On May 9th, 2023, KingLead China International School Competitiveness Top 100 · 2023 is officially released. This year is the fifth consecutive year that KingLead releases international schools rankings. Due to the differences in undergraduate admission between the United States and the United Kingdom, the TOP 100 competitive international schools in China is divided into two lists: Enrollment to U.S. Universities TOP 100, Enrollment to U.K. Universities TOP 100.
China International School Competitiveness
Top 100 · 2023
▌Research Objects
The research objects are international schools in China (except Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions), the schools which apply international high school curriculum and whose students aim to study in overseas institutions of higher learning. Those schools include international programs or international departments of public schools, private international schools, and schools for children of foreign personnel.
▌Evaluation Methods
This year, in additions to the continuing data evaluation on the three major indicators of international schools: certification, faculty, and enrollment of universities, KingLead China International School Competitiveness Top 100 · 2023 combines with KingLead international educational experts’ professional evaluation based on field investigations, principals interviews, and experts’ opinions, in order to comprehensively evaluate the competitiveness of international schools.
▌Data Sources
KingLead Research updates the global big database of international schools every year as the study cases for KingLead Rankings. The data used in the data evaluation of this ranking comes from objective information, including official objective public data, KingLead’s field research data, and KingLead’s exclusive data.
Among them, the official objective public data sources include official websites of 1,038 international schools, official WeChat accounts of 1,181 international schools, official websites of 5 mainstream examination committee authorized institutions, official websites of 7 mainstream education certification institutions, and the exclusive data of KingLead Research.
▌Rankings
Enrollment to U.K. Universities TOP 50
Enrollment to U.S. Universities TOP 50
▌Evaluation System
KingLead China International School Competitiveness Top 100 · 2023 is based on the available objective data and the exclusive data of KingLead Research and includes four core indicators: International Certification Competitiveness, Faculty Competitiveness, Admission Competitiveness, and Professional Evaluation. The following is the competitiveness evaluation system of Chinese international schools:
Enrollment to U.K. Universities · Indicators & Weight
Enrollment to U.S. Universities · Indicators & Weight
▌Data Process
1. The data of this ranking is as of Dec 31, 2022.
2. The International schools that have no admission data of 2022 graduates before the deadline, or that have admission data but the year of data is not clear, or that have admission data but the data is for entire group, will not be included in the data evaluation and calculation of the ranking.
3. Due to the different statistical standards for the admission data of each international school, the number of students enrolled universities of each international school is calculated according to the following method:
(1) If the enrollment of each 2022 graduate is specified, directly count the corresponding universities and the number of students;
(2) If all offers received by each 2022 graduate is specified but the student’s enrollment is not specified, count the offer with the highest university ranking for each student;
(3) If only the total number of offers received by each 2022 graduate is specified but the student’s enrollment is not specified, the calculation based on the average number of offers received by each student;
(4) If only the name of the universities that 2022 class of students admitted to is specified but each student’s enrollment is not specified, count that each university only issue one offer for each international school;
(5) If only a part the data of enrollment of 2022 class of students is specified, the data of the school shall prevail.
4. When performing data ranking, the school with the highest score for each indicator is assigned 100 points, the school with the lowest score is assigned 0 points, and other schools are assigned values in proportion to the difference between the highest value and the lowest value. The scores of schools on each indicator are weighted so that the school with the highest total score is given 100 points, and other schools are scored in proportion to the highest value.
5. The rankings of the schools with low data disclosure and the schools that have not received field research from KingLead may be slightly different from the actual situation.
▌Rating System
KingLead China International School Competitiveness Top 100 · 2023 ratings the competitiveness of international schools based on rankings. Rankings 1-10 correspond to “5A” ratings, rankings 11-30 correspond to “4A” ratings, and rankings 31-100 correspond to “3A” ratings.
KingLead China International School Competitiveness Top 100 · 2023 is conducted and released by KingLead Research, which reserves copyright and other related rights and has the sole right to interpret the ranking.
