True Annual Cost · Guangzhou
True annual cost of international schools in Guangzhou Updated 2026-04-26 · 23 schools with full cost data · 30 schools indexed
Quick answer
23 international schools in Guangzhou have full cost data published. Median published tuition is $16,745 USD per year, while median true annual cost (with capital levy, registration, transport, uniform, technology and activity fees) runs $18,065 USD — roughly 10% above published tuition. Cheapest in the table: Canadian International School of Guangzhou at $5,013 USD/year true cost. Most expensive: The British School of Guangzhou at $28,340 USD.
Curriculum mix British (15) IB (13) American (7) Canadian (3) French (1) Australian (1)
Schools ranked by true annual cost (cheapest first) International schools in Guangzhou ranked by true annual cost (USD), cheapest first # School Curriculum Tuition USD Hidden fee % True cost 1 Canadian International School of Guangzhou Canadian $3,577-$4,908 +18% $5,013 2 LEH International School Foshan British $3,805-$4,594 +25% $5,250 3 Yew Wah International Education School Guangzhou British $3,832-$5,112 +23% $5,522 4 Utahloy International School Guangzhou IB $3,596-$5,532 +23% $5,614 5 BASIS International School Guangzhou American $4,018-$5,337 +22% $5,728 6 American International School of Guangzhou IB, American $4,235-$5,613 +17% $5,764 7 ISA Liwan International School IB, British $3,957-$5,860 +21% $5,959 8 ULink College Guangzhou British $5,019-$5,590 +28% $6,805 9 Benenden Bilingual School Guangzhou British $4,528-$6,240 +28% $6,884 10 Guangdong Country Garden School IB, British, American $11,748-$16,132 +11% $15,440 11 Guangzhou Grace Academy American $13,517-$16,276 +10% $16,397 12 École Française Internationale de Canton French $12,234-$21,255 +8% $18,065 13 TLC International School American $16,276-$17,379 +10% $18,478 14 Fettes College Guangzhou IB, British $13,793-$20,690 +10% $18,892 15 Clifford International School Canadian $18,621-$24,276 +6% $22,659 16 EtonHouse International School Foshan IB, British $16,552-$26,207 +8% $23,030 17 Britannia International School Guangzhou British $18,069-$26,207 +7% $23,788 18 NAS Guangzhou Panyu British $21,793-$24,276 +7% $24,685 19 Alcanta International College IB, British $21,793-$25,103 +7% $25,098 20 International School of Dongguan IB $17,379-$32,221 +7% $26,450 21 Utahloy International School Zengcheng IB $15,862-$33,793 +7% $26,478 22 ISA Tianhe International School IB $23,862-$25,793 +7% $26,478 23 The British School of Guangzhou British $13,103-$40,276 +6% $28,340
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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