The Rankings — 2026/27
Next update in 362d 19h 15m 14s
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
Morocco · Bourgogne
Lycée Lyautey
Named for France's first resident-general, this Casablanca lycee is the AEFE network's second-largest school worldwide
69.2
Score
Morocco · Ain Diab
Casablanca American School
North Africa's first full IB Diploma programme, paired since 1986 with an American university-prep track in Casablanca.
56.9
Score
Morocco · Souissi
Rabat American School
On Rabat's Atlantic corniche, a 1962 embassy school built one of the region's earliest IB Diploma programmes.
56.9
Score
Morocco · Agdal
Lycée Descartes
In Agdal, graduates trade mortarboards for embroidered tarbouches, crowning a Baccalaureate pipeline that runs clear through to classes preparatoires.
56.6
Score
Morocco · Route de l'Ourika
American School of Marrakesh
Outside Marrakesh, a dual-diploma campus pairs American college prep with the IB in English, French and Arabic classrooms.
54.0
Score
Morocco · Dar Bouazza
George Washington Academy
American diploma meets IB rigor in trilingual Casablanca, anchored by Morocco's only LEGO Innovation Center.
52.8
Score
Morocco · Bouskoura
London Academy Casablanca
A British day school in Bouskoura pairing IGCSE and A-Level study with trilingual teaching in English, French and Arabic
49.8
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.