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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Sweden · Värmland
Lundsbergs skola
Founded in 1896 on the English public-school model, Sweden's oldest boarding school still runs on six storied houses deep in Varmland's forests.
69.4
Score
Sweden · Stockholm County
Stockholm International School
Sweden's longest-running international school, teaching the full IB continuum from a historic Norra Latin campus in central Stockholm.
65.0
Score
Sweden · Skåne County
Bladins International School of Malmö
Traced to a 1980s Australian submarine contract, this Malmo school became Sweden's first IB Middle Years authoriser.
61.4
Score
Sweden · Kungsholmen
Kungsholmens gymnasium
A 1902-founded Stockholm gymnasium pairing tough entry scores with a choral-music track shared with Stockholms Musikgymnasium.
57.1
Score
Sweden · Stockholms län
Internationella Engelska Skolan Stockholm
Where up to half the school day runs in English, taught by native speakers, inside a house system built on discipline and high expectations.
56.9
Score
Sweden · Jönköping County
Grennaskolan Riksinternat
One of Sweden's three historic national boarding schools, set on Lake Vattern, pairing Swedish tracks with the IB Diploma.
56.0
Score
Sweden · Djursholm + Odenplan + Jarlaplan
Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium
A Stockholm free school where a quarter of classes run in English and natural-science seats demand near-perfect grades.
55.7
Score
Sweden · Uppland
Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket
Eight lakeside boarding houses in Sweden's oldest town anchor the country's longest-running IB Diploma programme.
55.1
Score
Sweden · Stockholm County
Kulturama Gymnasium
Under one Hammarby Sjostad roof, the Nordic region's largest arts upper-secondary stages roughly 300 student productions each year.
45.8
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.