has changed and outdated
parameters have been replaced with DAIS’ chairperson Nita Ambani: “teachers are at the very heart of DAIS”
new (curriculum & pedagogy, men-
tal & emotional well-being services). methodology details see p.42). Cambridge and IB-affiliated school —
And, to encourage schools to excel The inaugural 2025-26 national promoted by the family of legendary
beyond EWISR’s 14 parameters of table of Ivy League international day business leader Dhirubhai Ambani
school excellence, we have instituted schools — the glamour section of EW- (1932-2002), founder-chairman of
the EW Jury Rankings. ISR — comprises four routinely top- Reliance Industries Ltd, India’s most
Moreover responding to intelligent ranked institutions — Dhirubhai respected, efficient and valuable com-
feedback that school education stake- Ambani International School, pany (annual revenue: Rs.10.7 lakh
holders and EW readers were experi- Oberoi International School, Ad- crore) — has been awarded top scores
encing deja vu with some schools rou- itya Birla World Academy (all sit- under ten of 15 parameters of school
tinely topping EWISR year after year, ed in Mumbai, the commercial capital excellence including academic repu-
in consultation with Raymond Rav- of India) and The Riverside School, tation, teacher competence, curricu-
aglia, a Stanford University alum and Ahmedabad. Although these glob- lum and pedagogy, mental and emo-
former Dean and Director of Stanford ally comparable international schools tional well-being services and quality
University Pre-Collegiate Studies, are all ranked India #1, they are differ- of alumni. Currently, DAIS has 1,171
and currently Director of US-based entiated by the award of stars (1-5) and students and 234 teachers on its mus-
education research firm Launchpad decimal points to prompt continuous ter rolls.
Rankings LLC, your editors have ide- improvement. “To be elevated to the Ivy League
ated a new super nova category of Unsurprisingly, within this newly category and ranked India #1 within
cluster-ranked schools. Institutions introduced category of Ivy League in- this elite category is a matter of im-
repeatedly high-ranked under critical ternational day schools, Dhirubhai mense pride and joy to all of us at
parameters of school education excel- Ambani International School, DAIS. It’s reaffirmation of our stead-
lence including teacher welfare and Mumbai (DAIS, estb.2003) — fast commitment to providing holistic
development, faculty competence, ac- ranked India’s #1 international day education nurturing not only academ-
ademic reputation, co-curricular and school in EWISR for the past 13 years ic excellence, but also the character,
sports education, have been elevated — is top ranked with 5 stars with creativity, and compassion of our stu-
to a new Ivy League category (for full highest total score. Moreover, this dents. While I am delighted that DAIS

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