International schools in Santiago, Chile

Chile has public, subsidised private and fully fee-paying private schools. The legal review discusses funding and fee-setting arrangements, but a school’s category does not imply that it operates without regulation. ↗

Universidad Católica’s 2025 PAES analysis reports average score differences between funding groups: 145.3 points between fully fee-paying and subsidised schools, and 180.7 compared with municipal schools. These are group comparisons, not proof that higher fees cause better results. They do not predict an individual child’s performance. ↗

Several schools are in Las Condes, Vitacura and Lo Barnechea, while The Grange is in La Reina. Chilean recognition, programme authorisations and external reports are campus-specific, and ABSCH membership is separate from accreditation. Compare school-specific evidence when using the Buenos Aires and Bogotá guides.

Nido de Águilas in Lo Barnechea offers American studies with Chilean and IB diploma options, on a July–June calendar. Its language requirements and diploma-credit rules matter for an older transfer. Nido profile ↗

Nido’s 2026–27 terms list an incorporation fee of UF 350 for entrants to K2 and above, paid as UF 120, 120 and 110 over three years. EAL, IB, Week Without Walls, transport and cafeteria are additional. A secondary 2024–25 compilation gives tuition of US$11,400 for PK–K1 and US$20,900 for K2–Grade 12, plus annual registration of US$1,500–1,900. Aid has eligibility conditions, including employer-subsidy restrictions. ↗

The Grange in La Reina combines Chilean studies with Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels. Grange profile ↗

The Grange’s official 2026 annual tuition is UF 270, paid in ten or eleven instalments, with ten only for 4° EM. Shared textbooks, classroom materials, daily lunch and Cambridge examination entries are included. Entrance charges, extended trips, transport, insurance and other listed extras are separate. This is not an all-inclusive first-year price. ↗

Santiago College: located at Camino Los Trapenses 4007 in Lo Barnechea, it offers bilingual education with IB programmes. An undated secondary guide lists a US$100 application charge, first-child incorporation of US$6,350, lower sibling amounts, registration of US$480 and tuition around US$9,600. These are estimates, not the school’s current schedule. ↗

Craighouse and Dunalastair: both offer British bilingual education with international qualifications alongside Chilean studies. Published guidance describes overseas applications outside the main round, subject to places. Craighouse’s secondary tuition estimate around US$7,500 is undated. ↗

Other options: Wenlock at Carlos Peña Otaegui 10880 in Las Condes is an ABSCH member with IB provision. Saved orientation material also names The Mayflower School, SEK Chile and Southland. Redland is another lead, but its undated US$4,000–10,000 directory fee band is not a current quote. ↗

Lycée Antoine de Saint-Exupéry has Vitacura and Chamisero campuses and prepares pupils for French and Chilean qualifications. Ask which campus your child would attend and what level of French is expected at entry. ↗

German, Swiss and other programmes: Deutsche Schule Santiago offers German qualifications across its school sites, so the address depends on the grade. Colegio Suizo, Scuola Vittorio Montiglio and the Japanese-school option are further leads. Current official fees were not publicly available.

UF is an inflation-indexed unit. A fixed UF amount can rise in pesos, and a school can also change its quoted UF fee in a later year. Ask which conversion date the contract uses. Neither peso earners nor dollar earners are insulated from all cost changes by UF pricing. ↗

Joining charges are separate from tuition and can have different payment and refund terms. Nido’s UF 350 is spread over three years, with remaining instalments not owed after withdrawal before the later years under the policy. Santiago College’s quoted incorporation amounts are secondary estimates. ↗

Compare inclusions line by line. The Grange includes lunch and Cambridge entries within UF 270, while Nido lists several programme and service charges separately. Ask which items are compulsory and how support, transport, trips and insurance are billed. The cheaper full-year option only emerges from a line-by-line total.

The Valparaíso region has schools around Viña del Mar, Reñaca and Concón, including Mackay (founded in 1857), Colegio Alemán de Valparaíso, Lycée Jean d’Alembert, St Paul’s and Saint Margaret’s. Published material lists Jean d’Alembert at UF 121.30–139.90 a year without a clear fee year. Scuola Italiana Arturo Dell’Oro and Colegio Internacional are further leads; programme authorisations differ by campus. ↗ ↗

Map the exact school entrance, proposed home and workplace. Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, Vitacura, La Reina and Providencia cover different journeys; being in a broad northeastern corridor does not guarantee a short school run; the bus pickup schedule gives a realistic journey time. ↗

Chilean-calendar schools generally run March–December; Nido describes a July–June year. Ask how the child’s completed coursework maps to the proposed grade. Moving between calendars does not automatically require repeating or skipping half a year. ↗