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
Singapore · Singapore
Raffles Institution
VerifiedFounded in 1823 as Singapore's first school, its Raffles Programme now sends more students to Cambridge than any other institution.
81.8
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Hwa Chong Institution
Singapore's storied merged independent school, pairing its Integrated Programme with an IB track at its Bukit Timah campus.
81.4
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Singapore's first IB Diploma school, this Methodist boys' campus on Dover Road has ranked among the world's top three IB scorers for years.
81.0
Score
Singapore · Singapore
NUS High School of Math and Science
Six years, no O-levels, no A-levels -- just a bespoke diploma built around university-level math and science modules.
78.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Raffles Girls' School
Singapore's storied all-girls secondary school offering a seamless six-year Integrated Programme from Secondary 1 through to A-Levels.
78.8
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Nanyang Girls' High School
Founded in 1917, this Bukit Timah SAP school blends bilingual rigor with a six-year IP pathway feeding straight into Hwa Chong Institution.
78.1
Score
Singapore · Singapore
United World College of South East Asia
VerifiedAcross two Singapore campuses, service learning anchors an IB path capped by a rare Systems Transformation course for change leadership.
77.5
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Tanglin Trust School
Southeast Asia's oldest British school pairs IB with A-Levels, then sends every Year 9 to the Australian bush for five weeks.
75.6
Score
Singapore · Singapore
National Junior College
Opened in 1969 as Singapore's first junior college, pairing a six-year integrated pathway with its pioneering Art Elective Programme.
75.1
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Singapore's first bilingual junior college, threading a straight six-year Integrated Programme route through the century-old Anglo-Chinese Methodist lineage in Dover
74.4
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Singapore American School
A 36-acre Woodlands campus with a rainforest classroom and AP breadth, run on an American blueprint with IB rigor at the edges
74.0
Score
Singapore · Singapore
St. Joseph's Institution (Local)
Singapore's first Catholic school, founded in 1852 by the De La Salle Brothers, now runs parallel O-Level and IB diploma tracks.
72.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
St. Joseph's Institution International
Singapore day school pairing IGCSE with the IB Diploma.
72.1
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Victoria Junior College
By the East Coast shoreline, the first Singapore JC to teach A-Level Theatre Studies still blends drama with rigour.
72.0
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Global Indian International School (Singapore)
Three curricula, one campus: IB, Cambridge and CBSE converge inside Punggol's digital learning district.
71.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Australian International School (Singapore)
A rare dual exit for seniors: the IB Diploma or Australia's HSC, the latter paired with vocational training in construction and hospitality.
70.8
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Dunman High School
One of Singapore's original Special Assistance Plan schools, pairing six-year Integrated Programme rigor with deep bilingual, bicultural immersion.
69.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
German European School Singapore
One of a handful of campuses outside Germany where the Abitur and IB diploma run side by side, tucked against Bukit Timah's forest edge.
69.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Dulwich College (Singapore)
On a Bukit Batok campus centred round a working pipe organ and a net-zero Greenhouse, British rigour meets IB breadth.
66.7
Score
Singapore · Singapore
River Valley High School
Singapore's first government Chinese secondary school, still pairing Special Assistance Plan bilingualism with a six-year Integrated Programme
66.3
Score
Singapore · Singapore
School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA), Theatre
A six-year IB pathway swaps O-Levels for stage craft, rehearsing theatre talent in Bras Basah's arts quarter
66.1
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Overseas Family School
Open-access IB Diploma policy admits every student, no preselection, inside a 70-nation Pasir Ris campus.
64.1
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Singapore Sports School
A rare three-year IB track pairs Olympic-calibre training with academic rigor on a Woodlands campus built for both.
62.6
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Chatsworth International School
Set beside Singapore's only tropical rainforest, a non-selective full IB continuum runs through a close-knit, village-like community.
62.4
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Eunoia Junior College
A three-school merger reborn in Bishan as Singapore's first high-rise junior college, pairing bicultural studies with 'beautiful thinking'.
61.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Canadian International School (Singapore)
Full IB continuum across two campuses, where Chinese and French immersion pathways send a fifth of graduates to a Bilingual Diploma
61.4
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Stamford American International School
IB, AP, and BTEC pathways converge under one US-accredited diploma, with rooftop sports fields crowning this Woodleigh campus.
61.0
Score
Singapore · Singapore
Temasek Junior College
Named for Singapore's ancient 'sea town,' this eastern college pairs a pioneering Humanities Scholarship track with its own Music Elective Programme.
60.9
Score
Singapore · Singapore
XCL World Academy
In Yishun, grounds shaped by the landscapers behind Gardens by the Bay frame a full IB continuum and Singapore's first school eSports arena.
59.3
Score
Singapore · Singapore
EtonHouse International School
Reggio Emilia-rooted learning on Singapore’s Orchard Road
47.5
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.