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22 international schools in Cairo have full cost data published. Median published tuition is $3,264 USD per year, while median true annual cost (with capital levy, registration, transport, uniform, technology and activity fees) runs $3,825 USD — roughly 17% above published tuition. Cheapest in the table: Sun of Knowledge British International School at $2,160 USD/year true cost. Most expensive: The British International School, Cairo at $16,054 USD.
Curriculum mix British (57) American (38) IB (30) French (8) German (7) Canadian (5)
Schools ranked by true annual cost (cheapest first) International schools in Cairo ranked by true annual cost (USD), cheapest first # School Curriculum Tuition USD Hidden fee % True cost 1 Sun of Knowledge British International School British $1,296-$1,904 +35% $2,160 2 Manor House School - October Language British, American $1,680-$2,060 +30% $2,430 3 Manaret Heliopolis International School IB $1,100-$2,800 +29% $2,510 4 Majesty International Schools British, American $1,500-$2,820 +26% $2,720 5 Metropolitan School American $1,700-$3,795 +20% $3,308 6 Regent International School West British, American $2,540-$3,200 +20% $3,430 7 NIS Schools IB, British, American, French $1,946-$3,888 +19% $3,477 8 Dover American International School British, American $2,541-$3,396 +19% $3,529 9 Lycée Français International Simone de Beauvoir French $1,885-$4,130 +19% $3,568 10 Ethos International School British $2,870-$3,620 +17% $3,805 11 GEMS British School Al Rehab British $2,015-$4,512 +17% $3,824 12 International Kingdom College British $2,820-$3,710 +17% $3,825 13 Rahn Schulen Kairo IB, German $2,748-$4,340 +16% $4,104 14 Saxony International School Cairo West German $2,700-$4,500 +16% $4,160 15 Evolution International School IB, British $3,272-$4,410 +15% $4,401 16 British Columbia Canadian International School East Canadian $3,680-$5,880 +12% $5,340 17 Heritage International School Canadian $2,890-$6,960 +11% $5,485 18 El Alsson British and American International Schools NewGiza IB, British, American $4,360-$7,046 +14% $6,503 19 Lycée Français du Caire French $4,742-$7,975 +8% $6,859 20 Maadi British International School British $7,383-$16,994 +7% $12,989 21 New Cairo British International School IB, British $10,532-$19,289 +5% $15,711 22 The British International School, Cairo IB, British $8,396-$21,951 +6% $16,054
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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