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2 1 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 863 2 Mayo College, Ajmer 854 3 The Doon School, Dehradun 846 3 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 848 4 Lawrence School, Sanawar 83

NR 5 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 826 5 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 826 5 Sherwood College, Nainital 827 5 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 829 5 St. John’s International Residential

School, Chennai 827 6 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 817 6 RiverDale International Residential

School, Pune 818 7 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 805 7 The Scindia School, Gwalior 809 7 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 80

NR 7 New Era High School, Panchgani 809 7 Daly College, Indore 805 8 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 794 8 St. Joseph’s School, North Point,

Darjeeling 79NR 8 Bangalore Military School, Bangalore 79NR 8 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 79NR 9 Chinmaya International Residential

School, Coimbatore 78NR 10 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 77NR 10 B.G.S. International Residential School,

Bangalore 771 10 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School,

Jaipur 776 10 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 77

Academic reputation

Parameters of Excellence: India’s Top 10 Boarding Schools

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1 1 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 891 2 Mayo College, Ajmer 881 2 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 884 2 Orchid International School, Nasik 882 3 The Doon School, Dehradun 875 3 The Scindia School, Gwalior 876 4 Sherwood College, Nainital 86

NR 5 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 852 6 Lawrence School, Sanawar 845 6 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 84NR 6 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School,

Jaipur 846 7 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 838 7 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 83

NR 7 Sainik School, Satara 837 8 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 821 8 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 827 8 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 829 8 Daly College, Indore 823 8 Jain International Residential School,

Bangalore 827 9 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 81

NR 9 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 81NR 9 Shigally Hill International Academy,

Uttarakhand 817 10 St. Joseph’s School, North Point,

Darjeeling 80NR 10 RiverDale International Residential

School, Pune 808 10 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 806 10 Sainik School, Jamnagar 80

Co-curricular education

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St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling

Yet the school which has risen high inthe public esteem in peninsular India is

the Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalorewhich has vaulted into the Top 10

nationally and second positionregionally

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1 1 The Doon School, Dehradun 1812 2 Mayo College, Ajmer 1805 2 Orchid International School, Nasik 1802 3 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 179

NR 3 Sherwood College, Nainital 1796 4 Lawrence School, Sanawar 1785 4 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 1787 4 Army Public School, Dagshai 1782 5 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 1774 6 The Scindia School, Gwalior 1766 7 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 175

NR 7 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 1757 7 Daly College, Indore 1754 7 St. Joseph’s School, North Point,

Darjeeling 1758 8 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 1744 8 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 174

NR 8 B.G.S. International ResidentialSchool, Bangalore 174

9 9 Rashtriya Indian Military College,Dehradun 172

3 9 Maharani Gayatri Devi PublicSchool, Jaipur 172

NR 9 G.D. Birla Public School, Ranikhet 17210 10 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 171NR 10 St. John’s International Residential

School, Chennai 171NR 10 Mussoorie International School,

Mussoorie 171

Competence of faculty

2008

2009 Rating

(100)

2 1 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 911 2 The Doon School, Dehradun 89

NR 3 New Era High School, Panchgani 886 4 Lawrence School, Sanawar 872 4 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 873 5 Mayo College, Ajmer 864 5 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 866 5 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 86

10 6 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 853 7 The Scindia School, Gwalior 849 7 Daly College, Indore 847 7 Orchid International School, Nasik 84

NR 7 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 846 8 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 834 8 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 837 8 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 835 8 Sherwood College, Nainital 838 9 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 82NR 9 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 82

NR 10 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 817 10 St. Joseph’s School, North Point,

Darjeeling 81

Individual attention tostudents20

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2 1 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 855 2 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 82

NR 3 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 793 4 The Doon School, Dehradun 75

NR 4 Daly College, Indore 756 5 Lawrence School, Sanawar 744 5 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 74NR 5 Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior 745 6 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 73

NR 6 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 736 7 Mayo College, Ajmer 724 7 The Scindia School, Gwalior 72

NR 7 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 72NR 8 New Era High School, Panchgani 71NR 8 B.G.S. Intl. Residential, Bangalore 71NR 9 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 709 9 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 70

NR 10 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 69

Value for money

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Rank

Rishi Valley School classroom

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Rating(100)

1 1 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 883 2 The Doon School, Dehradun 845 3 Lawrence School, Sanawar 822 3 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 822 3 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 824 3 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 82

NR 3 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 82NR 3 RiverDale International Residential

School, Pune 823 4 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 81

NR 4 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 814 4 Daly College, Indore 81

NR 4 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 818 4 St. John’s International Residential

