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# 									Hyderabad, India: International School of Hyderabad: 2023-2024 Fact Sheet							

Overseas Schools Fact Sheet

Office of Overseas Schools

October 30, 2023

## 								School Contact Information							

        -  Tel: +91-40-3071-3865 
        -  E-mail: ish@ishyd.org | Website: www.ishyd.org 
        -  This Fact Sheet is intended to provide general information. For more information, contact A/OPR/OS (overseasschools@state.gov / +1-202-261-8200) or the school directly.  The Regional Education Officer for this post is Mike Emborsky. 

**The International School of Hyderabad** is an independent, not-for-profit, coeducational day school offering an educational program from early childhood to grade 12. ISH is a mission driven school which is deliberately diverse and admissions are based on a “right fit” approach with a belief in the ISH philosophy of inquiry based and collaborative learning. The school year is comprised of two semesters: mid-August to mid-December and early January to mid-June.

**Organization**: ISH is under the trusteeship of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), a UN sponsored organization. The self-perpetuating ISH School Board consists of seven members, which includes a representative of ICRISAT and a U.S. Consulate representative. The remaining five members are selected from the ISH parent community.

**Curriculum**:  The early childhood to grade 8 curriculum is U.S. standards-based in all subjects. In grades 9 and 10 students study the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and in grades 11 and 12 the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program is offered. All students receive the accredited U.S. credit-based ISH Diploma. Spanish is taught from grade 3 and French is taught as a beginner language at the HS level. Extracurricular activities include basketball, soccer, volleyball, cricket and swimming. ISH participates in a sports league, International School Activities Conference of India (ISACI), enabling competition with other international schools in India. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

**Faculty**: In the 2023-2024 school year, ISH has 150 total staff including 58 teachers, 9 of whom are U.S. citizens, 51 host-country nationals, and 8 third-country nationals representing UK, Ukraine, Peru, Canada, France, and Spain.

**Enrollment**: At the beginning of the 2023–2024 school year, enrollment was 407 (PreK-5: 188, 6-8: 101, 9-12: 118). Of that total, 139 were U.S. citizens, 130 are host-country nationals, were 138 were third-country nationals.

**Facilities**: The main ICRISAT campus stretches for 3,600 acres with the school campus nestled in a corner of 13 acres. Being located on the ICRISAT campus provides ISH students with extraordinary access to nature and most unusual learning environments, with science labs, a museum, a medieval fort, a weather station, a mosque, a temple, and a church. The school campus houses science laboratories, music rooms, a library, art rooms, language rooms, and multiple outside areas for learning and exercise. Sports facilities at ISH includes football fields, a cricket pitch, two outdoor covered courts, and an indoor, multipurpose gym. The ICRISAT campus offers opportunities for other outdoor pursuits including a swimming pool, tennis courts, cross-country running, and cycling.

**Finances**: In the 2023–2024 school year, 99% of the school’s income derives from regular day school tuition and application and capital fees. Annual tuition rates are charged in local currency equivalent to USD as follows: kindergarten 1 and 2: $10,519; grades 1-5: $11,298; grades 6–10: $14,415; and grades 11‐12: $16,363. The school also charges an enrollment fee of $9,027 per student payable on first enrollment in grades PK–12 and a registration fee of $602.

**Special Needs**: Review the Special Needs Profile for this school to learn more about their capability to support students with exceptionalities.

*This Fact Sheet is intended to provide general information. Prospective users of the schools may wish to inquire further of A/OPR/OS or contact the school directly for more specific and up-to-the-minute information. Information and statistics are current as of September 2023 and are provided by the school.*

 

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