COVER STORY EW Boarding Schools Rankings 2012

India’s Best Boarding Schools league table

Rank TOTAL SCORE (1500) TOTAL Value for money Internationalism 2011 Sports education Academic reputation Individual attention to students Parental involvement Community service Infrastructure provision 2010 Special needs education 2012 Leadership/ management quality 2009 Life skills education & conflict management Co-curricular education 2008 Teacher welfare & Teacher development Competence of faculty 32 111 Rishi Valley School, Chittoor 85 185 88 84 78 84 91 90 86 87 74 68 86 90 1276 11 122 The Doon School, Dehradun 87 182 87 90 88 75 89 87 84 90 81 67 82 72 1261 14 9 2 2 3 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 75 181 89 88 83 81 84 90 87 83 74 69 72 62 1218 55 334 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 88 176 90 89 79 73 86 87 76 87 80 70 71 61 1213 64 445 Lawrence School, Sanawar 79 171 79 83 88 73 87 80 70 90 80 60 76 66 1182 11 10 4 3 5 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 77 167 77 80 82 71 91 89 68 82 78 82 71 67 1182 22 14 5 5 6 Daly College, Indore 80 170 82 85 87 74 84 86 73 86 77 56 73 65 1178 NR 19 7 6 7 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 75 163 83 90 89 76 77 67 70 90 79 72 71 51 1153 23 668 Mayo College, Ajmer 70 160 74 87 90 71 79 77 85 89 76 57 70 60 1145 12 15 4 8 9 Sherwood College, Nainital 73 165 70 76 88 67 82 74 58 79 69 81 70 57 1109 26 29 18 18 9 Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore 68 166 78 82 73 75 81 69 77 64 78 68 63 67 1109 4 6 10 13 10 The Scindia School, Gwalior 75 162 70 80 82 74 77 76 64 75 68 62 74 69 1108 19 17 12 9 10 Orchid International School, Nasik 77 168 77 80 82 71 76 68 71 68 67 60 74 69 1108 NR NR NR NR 10 Birla Public School, Pilani 72 164 77 79 80 70 77 75 68 79 71 60 73 63 1108 924161711 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, Jaipur 71 160 80 85 73 77 80 70 84 67 62 54 74 70 1107 13 16 9 11 11 Army Public School, Dagshai 67 156 79 76 85 67 79 76 62 79 63 57 89 72 1107 NR NR 18 15 12 Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar 78 157 76 79 76 73 71 72 76 77 66 63 72 63 1099 13 13 8 7 12 Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun 72 155 73 75 88 78 79 85 53 79 60 56 80 66 1099 30 17 17 27 12 Mussoorie International School, Mussoorie 75 158 76 82 70 72 78 83 65 76 68 55 76 65 1099 10 21 11 14 13 St. Joseph’s School, North Point, Darjeeling 74 154 78 74 80 69 77 75 61 81 72 59 78 65 1097 77 91014 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 75 153 80 79 76 66 75 71 65 87 70 56 75 67 1095 NR 12 11 11 14 New Era High School, Panchgani 75 164 82 70 80 68 84 67 67 78 66 60 66 68 1095 89 81015 Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty 70 150 74 79 72 77 82 70 57 84 69 57 76 70 1087 18 11 10 12 16 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 73 152 76 73 87 70 76 72 68 78 66 53 73 69 1086 NR 27 17 20 17 Bangalore Military School, Bangalore 67 142 75 74 78 67 73 77 64 76 65 55 79 76 1068 23 31 20 26 18 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 70 140 75 84 79 64 73 76 67 83 64 52 70 54 1051 NR NR NR NR 19 Peevees Public School, Nilambur 63 160 70 81 80 68 60 75 60 77 62 51 70 65 1042 NR 20 15 15 19 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 61 148 70 76 78 70 69 71 68 67 59 53 80 72 1042 31 22 13 16 19 B G S International Residential School, Bangalore 67 145 73 76 75 73 74 70 65 79 60 50 71 64 1042 16 18 13 21 20 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 60 145 78 80 84 63 72 70 57 80 62 56 69 62 1038 NR NR NR NR 20 KIIT International School, Bhubaneswar 68 147 73 72 70 69 79 78 70 77 61 44 62 68 1038

