How Education Today School Rankings Work

Merit-based rankings for Indian schools — survey, jury review, and parental voting. Not paid placement.

Our three-step process

Surveys

Data collected from the school principal, director, or vice principal covering academics, faculty, infrastructure, co-curricular programmes, outcomes, and institutional practices.

Jury review

Expert panels evaluate schools on academic, extracurricular, and infrastructure criteria — verifying quality beyond self-reported claims.

Parental voting

Public votes add a community perspective alongside survey evidence and jury evaluation for award programmes.

Frequently asked questions

Education Today rankings combine school outreach and survey data, jury scrutiny by education experts, and parental voting. Schools are evaluated within defined categories — rankings are merit-based, not paid placement.

ISMA is Education Today’s all-India school merit awards programme. It publishes category-wise ranked lists such as India’s Top CBSE, ICSE, IB, and international schools.

No. Education Today rankings are merit-based. A school’s position comes from survey data, jury review, and parental voting within its category — not from paid placement.

Schools can take part through Education Today outreach, online nomination and survey forms, and regional or national award programmes. Participation routes are listed under Survey and Voting on educationtoday.co.

No. A school’s rank applies only within the specific category and region shown on that page. Compare schools only within the same ranking table.

Education Today publishes regional lists (such as North India and Maharashtra), national merit awards (ISMA), and category-wise tables by curriculum and school type. Browse all programmes at https://www.educationtoday.co/rankings.

Rankings are updated when new survey, jury, and voting results are published. Each category page shows the active list; use the edition switcher on the page to view prior results.

The complete three-step process — school outreach and survey, jury scrutiny, and parental voting — is explained at https://www.educationtoday.co/rankings/methodology.

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