K. International School Tokyo
School Profile 2024‒25
CEEB #680789

Curriculum and grading in the DP

Key personnel

Head of School: Dr. Kevin Yoshihara (kevin.yoshihara@kist.ed.jp)
Secondary School Principal: Mr. Mark Cowe (mark.cowe@kist.ed.jp)
IB DP Coordinator: Mr. Hiro Komaki (hiro.komaki@kist.ed.jp)
University Counselor: Mr. Thomas Waterfall (thomas.waterfall@kist.ed.jp)

MissionK. International School Tokyo provides academically motivated children from diverse
cultural and social backgrounds with a high-quality education in a safe and supportive
environment in order to develop competent, academic individuals with high moral
character who make meaningful contributions to our global community.

School overview
K. International School Tokyo (KIST) is a private, coeducational, non-denominational
day school serving the international community of Tokyo from pre-Kindergarten
through Grade 12. Authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization as an
IB World School, KIST is fully authorized to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP)
and the Diploma Programme (DP). Additionally, it is authorized by Pearson
Education’s Edexcel to deliver the IGCSE curriculum. KIST is accredited by the Councilof International Schools (CIS) and is recognized as an educational foundation by theTokyo Metropolitan Government. English is the language of instruction at all levels.

Enrollment and admissions
At KIST, we have...

9 nationalities represented in the DPstudents in Grade 12 who will
35 graduate in June 2025

660 students
345
elementary

315
secondary>95
43

percent of KIST graduates who
typically attend 4-year universities
immediately after graduation

12% American/Australian/British/
Canadian, 7% African/European/Middle
Eastern/South American, 16% Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi, 29% Japanese,
36% other Asiannationalities*A very high percentage of students have dual nationality.
As an international school, KIST welcomes internationally-minded students,
regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender or socio-economic
background who demonstrate a commitment to our mission and guiding beliefs.
To promote diversity, we maintain a balance of nationalities at each grade level, as
well as in individual classes. We also ensure that the balance of nationalities andlanguage groups is diverse, while at the same time does not compromise the positionof English as the language of instruction.

Staff

School year

75 full time teachers
teachers hold postgraduate
22 degrees (Master or PhD)
23 different nationalities of staff

KIST ensures a minimum of 180 days inthe school year, divided into 2 semesters: Semester 1: August—DecemberSemester 2: January—June

K. International School Tokyo
1-5-15 Shirakawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan 135-0021
Telephone: +81-3-3641-9993 | Fax: +81-3-3641-9994
Web: www.kist.ed.jp | E-mail: info@kist.ed.jp

In Grades 11 and 12, all students are enrolled in the 2year IB Diploma Programme. All students are required
to study six subjects: a maximum of three at Standard
Level (SL) and a maximum of four at Higher Level (HL).
In addition, they must complete Creativity, Activity,Service (CAS); take a course in Theory of Knowledge(TOK); and write an Extended Essay of 4,000 words.
School-based examinations take place throughout
Grades 11 and 12, with externally set examinations atthe end of Grade 12.
Academic achievement is graded on the IB 1 to 7
scale, with 1 being the lowest and 7 being the highest
mark attainable. As an IB World School, it is ourphilosophy neither to rank students against each othernor to calculate grade point averages (GPA).

IB grade descriptors
7: Excellent | 6: Very good | 5: Good | 4: Satisfactory |3: Mediocre | 2: Poor | 1: Very poor

IB DP subject options
The following courses are offered during the 2023—25
DP cycle: English A Language and Literature HL/SL Japanese A Language and Literature HL/SL Japanese B HL/SL Business Management HL/SL Economics HL/SL Geography HL/SL Psychology SL (Online) Biology HL/SL Chemistry HL/SL Environmental Systems and Societies SL Physics HL/SL Mathematics A&A HL/SL Mathematical A&I SL
 Visual Arts HL/SL
A variety of online course options are also available
through the IB affiliated Pamoja Education.
In 2024, 37% of KIST students attained a Bilingual IBDiploma.

Graduation requirements
To graduate with an IB Diploma, students must meet
all external requirements set by the International
Baccalaureate. These include a minimum score of 24
in six subjects, as well as successful completion of theTOK, Extended Essay, and CAS components.
To graduate with a KIST High School Diploma, students
must successfully complete all course requirements for
Grade 11 and 12, a research paper, and service
program contributions.

