The Rankings — 2026/27
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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.
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Penny's picks
Israel · Southern District
Eastern Mediterranean International School
Israeli, Palestinian, and international teens share dorms and an IB curriculum built on peace and sustainability.
63.7
Score
Israel · Jerusalem District
Jerusalem American International School
A compact American day school weaving Jerusalem Studies into its curriculum for diplomatic, NGO and embassy families.
60.3
Score
Israel · Tel Aviv District
Tabeetha School
Founded in 1863 by a Scottish missionary's daughter, the only Church of Scotland school on earth still teaches Jaffa's three faiths side by side.
55.7
Score
Israel · Jerusalem District
Anglican International School Jerusalem
The first school in Israel authorised for the IB, mixing British roots with over thirty nationalities inside Jerusalem's ancient walls.
50.5
Score
Israel · Jerusalem District
Jerusalem Arts High School
Conservatory-style majors in film, theater, dance, music and art anchor full Bagrut studies on Jerusalem's Cultural Mile.
49.1
Score
Israel · Central District
Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel
Born under US Embassy auspices in 1958, it's Israel's only American-accredited school, sending AP graduates onward to US campuses.
47.8
Score
Israel · Tel Aviv District
Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts
A state-run audition academy in Givatayim where Bagrut studies sit alongside intensive film, music and drama training.
39.3
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.