Top 15 International Schools in Hong Kong 2026

Founded in 1963, French International School of Hong Kong (Lycee Francais International Victor Segalen) operates four campuses — Blue Pool Road/Happy Valley, Jardine's Lookout, Chai Wan, and Tseung Kwan O — serving French and Francophone families through the French national curriculum and IB programmes, alongside arts, music, and sports facilities.

Kellett School follows a British curriculum aligned with Cambridge, Edexcel, and AQA examination boards. Published 2025/26 annual fees are HK$208,800 for Primary, HK$259,600 for Years 7-11, and HK$267,100 for Years 12-13, across its Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay campuses. As a registered not-for-profit school, Kellett reinvests fee income back into the school.

Opened in 2018 in Pak Shek Kok, Tai Po, Malvern College Hong Kong is affiliated with Malvern College in Worcestershire, England, and delivers the full International Baccalaureate continuum — PYP, MYP, and DP — for Years 1 to 13. The school emphasizes independent thinking and outdoor education.

One of the English Schools Foundation's original secondary schools, Island School sits in Mid-Levels and serves Years 7 to 13 through the IB Middle Years Programme, iGCSE, and the IB Diploma or IB Careers Programme. The school reports over 1,300 students from 33 nationalities, and publishes a 98% IBDP pass rate with 34% of students scoring above 40 points. It is known for its performing arts and Duke of Edinburgh programmes.

Founded in 1986 in Kowloon Tong, American International School Hong Kong serves an international community through a WASC-accredited college preparatory curriculum from early childhood through high school, following a US-style through-train structure aimed at American and internationally mobile families. Published 2025-26 annual tuition ranges from HK$97,000 (Early Childhood, half day) to HK$180,400 (Grades 9-12), plus a separate Annual Capital Levy.

Discovery College offers the full IB continuum from PYP to DP for students in Years 1 to 13 (ages 5 to 18) at its Discovery Bay campus on Lantau Island. As an ESF school under the Private Independent School Scheme, at least 70% of its students must be Hong Kong permanent residents. Its tight-knit community is known for watersports and hiking programmes alongside academics.

Founded in 1932 as Hong Kong's first homegrown international school, Yew Chung International School (YCIS) delivers a bilingual Chinese-English curriculum through the non-profit Yew Chung Education Foundation. The school publishes a 72% achievement rate for the IB Bilingual Diploma, compared with a 26% worldwide rate, reflecting its long-standing focus on bilingual education from an early age.

ESF King George V School (KGV) serves Years 7 to 13 through the iGCSE and IB Diploma curricula. The school publishes strong GCSE results, with 95.5% of grades reaching top pass rates (9–4/A–C) and 64.5% of Edexcel and AQA grades reaching the top tier (9, 8, or 7).

Christian Alliance International School (CAIS) is a K-12 school with a Christian faith-based community. CAIS's own site (cais.edu.hk) could not be reached during this fact-check, so curriculum specifics and any admissions statistics are not independently confirmed and are omitted pending a working fetch.

Established in May 1966, the Hong Kong Japanese School operates a Japanese-curriculum primary and secondary section in Happy Valley, serving Hong Kong's Japanese expatriate community with continuity into Japan's school system. Its separate international division, Japanese International School, opened at a Tai Po campus in 1997 and also admits non-Japanese students through International Section and Global Class programmes.

Victoria Shanghai Academy delivers a bilingual IB programme (PYP/MYP/DP) and reports 37 IBDP perfect scorers (45/45) since the school's establishment, with 70% of the Class of 2026's university offers coming from the world's top 100 universities. The bilingual programme is a draw for families prioritizing deep bilingualism within an international framework.

Invictus School Hong Kong offers a Cambridge-based secondary curriculum leading to IGCSE and A-Level qualifications. The school's official site was unreachable throughout this fact-check (repeated HTTP 429 responses), so its group affiliation, class sizes, fees, and results are not independently confirmed and are omitted pending a working fetch.