School, Chennai 813 4 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 813 5 Army Public School, Dagshai 806 5 St. Joseph’s School, North Point,

Darjeeling 807 5 Chinmaya International Residential

School, Coimbatore 80NR 5 Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior 802 6 The Scindia School, Gwalior 795 6 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 795 6 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 79NR 6 Bangalore Military School, Bangalore 793 7 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 78

NR 7 B.G.S. International Residential School,Bangalore 78

8 7 Shigally Hill International Academy,Dehradun 78

6 8 Mayo College, Ajmer 775 8 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School,

Jaipur 775 8 Mussoorie International School,

Mussoorie 778 9 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 76

NR 9 New Era High School, Panchgani 7610 9 The Blue Mountain School, Ooty 762 9 G.D. Birla Public School, Ranikhet 76

NR 10 Kasiga School, Dehradun 7410 10 Sainik School, Jamnagar 74

Honesty/integrity

2008

2009 Rating

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1 1 The Doon School, Dehradun 892 2 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 876 2 The Scindia School, Gwalior 875 2 Sherwood College, Nainital 873 3 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 865 3 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 86

NR 3 Army Public School, Dagshai 867 4 Mayo College, Ajmer 854 4 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 85

NR 4 New Era High School, Panchgani 855 4 Orchid International School, Nasik 8510 5 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 843 6 Lawrence School, Sanawar 83

NR 6 B.G.S. International Residential School,Bangalore 83

4 7 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 82NR 7 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 828 8 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 819 9 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 80

NR 9 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 803 10 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 793 10 St. John’s International Residential

School, Chennai 79

Leadership/managementquality20

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Welham Girls principal Jyotsna Brar

With an inherited tradition ofaccording sports and co-curriculareducation as much importance as

academics, boarding schools need to beassessed and evaluated with altogether

different yardsticks

Rating(100)

NR 1 Himali Boarding School, Kurseong 867 2 The Scindia School, Gwalior 8410 2 B.G.S. International Residential School,

Bangalore 843 3 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 83

NR 3 New Era High School, Panchgani 83NR 3 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 831 4 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 813 5 Mayo College, Ajmer 79

NR 5 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 796 5 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 793 6 Lawrence School, Sanawar 787 6 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 78

NR 7 Daly College, Indore 773 8 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 76

NR 8 Jain International Residential School,Bangalore 76

NR 9 Kasiga School, Dehradun 754 9 The Doon School, Dehradun 75

NR 9 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 752 9 Sainik School, Satara 756 10 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 742 10 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School,

Jaipur 74NR 10 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 74

Admissions transparency

2008

2009 Rating

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6 1 Mayo College, Ajmer 911 2 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 86

10 2 Army Public School, Dagshai 86NR 3 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 856 4 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 843 4 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 845 4 Sherwood College, Nainital 84

NR 4 Bangalore Military School, Bangalore 844 5 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 837 5 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 835 6 The Doon School, Dehradun 825 6 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 825 6 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 823 6 Sainik School, Jamnagar 826 7 Lawrence School, Sanawar 817 7 The Scindia School, Gwalior 81

NR 7 Orchid International School, Nasik 81NR 7 Sainik School, Satara 81NR 8 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 809 9 Chinmaya International Residential

School, Coimbatore 798 9 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 79

NR 9 Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior 7910 10 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School,

Jaipur 78NR 10 Sela Qui World School, Dehradun 78

Sports education

2008

2009

Rating(100)

1 1 The Doon School, Dehradun 935 2 Lawrence School, Sanawar 892 3 Mayo College, Ajmer 883 3 Welham Girls School, Dehradun 886 3 Daly College, Indore 884 4 St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 874 4 Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 87

NR 4 New Era High School, Panchgani 875 4 Sherwood College, Nainital 872 5 The Scindia School, Gwalior 8610 5 Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore 864 5 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 867 5 Welham Boys School, Dehradun 864 5 Rashtriya Indian Military College,

Dehradun 863 5 Army Public School, Dagshai 86

Infrastructure provision

2008

2009

NR 5 B.G.S. International Residential School,Bangalore 86

6 6 Rishi Valley School, Chitoor 858 6 St. Joseph’s School, North Point,

Darjeeling 855 7 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 844 8 Lawrence School Lovedale, Nilgiris 835 8 St. John’s International Residential

School, Chennai 833 8 Jain International Residential School,

Bangalore 83NR 8 Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital 83NR 9 The Assam Valley School, Balipara 825 10 Orchid International School, Nasik 813 10 Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School,

Jaipur 81NR 10 The Blue Mountain School, Ooty 81

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