The Rankings — 2026/27
Next update in 362d 00h 00m 01s
Independent · Unpaid · Editorial
World's Top Schools, Ranked.
Every ranked and candidate school in the directory, one continuous list from #1 down. Use this view when you want the full picture without switching between tiers.
This ranking is locked. The next ranking update will be on September 1, 2027. How the ranking cycle works · Why this ranking exists
Penny's picks
Indonesia · Jakarta
Jakarta Intercultural School
Founded in 1951 by UN diplomats' embassies, this South Jakarta campus still competes in Southeast Asia's invitation-only IASAS athletics and arts league.
77.3
Score
Indonesia · Banten
British School Jakarta
Grown from a 1973 British Embassy classroom into a 45-acre Bintaro estate where English roots meet an IB finish.
75.9
Score
Indonesia · Banten
Sekolah Pelita Harapan Lippo Village
The first Indonesian school to run a full IB continuum, pairing Christian formation with inquiry-led science in Tangerang's Lippo Village.
69.4
Score
Indonesia · Bali
Green School Bali
A walless bamboo campus on the Ayung River where IB study runs alongside rice cultivation and river ecology
69.0
Score
Indonesia · Banten
MAN Insan Cendekia Serpong
Indonesia's first IB Diploma madrasah, pairing BJ Habibie's science-and-technology boarding model with pesantren discipline in Serpong
68.2
Score
Indonesia · East Java
Sekolah Ciputra Surabaya
The only school in East Java running the full IB continuum, with entrepreneurship woven in from Playgroup to Grade 12.
68.2
Score
Indonesia · Banten
Global Jaya School
In a Bintaro campus of bird-named houses, a full PYP-to-DP continuum made this one of Indonesia's first schools to run IB's MYP e-assessment.
65.6
Score
Indonesia · Kemang, Jakarta Selatan
ACG School Jakarta
From IB inquiry to Cambridge IGCSE rigour and back to the IB Diploma - a South Jakarta pathway built on cross-pollination.
65.4
Score
Indonesia · Pejaten, Jakarta Selatan
Australian Independent School Jakarta
Founded in 1996 after one family found no inclusive classroom in Jakarta, it now pairs Australian Curriculum with IB Diploma pathways.
63.5
Score
Indonesia · Jakarta
SMA Labschool Kebayoran
Born as a teacher-training laboratory school under Jakarta State University, it topped Jakarta's private schools in 2022 university entrance scores.
59.5
Score
Indonesia · Bali
Bali Island School
Amid Sanur's temple lanes, this Denpasar campus has run the island's only full IB continuum since 1985.
59.5
Score
Indonesia · East Java
SMA Katolik St. Louis 1 Surabaya
Founded in 1862 in a heritage building beside Surabaya's Catholic cathedral, ranked Indonesia's top private school by national UTBK scores
59.2
Score
Indonesia · Central Java
SMA Taruna Nusantara
At the foot of Mount Tidar in Magelang, semi-military discipline turns civilian teenagers into Indonesia's most sought-after cadets and civil servants.
59.0
Score
Indonesia · Jakarta
SMAN 8 Jakarta
On the Ciliwung's flood-prone banks in Tebet, this Jakarta public school has quietly stacked national science olympiad medals for decades
58.6
Score
Indonesia · DKI Jakarta
Kolese Kanisius
Nearly a century of Jesuit formation in Menteng, an all-boys campus built on competence, conscience and compassion.
57.7
Score
Indonesia · Kelapa Gading
Raffles Christian School Kelapa Gading
A Kelapa Gading day school blending Singapore rigor with Cambridge assessment, its IGCSE and A Level scholars earning Top in the World distinctions.
56.1
Score
Indonesia · Riau Islands
Sekolah Global Indo-Asia
On Batam's free-trade island facing Singapore, a campus blending the IB Diploma with Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels since 1998.
55.2
Score
Indonesia · Jakarta
BINUS SCHOOL Simprug
A Jakarta day school whose Hwa Chong partnership has helped deliver perfect 45-point IB Diploma scores three years running.
