Moving abroad with kids

Strongest choice: British · IB

For a realistic annual budget, assume roughly $18,000 per child in fees, with most families landing somewhere between about $15,000 and $23,000; at senior level that is AED 88,618 at the median, with a quartile spread from AED 73,437 to AED 101,204.

Strongest choice: British · IB

For London, a realistic annual day-fee budget is about £32,000 per child at senior level, with most families landing between roughly £29,000 and £34,000; on a broader comparable basis, the median sits just under $37,000, with an interquartile range of about $33,000 to $42,000.

Strongest choice: IB · American

In Singapore, a realistic annual fee budget is about SGD 25,000 per child at the median, with most schools clustering between roughly SGD 54 and SGD 29,000 in the available sample; for senior years, the median is markedly higher at SGD 39,794, with an interquartile range of SGD 33,955 to SGD 50,737.

Strongest choice: Thai National · British

In Bangkok, a realistic annual fee budget per child sits around $26,000 at the median, with most families landing somewhere between roughly $20,000 and $32,000; by senior years, the median is about THB 1.06 million, with an interquartile range from around THB 944,600 to THB 1.25 million.

Strongest choice: American

In New York City, a realistic annual tuition budget is about $69,600 per child, with most families landing between roughly $59,400 and $71,200; at senior level, the median is slightly higher at $70,800.

Strongest choice: IB · American

For Shanghai, a realistic annual budget is around $37,800 per child, with most published fees clustering from roughly $26,000 at the lower quartile to about $44,200 at the upper end; for senior years, that translates to a median of RMB 311,000, with a spread from about RMB 194,457 to RMB 332,750.

Strongest choice: American · IB

In Tokyo, a realistic annual budget is about $19,000 per child at median, with most families landing between roughly $11,000 and $20,500; at senior level, that translates to about ¥3.05 million, with an interquartile range of ¥2.7 million to ¥3.129 million.

Strongest choice: Peruvian · IB

In Lima, a realistic annual budget per child sits around $8,000, with the middle half of reported fees running from roughly $6,700 to $12,700; for senior years, the local-currency median is PEN 30,425, with a PEN 26,690–37,075 quartile spread, broadly aligning with a senior median of $8,123.

Strongest choice: IB · British

In Beijing, a realistic annual budget is about $46,000 per child, with most fees clustering from roughly $44,000 at the lower quartile to just under $48,000 at the upper; for senior years, the median rises to about $52,000, with a spread of roughly $46,600 to $53,700.

Strongest choice: British · IB

In Abu Dhabi, a realistic annual fee budget is about $17,800 per child, with most families landing in a fairly tight band from roughly $15,200 to $18,600 across the middle half of schools surveyed; at senior level, the median is about AED 76,950, with a quartile spread of AED 66,385 to AED 80,735.

Strongest choice: IB · American

For Jakarta, a sensible working budget is around $11,500 per child each year in fees, with a fairly wide market spread from roughly $6,000 at the lower quartile to about $22,500 at the upper quartile; for senior years, the median sits near IDR 194.5 million, with most of the market falling between about IDR 109.4 million and IDR 294.8 million.

Strongest choice: French Baccalaureate · IB

Paris offers breadth more than price clarity: across 11 schools, the practical choice set is led by the French Baccalaureate, offered by 9 schools, with just 3 offering the IB, alongside single instances of classes préparatoires and the Baccalauréat.

Strongest choice: IB · British

In Hong Kong, a realistic annual fee budget per child sits around US$28,500 at the median, with most families landing between roughly US$9,700 and US$33,500; for senior years, the median is US$32,300, with local-currency senior fees spanning about HK$88,800 to HK$277,500 and a median of HK$252,400.

Strongest choice: IB · Canadian

In Toronto, a realistic annual fee budget is about CAD 32,000 per child at the median, with most families landing in a fairly tight overall band from roughly CAD 30,000 to CAD 33,000; by senior years, that rises to a median of CAD 45,065, with an interquartile spread of CAD 41,900 to CAD 48,720.

Strongest choice: American

In Washington, D.C., a realistic annual private-school budget is about $55,000 per child, with most families landing somewhere from roughly $40,700 at the lower quartile to just under $59,600 at the upper end; for senior years specifically, the median is $55,955, with a spread from $41,125 to $59,952.

Strongest choice: IB · American

In Ho Chi Minh City, a realistic annual budget is about $30,000 per child, with the lower quartile around $12,000 and the upper quartile just over $30,000, so the market skews towards the top end rather than offering a broad mid-range.

Strongest choice: IB · British

In Kuala Lumpur, a realistic fee budget is about $23,000 per child a year at median level, with most families landing between just under $19,000 and $25,000; for senior years, that corresponds to roughly MYR 127,000 at median, with an interquartile spread from about MYR 110,000 to MYR 136,000.