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.
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
Italy · Lazio
St George's British International School (Rome)
Italy's oldest British international school, splitting classrooms between the Vatican and Rome's northern hills, posts IB scores among the continent's highest.
70.2
Score
Italy · Lombardy
The British School of Milan
Since 1969, the only Milan school rated Excellent by UK inspectors, pairing IGCSE rigor with a close-knit IB Sixth Form.
69.0
Score
Italy · Lombardy
American School of Milan
South of Milan, the city's first IB World School pairs an American diploma with seven decades of international pedigree.
67.3
Score
Italy · Lazio
Marymount International School Rome
Italy's first international school pairs an American diploma with the IB on 40 acres of protected Roman parkland
59.7
Score
Italy
Liceo Artistico Porta Romana e Sesto Fiorentino – Fine Arts
56.2
Score
Italy · Lazio
St. Stephen's School Rome
At the foot of Rome's Aventine Hill, Italy's first IB Diploma programme pairs classical liberal arts with American college prep.
53.3
Score
Italy · Lazio
IIS Cine-TV Roberto Rossellini
Trains camera, sound and TV technicians on real soundstages inside Rome's former Ponti-De Laurentiis film studios.
50.9
Score
Italy
Liceo Artistico di Brera – Arti Figurative
49.0
Score
Italy
Liceo Artistico Caravaggio – Arti Figurative
0.0
Score
Italy
Liceo Artistico Statale Umberto Boccioni – Arti Figurative
0.0
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.