54.8
Score
Indonesia · Jakarta Selatan
Sekolah Cikal Cilandak
South Jakarta's first competency-based school layers the IB onto an inclusion ethos built for children of all needs.
54.7
Score
Indonesia · Banten
Beacon Academy
A South Tangerang IB day school built on inquiry-driven learning and a service-first take on student leadership.
54.6
Score
Indonesia · Kembangan, Jakarta Barat
New Zealand School Jakarta
In Kemang, one of the few schools worldwide delivering New Zealand's own curriculum, pairing Maori-inspired houses with Cambridge rigour for secondary years.
54.0
Score
Indonesia · Kemayoran
Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School
Indonesia's oldest international school, where Gandhian ethics meet Pancasila values under an IB banner in central Jakarta.
52.4
Score
Indonesia · Jakarta Selatan
HighScope Indonesia TB Simatupang
Rooted in the 1962 Perry Preschool research, this Cilandak school pairs dual-language learning with three specialized high school majors.
51.7
Score
Indonesia · Banten
Deutsche Internationale Schule Jakarta
Founded in 1957 by German doctors escaping the tropics, this Serpong campus preps students for tuition-free German universities.
51.5
Score
Indonesia · Jakarta
SMAK 1 BPK PENABUR Jakarta
West Jakarta's Christian science campus still holds an unbroken 1956 national physics-chemistry exam record.
50.9
Score
Indonesia · West Java
Sekolah Bogor Raya
Set beside Bogor's lakeside estate, an SPK school braids the full IB continuum, Cambridge IGCSE and worship across five faiths.
50.7
Score
Indonesia · Cilandak
Lycée Français Louis-Charles Damais
Named for a French scholar entranced by gamelan, this Cipete campus pairs Baccalaureate rigor with Javanese roots.
50.5
Score
Indonesia · Banten
Sinarmas World Academy
In BSD City's business district, 2024 IB Diploma results averaged 38.2 points, eight above the global mean, with a perfect pass rate.
49.1
Score
Indonesia · Bintaro
Mentari Intercultural School Jakarta
Born from a 1994 mothers' initiative, this Kebayoran Baru school runs full IB programmes, PYP to DP, alongside Indonesia's national curriculum.
48.9
Score
Indonesia · Central Java
SMA Pradita Dirgantara
Run by the Air Force beside Adi Soemarmo airport, this boarding school placed third nationally in Indonesia's 2022 entrance-exam rankings.
48.7
Score
Indonesia · DKI Jakarta
ACS Jakarta
Singapore's century-old Anglo-Chinese School lineage anchors a Cambridge-to-IB pathway on an eight-hectare East Jakarta campus.
46.3
Score
Indonesia · Banten
SMAK PENABUR Gading Serpong
A gifted-track Brilliant Class program has quietly produced Olympiad gold medalists in mathematics and physics
45.5
Score
Methodology
How we rank
Our composite weights eight categories. Each is scored 0–100 by our editorial panel and audited against 30 sub-criteria drawn from school records, university placement audits, alumni surveys, campus visits and parent interviews. Schools cannot pay for placement or preview scores.
Weighting
- Academic Outcomes20%
- University Placement17%
- Prestige & Heritage13%
- Alumni Network13%
- Facilities13%
- Transparency & Communications8%
- Peer & Industry Review10%
- Admissions Selectivity & Demand8%
Score key
Reading the scores
Bands out of 100
Every category, sub-criterion and composite total across this issue uses the same six-band editorial palette. Bands are calibrated against the full 300-school cohort — a "Distinguished" mark is meaningfully harder to earn than a "Strong" one.
- Exceptional90–100
Top of cohort
- Distinguished80–89
Elite tier
- Strong70–79
Consistently high
- Solid60–69
Reliable performer
- Average50–59
Room to grow
- Below par< 50
Underperforming
The same colour bands are used inside each school profile, on category chips, radar charts and the annual score-history line — so a colour glimpsed on the Rankings page always means the same thing everywhere else.