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Rank Value for money TOTAL SCORE (1500) TOTAL Internationalism Sports education 2011 Individual attention to students Parental involvement Academic reputation Community service Infrastructure provision 2010 Special needs education 2012 Leadership/ management quality 2009 Life skills education & conflict management Co-curricular education 2008 Teacher welfare & Teacher development Competence of faculty NR 39 29 37 21 Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior 65 147 74 76 77 74 70 70 61 70 69 56 64 64 1037 NR NR NR 28 21 M L Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Sonipat 63 143 61 65 93 71 75 78 51 87 58 50 83 59 1037 NR NR 27 22 22 Pinegrove School, Dharampur 66 139 76 76 79 65 68 67 65 75 62 59 65 59 1021 NR NR NR NR 22 Genesis Global School, Noida 66 143 65 71 66 63 82 77 64 90 75 52 50 57 1021 NR NR NR NR 23 Unison World School, Dehradun 64 140 70 75 75 69 76 70 62 80 60 51 72 56 1020 NR NR NR NR 24 Shah Satnam Ji Girls School, Sirsa 63 134 65 76 73 69 78 73 64 83 50 53 68 62 1011 NR NR NR NR 25 St.Thomas Residential School, Thiruvananthapuram 69 149 70 74 77 62 74 70 54 76 58 50 57 64 1004 18 25 19 21 25 RiverDale International Residential School, Pune 62 144 75 80 73 66 61 67 66 68 66 57 61 58 1004 10 23 14 19 26 St. John’s International Residential School, Chennai 60 146 67 83 71 65 57 63 69 89 65 58 52 55 1000 29 32 28 30 27 The Blue Mountain School, Ooty 64 140 77 66 68 67 63 60 65 68 67 57 68 67 997 NR NR NR NR 28 The Sagar School, Alwar 63 138 70 74 78 66 69 65 60 67 53 58 67 65 993 NR NR 30 34 29 Taurian World School, Ranchi 55 141 70 73 69 68 57 69 58 83 60 57 54 55 969 17 8 26 26 30 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 69 132 72 69 71 57 56 60 63 79 64 54 56 58 960 NR NR NR NR 31 The Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal 52 128 57 80 78 60 55 60 56 80 63 50 71 55 945 NR NR 33 38 32 Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok 53 129 59 61 60 64 53 61 59 84 69 53 56 57 918 27 28 24 33 32 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 56 127 65 61 73 55 63 56 65 68 60 58 57 54 918 25 38 31 29 33 Sainik School, Satara 50 120 63 67 74 63 56 67 57 63 51 57 72 55 915 20 36 26 32 34 Sainik School, Jamnagar 50 128 61 56 67 62 54 68 63 64 57 54 71 56 911 NR NR NR NR 35 Royal Global School, Guwahati 51 124 65 64 70 67 70 68 59 62 45 50 62 52 909 36 30 23 36 36 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 61 128 67 65 62 63 54 57 53 54 71 68 52 53 908 28 34 29 31 36 G D Birla Public School, Ranikhet 57 122 60 62 60 53 59 54 55 81 73 61 56 55 908 15 26 21 23 37 Jain International Residential School, Bangalore 52 140 81 66 63 70 57 52 54 53 53 61 50 52 904 NR NR 22 24 38 Dr. Graham’s Homes, Kalimpong 60 119 56 58 62 53 55 54 59 76 75 57 52 56 892 NR NR 24 25 39 DPS, Pinjore 56 120 60 65 64 55 52 53 54 72 78 52 54 53 888 NR NR 32 38 40 St. Augustine's, Kalimpong 58 118 55 57 84 54 56 52 58 75 61 54 51 50 883 NR NR NR 40 40 Coorg Public School, Kodagu 60 118 63 57 63 62 57 54 55 64 63 54 56 57 883 NR NR 34 39 41 Mount Hermon, Darjeeling 55 112 56 50 62 66 68 52 53 63 53 60 61 58 869 34 37 25 35 42 Shigally Hill International Academy, Dehradun 52 116 55 58 60 53 54 51 61 85 54 52 54 52 857 NR NR NR NR 43 India First Foundation, Karjat, Raigad 58 120 57 58 65 57 55 60 50 67 50 46 59 54 856 NR NR NR NR 44 Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir, Thane 56 123 56 54 61 56 53 57 51 70 55 43 62 53 850 NR NR 22 29 45 Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong 54 115 57 55 64 54 52 53 56 58 52 53 58 51 832

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