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Hurun Education Top International Schools in China 2017

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Hurun Education, the education platform of Hurun Report Inc., today released the Hurun Education Top International Schools in China 2017, a ranking of the top 100 international schools in China.

YK PAO SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BEIJING, DULWICH COLLEGE BEIJING AND KEYSTONE ACADEMY LEAD TOP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS IN CHINA

SHANGHAI & BEIJING MAKE UP HALF OF THE TOP 100, FOLLOWED BY GUANGZHOU, SHENZHEN AND SUZHOU

Hurun Education today released the Hurun Education Top International Schools in China 2017

l Shanghai (26) and Beijing (21) make up just under half of the list, followed by Guangzhou with 11, Shenzhen 8 and Suzhou 5. Schools came from 23 cities in Mainland China.

l 4 of the Top 10 are able to recruit children holding either Chinese or non-Chinese passports: YK Pao School, Keystone Academy, Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School and Shenzhen College of International Education.

l 72 of the schools are allowed to recruit Chinese passport holders.

l Dulwich has four schools in the Top 100, followed by Concordia, Yew Chung and Wellington with two schools each.

l Short history. The average age of the schools is ten years only. The youngest schools on the list are Wycombe Abbey International School, established in 2016, and Vanke Meisha Academy, from 2015. The oldest is Shanghai American School, set up originally in 1912, and then reopened in 1980 after a thirty-year break. “China's international schools are young, especially compared with the top schools in the UK and US, many of which have been around for several hundred years. With the demand in the market for an international education, expect to see these schools and their alumni build an international reputation of excellence,” said Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher.

l Average annual tuition is about US$20,000, rising to US$45,000 for the big cities of Shanghai and Beijing. “It is a big cost to put a child through the international education system in China,” continued Hoogewerf.

(30 November 2017, Shanghai) Hurun Education, the education platform of Hurun Report Inc., today released the Hurun Education Top International Schools in China 2017, a ranking of the top 100 international schools in China. This is the inaugural year of the list.

Between April and October, Hurun Education asked 110 international education experts in China an unprompted question to recommend up to five schools in each of ‘Greater Shanghai’, ‘Greater Beijing’, Guangdong and ‘Rest of China’. Hurun Education received 942 nominations in total, an average of just under 9 nominations per expert. Half of respondents were school principals and senior teachers with the other half including investors, overseas study agents, training institutions and administrative departments of education. 34% came from ‘Greater Shanghai’, including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu; 33% from ‘Greater Beijing’, including Beijing and Tianjin, and 33% from the rest of China. 24% of respondents were non-Chinese. 152 schools received votes. Schools were ranked on an index of 1 to 100, the school with the most votes receiving the maximum index of 100. The rankings refer to international schools in Mainland China only.

Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher, said, “I believe this to be the first serious attempt to rank the international schools in China. This ranking is targeted at parents with children in China and admission officers of universities from around the world. I hope this ranking will help parents form an opinion on which international school is the most suitable for their child, by providing a comprehensive study of the market from the views of international educational experts in China.”

This is a brief English language summary of the full Chinese press release which can be found at www.hurun.net. For media enquiries please contact our public relations team whose contact details can be found at the end of this report.

Top International Schools in China – Top 10

	School	Index	City
1	YK Pao School	100	Shanghai
2	International School of Beijing	98	Beijing
3	Dulwich College Beijing	96	Beijing
4	Keystone Academy	94	Beijing
5	Shanghai High School International Division	92	Shanghai
6	Shanghai American School	85	Shanghai
6	Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School	85	Shanghai
8	Western Academy of Beijing	81	Beijing
8	Wellington College International Shanghai	81	Shanghai
10	Shenzhen College of International Education	78	Shenzhen