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22 international schools in Alicante have full cost data published. Median published tuition is $8,584 USD per year, while median true annual cost (with capital levy, registration, transport, uniform, technology and activity fees) runs $9,980 USD — roughly 16% above published tuition. Cheapest in the table: Den Norske Skolen i Rojales at $2,900 USD/year true cost. Most expensive: Lady Elizabeth School at $13,340 USD.
Curriculum mix British (23) Local+English (12) IB (4) French (3) American (2) German (1)
Schools ranked by true annual cost (cheapest first) International schools in Alicante ranked by true annual cost (USD), cheapest first # School Curriculum Tuition USD Hidden fee % True cost 1 Den Norske Skolen i Rojales — $1,850-$1,850 +50% $2,900 2 Den Norske Skole Costa Blanca — $2,050-$2,275 +49% $3,213 3 The O'Brien International School British $4,300-$5,650 +15% $5,745 4 Phoenix International School British $3,950-$6,150 +30% $6,550 5 Muntori Bilingual School British, Local+English $4,260-$6,050 +29% $6,655 6 Skandinaviska Skolan Costa Blanca — $5,400-$5,900 +27% $7,150 7 Lycée Français International Murcia French $5,260-$7,330 +19% $7,495 8 Magno International School British, Local+English $4,950-$7,200 +25% $7,575 9 European School of Alicante British, French, German, Local+English $4,370-$8,195 +24% $7,783 10 AIS International School British $7,125-$9,870 +14% $9,698 11 El Limonar International School Villamartin British $7,100-$9,800 +18% $9,950 12 Willow International School British $5,520-$12,300 +12% $10,010 13 Montessori British School Murcia British $7,760-$10,670 +9% $10,015 14 El Limonar International School Murcia British $7,350-$9,990 +17% $10,170 15 The A Level College of Altea British $9,440-$9,440 +8% $10,240 16 Newton College IB, British, Local+English $7,365-$11,655 +16% $11,010 17 Elian's British School of La Nucía IB, British $5,600-$13,491 +16% $11,046 18 King's College The British School of Alicante IB, British $6,100-$13,950 +15% $11,525 19 Xábia International College British, Local+English $5,900-$14,800 +14% $11,850 20 Global Minds International School British $7,650-$14,800 +13% $12,725 21 King's College The British School of Murcia British $9,260-$13,485 +13% $12,873 22 Lady Elizabeth School British, Local+English $7,680-$16,000 +13% $13,340
How we calculate true cost The True Annual Cost takes the school's mid-point USD tuition and adds city-calibrated extras for transport, uniform, registration recurrent, lunch, technology fee, and activity fees. The number is scaled by tier — premium-tier schools tend to charge proportionally higher capital levies and ancillary fees than budget schools.
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