Fees / Price
School fees, for a twelve year old child , in CNY
| Yearly fees: | 元255,000 |
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| One time fees: | 元22,500 |
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| Total first year fees: | 元277,500 |
School Information
| Number of students |
1800 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
50 |
| Most common nationality |
SCIS nationality breakdown is around 35% from North and South America, 30% from Europe, 30% from Asia, and 5% from Africa and Australasia. |
| Max. number of students per class |
Nursery - Approximately 14 students to one expatriate teacher and two teacher assistants.
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| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
| Native speaking teachers (in language of instruction) |
Yes |
| Language support for students not fluent in the school's language of instruction |
English as an Additional Language |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
Mandarin, Spanish, French |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
Lower school students have fully integrated technology programs and use of both laptops and desktop machines in their classrooms. Middle and upper school students are a enrolled in the MacBook 1-to-1 program and are issued a laptop for their own use.
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| Uniform required |
Yes |
| Waiting list |
Depends on the grade level. |
| Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
No deadline |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes |
| External examinations/assessments available |
IB Diploma |
| School bus service available |
Yes |
| Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
Learning Support Programme |
| Student access to education psychologist |
Yes |
| School start time |
8:00 |
| School finish time |
15:00 |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
American football, badminton, baseball, basketball, cricket, cross country, floor hockey, gymnastics, kickball, cheerleading, outdoor games, ping pong, racquet sports, rugby, running, soccer, swimming, volleyball, battleship and throwing games, beading club, board games, climbing wall, dodge ball, fun with frisbees, knitting, memory games, yoga, choir, dance, drama, fashion design, film club, hip hop dance, jazz band, marching band, orchestra, perspective drawing, recorder and drum club, rhythm and movement, theater, book and cook, book club, computer clubhouse, digital photography, dragon kitchen, robotics, Spanish. |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Sports activities included |
Physical education |
| Sports facilities at the school |
Pudong: 2 gymnasiums, 6 lane swimming pool, full sized football pitch, sprint track, 2 outdoor playground areas, huge indoor 3-story play area, fitness center, rock climbing gym, dance studio. Hongqiao: 25 meter swimming pool, full size soccer pitch with all-weather turf, playground, gymnasium, fitness center. |
| Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Yes |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Founded in 1996, Shanghai Community International School offers a rigorous international program to more than 1800 expatriate students whose families are resident in Shanghai. SCIS is licensed in China as a not-for-profit school governed by a self-perpetuating board of directors. The school is part of a group of schools overseen by the International School Foundation. SCIS has three campuses: two on the west side and one on the east side of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The SCIS mission is to provide all students with opportunities to pursue academic and personal excellence in nurturing, international community environments. With students from over fifty nations, speaking 45 languages, SCIS is truly a diverse international community. |