We are a non-profit organization that offers a two-year pre-university residence, focused on experimental learning for students 16 to 18 years of age.
  
Our educational program consists of three main areas: Academic (International Baccalaureate Diploma), co-curricular, and residential life. All learning activities and opportunities incorporate at least one of the competencies of UWC Costa Rica: social responsibility, diversity, conflict transformation, sustainability, leadership and healthy lifestyle.
 
Our mission is to instruct a diverse group of young people to become happy, healthy and committed individuals, capable through their leadership and commitment to create positive change in their communities and contribute to building a more peaceful and sustainable world.
 
Being the only UWC in Latin America, we offer a bilingual program, opportunities to learn more about the region's social, cultural and political history, and options to explore Costa Rica. Costa Rica's long history of peace, democracy and environmental protection, as well as the absence of a national militia, make the country the perfect setting to develop the UWC Costa Rica curriculum.

The British School of Costa Rica is dedicated to serving the Costa Rican Community and the International Community resident in Costa Rica by offering an excellent, English/Spanish bilingual education.

Saint Paul College founded in 1982, 35 years ago – as a result of the search of a group of educators looking to establish a bilingual school in the city of Heredia, west of San José. Since then, the institution has continued growing and updating its facilities as part of its commitment to providing quality education to its students.

SEK International School Costa Rica belongs to the SEK International Institution, private educational schools with over 120 years of functioning in Europe, USA and Latin America.
The school provides full school education, from preschool to high school. It has a modern and complete building and professionals that help to achieve the learning development of their students.

Blue Valley is a private, bilingual, international school that offers a rigorous American curriculum, yet is rooted in local culture and includes a strong Spanish program.

Franz Liszt Schule is a German bilingual international school.

* Fully bilingual (English-Spanish)
* International (30 nationalities represented)
* Mid-sized, family environment (approximately 560 students)
* Beautiful modern campus, with lots of gardens and recreational spaces
* Students have an opportunity to earn 3 diplomas: IB, US High School, and Costa Rican Baccalaureate
* Projected to become the first IB continuum school by 2019-2020.
* Strong ESL and SSL language support programs; strong special needs program