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The five schools Bolivia parents researched most this year, chosen from the 7 international schools in the country. Ranked by how many families opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between July 2025 and June 2026, then the full picture on curricula, class sizes and fees.
The 2026 ranking
Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between July 2025 and June 2026.
The American International School of Bolivia (AISB) is a co-educational day school in Cochabamba serving 800 students from Pre-Kinder through 12th grade across 15 nationalities. Founded in 1993, the school combines the Bolivian national programme with a US-based preparatory curriculum and the IB Diploma Programme. Accredited by Cognia, the school maintains an 11:1 student-to-teacher ratio and offers programmes in technology, robotics, visual arts, athletics and languages.
Colegio Aleman Santa Cruz is a prestigious German international school founded in 1936 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. With 1,350 students across 22,500 square metres of infrastructure, the school delivers a bilingual German-Spanish curriculum enriched with English instruction. As part of the Deutsche Auslandsschulen International network, it offers the IB Diploma Programme, the German Language Diploma (DSD), and professional internship opportunities. The school emphasises academic excellence, cultural exchange, and holistic development through a wide range of extracurricular activities.
The American Cooperative School of La Paz (ACS Calvert campus) offers an American curriculum with Advanced Placement courses for students aged 3 to 18 in La Paz, Bolivia. The campus has 50+ classrooms, four science laboratories, two computer labs, two greenhouses and two school gardens, a gymnasium and full-size soccer field, three playgrounds, a 500-seat theater, and an indoor heated pool. Tennis and racquetball courts, a climbing wall, and an astronomy observatory support a range of activities. The two English-language libraries form Bolivia's largest English-language library collection, with quiet reading areas and collaborative spaces. Literacy programs promote reading and research. Extracurricular activities include performing arts, Art Lovers Club, National Honor Society, and Global Issues Network, plus service initiatives with Fundación Nuestra Esperanza and Operation Smile ACS. The school emphasizes leadership, cross-cultural engagement, and community service through its clubs and partnerships while offering robust facilities for STEM, arts, and athletics.
Santa Cruz Cooperative School (SCCS), founded on April 10, 1959, is a private American Overseas day school in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Accredited by AdvancEd/Cognia and the Bolivian Ministry of Education since 1960, SCCS offers American and Bolivian diplomas with three divisions (Elementary, Middle, High School) and a Jaguar mascot.
What’s on offer
The mix of programmes and teaching languages across all 7 schools. Many offer more than one curriculum, so totals run higher than the school count.
Number of schools teaching each curriculum.
Number of schools teaching in each language.
Size & classes
School size and class size shape day-to-day experience as much as curriculum does.
Schools grouped by total enrolment.
Average school size is 855 students · based on the 4 schools that report enrolment.
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