Results: How Well Do You Know Int'l Schools?

Here’s a snapshot of the child situation of respondents: (numbers add up to greater than 100% because some people have kids in more than one age bracket)

Three schools on this list essentially tied at the top of the charts, with over 90% name recognition: ISB, WAB and Dulwich. Keystone and Harrow were not far behind in the 80s, with BIBA at 78% and HD School at 42%.
 

Have you heard of this school? (check all that apply)

Next up: does the school offer the British curriculum? This question proved to be a little difficult to explain because many schools use hybrid curriculums. Harrow offers only the British curriculum, while Dulwich is mostly the British curriculum but also offers some IB programs in the upper years. HD School and BIBA both offer some of the British curriculum in later years, while the remainder of the schools do not use the British curriculum at all.
 

Does the school offer the British curriculum? (check all that apply)

Which school is celebrating its 30th anniversary? The correct answer is WAB, and 45% of you were correct. However, answers are all over the place here, with 55% naming other schools, including 1 in 4 naming ISB as having its 30th birthday this year.
 

Which is celebrating 30th anniversary this year?

As many know, China sets rules on which schools are allowed to accept both foreign passport holders and local citizens. However, poll results indicate a lot of confusion on this issue. From this list, only three -- Dulwich, WAB and ISB -- are restricted to foreign passport holders only. All the rest are licensed to accept both. Harrow is a bit of a trick question, as technically they have two schools, one licensed for foreigners and one to accept both, though both are on the same campus.

Is this school allowed to accept both PRC citizens and foreign passport holders? (Asterisk indicates the school can admit both)

The results of this question also indicate a lot of confusion amongst which schools offer a fully bilingual program. Sticklers will point out that some of these schools have partial bilingual programs in certain years - for instance, ISB offers a dual language program in some elementary years, and WAB has a German language track via its Swiss School - but neither school is fully bilingual. The only three that offer full bilingual immersion are BIBA, Keystone and HD School, but judging by the poll results, this is by no means common knowledge.

Does this school offer a full immersion bilingual program?

Founded in 1980, ISB is the oldest school on this list (though only 61% of respondents know this). HD School, which was founded in 2017, is the youngest (yet only 46% of respondents know this).

Which of these schools is the oldest?

This one was tricky, but the 34% of you who are true insiders know the leopard is the mascot of BIBA. WAB, which was named by 21% of respondents, has the tiger as its mascot.

Which school uses the Leopard as its mascot?

This one was also tricky, as many automatically assume Shunyi is the home to most international schools. In reality, HD School, WAB and Harrow are all in Chaoyang District (while the remainder of the list are in Shunyi).