International schools in Argentina

Search for the best international schools in Argentina; you can find a list of selected schools at the bottom of this page. Use the search filters to select only girls' or boys' schools, prep schools, senior schools or sixth forms; or you can search for schools that offer a particular curriculum, such as the International Baccalaureate, the UK national curriculum, a US-style model or the International Primary Curriculum.

Argentina’s drive to establish free, universal, compulsory, secular education began in 1884 and today it has the most highly educated population in Latin America.Public education is free from primary school to university and gross tertiary enrolment reached 95 per cent in 2019.

The multi-ethnic country is home to a vibrant international education sector of more than 80 schools, which are mainly clustered around the capital Buenos Aires. There are schools offering the curriculums of Italy, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, the US and the International Baccalaureate Organisation as well as many religious foundations. 

Among 54 IB World Schools in Argentina, all but one are authorised to offer the IB Diploma. They teach in Spanish, English, or both languages.

Many schools offer bilingual, dual-curriculum programmes that cater both to expatriates and Argentina’s melting pot of immigrant communities. Northlands School, which is bilingual in Spanish and English, combines the IB Diploma with British IGCSEs and the Argentine curriculum. 

Education is compulsory for 12 years from age five to 17. In the Spanish-medium state system, the primary and secondary stages both last six years and are divided into two cycles. At upper secondary level, students specialise in areas such as social sciences, arts and natural sciences. Public education is also free to foreign nationals. The school year starts in early March and finishes in mid-December.