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Learning for life

DP results for the class of 2024 (for courses offered at KIST)

DP results 2022 to 2024
Year ofgraduation

2024

2023

2022

KIST DPaverage

41.5

41.1

42.1

IB DP world
average

30.3

30.2

32.0

KIST highest
DP score

454545KIST G12graduates393735KIST G12 DP
graduates

3832

33

% of students
in full DP

97%

86%

38% attaining
Diplomas

100% 100% 100%32

Percent of students with 45
points in the DP5%

Number of students with 40points or above in the DP
Percent of students with 40
points or above in the DP

956%

11%

33%

6.22

4.72

1.50

English A L&L SL

2941%

45%

14%

6.28

4.91

1.37

Japanese A L&L HL

714%

29%

57%

5.57

5.10

0.47

Japanese A L&L SL

714%

43%

43%

5.71

4.82

0.89

Japanese B HL

10100%

0%0%

7.00

6.27

0.73

Japanese B SL

1191%

9%

0%

6.91

5.06

1.85

967%

33%

0%

6.67

4.92

1.75

Business Management SL

10%

100%

0%

6.00

4.89

1.11

Economics HL

1547%

53%

0%

6.47

5.12

1.35

Economics SL786%

29%0%

6.86

4.80

2.06

Geography HL

1173%

18%9%

6.64

5.25

1.39

Geography SL

10%100%0%

6.00

4.79

1.21

History HL

2100%0%0%

7.00

4.25

2.75

History SL

250%

50%0%

6.50

4.69

1.81

Biology HL

119%

64%

27%

5.82

4.41

1.41

Biology SL

30%

100%

0%

6.00

4.18

1.82

Chemistry HL

1493%

7%

0%

6.93

4.69

2.24

Class of 2024 results
231

School World KIST +/average average over WA

English A L&L HL

33

Number of students with 45
points in the DP% of students attaining
765Business Management HL

94%# Diplomas
attained# ofstudents

DP Subject

Chemistry SL

667%

33%0%

6.67

4.23

2.44

Environmental Sys. & Soc. SL

580%

20%0%

6.83

4.19

2.64

Physics HL

1573%

20%

7%

6.67

4.85

1.82

Physics SL

4100%

0%0%

7.00

4.23

2.77

Mathematics A&A HL

11100%

0%0%

7.00

4.86

2.14

Mathematics A&A SL

24100%

0%0%

7.00

4.54

2.46

Mathematics A&I SL

3100%

0%0%

7.00

3.92

3.08

Visual Arts HL

30%

67%

33%

5.67

4.25

1.42

Visual Arts SL82%30%0%67%4.67
3.900.77*The above school averages are calculated for students who attained IB Diplomas

University matriculations 2021‒24Regularly, 100% of KIST graduates attain university/college acceptance. This list contains the final destinations for students during the time
period indicated above, not only offers. * indicates that a full or partial scholarship was awarded.

Asia (excluding Japan)

Chinese University of Hong Kong*

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology*

Nanyang Technological University*
National University of Singapore*
Singapore Management University*
Sungkyunkwan University
University of Hong Kong*
Yonsei University

AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne
University of Sydney

CanadaSimon Fraser University
University of British Columbia*
University of Toronto*
University of Victoria*
University of Waterloo*
Western University*

EuropeAudencia Business School
Eindhoven University of Technology
Iuav University of Venice
Semmelweis University (Medicine)
Trinity College Dublin (Medicine)
University of Amsterdam
Utrecht UniversityJapan

Hokkaido University
International Christian University
Kyushu University
Juntendo University (Medicine)
Keio University, Mita Campus
Keio University, Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Nippon Sport Science University
Sophia University
Temple University, Japan Campus*
Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Medicine)

University of Tokyo*
University of Tsukuba
Waseda University*

United Kingdom

Durham University
Imperial College London*
King’s College London
Queen Mary University of London
UCL
University of Bath
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
University of Manchester
University of Manchester (Medicine)
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham (Medicine)
University of the Arts London
University of Warwick

United States of America

Arizona State University*
Boston University*
Brown University*
Carnegie Mellon University*
Chapman University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College*
Johns Hopkins University
Northeastern University*
Oregon State University*
Purdue University*
Rochester Institute of Technology*
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis*
University of California, Los Angeles*
University of California, San Diego*
University of Florida
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign*
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Southern California
University of Washington