Best/Top Schools in Noida {Latest Ranks, Ratings, Fees, Boards}

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Noida, also known as Gautam Buddha Nagar, houses many top schools in Noida. The city has a lot of schools that offer great education along with world class facilities. Noida has numerous good CBSE schools and is also working toward offering International schools to prepare students for a global approach.

Top 20 Schools in Noida

These rankings are based on EducationWorld School Rankings, accomplished by the opinion polls company, C fore, in Delhi Samples have been collected from responses provided by 3,939 respondents from North India. They had been asked to rate schools on a ten-point scale, across 14 parameters. The 14 parameters included Infrastructure Provision, Internationalism, Value for Money, Academic Reputation, Competence of Faculty, amongst others.

Ranked 1 among the Top Schools in Noida: Step by Step

A top CBSE school in Noida, Step By Step, was founded in the year 1992 and is ranked number 1 amongst the top schools in Noida. An English medium co-educational school, Step by Step is also India's 4^th Best Co-ed Day schools of 2016. Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the school also offers an optional IGCSE and IB Diploma. Step by Step imparts education from Play Group to Class 12. The school is built on a 10-acre site and has all possible modern amenities for teachers and students.

Step by Step has scored the highest in almost every category; From Teacher Welfare and Development to Academic Reputation, the school does seem like acing in most parameters. The best part about each of its scores is that the second best school has a great difference in points. For instance, on Life Skills Education and Conflict Management, Step by Step has secured the highest spot with 92 points and Pathways, the second best in the category, has scored 79 points. This difference is huge.  Step by Step also has the highest CBSE Exam Average at 92%. However, everything for the rank 1 school is not that glorious.  Its score for the parameter, Value for Money at 68 is rather low, in comparison to Apeejay School, which has scored 86.  

Ranked 2 among the Top Schools in Noida: Genesis Global School

A top school in Noida, Genesis Global School (GGS), is a premium day and residential school, that imparts education from Pre-nursery to Class 12^t.  The school offers a high-tech environment that also includes boarding facilities till 6 pm (day-boarding) and a five-day boarding (weekends with parents), in addition to the regular seven-day boarding. GGS is affiliated with the Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and International Baccalaureate (IB, Geneva) and has partnered with Clifton College, UK, and L’Ermitage International School, France. The school is spread across 30 acres, with a fully a wi-fi enabled and centrally air-conditioned campus. 

GGS qualifies for the top schools in Noida due to its impressive sports environment. This includes a 1,10,000 sq. ft. multi-sport indoor hall, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a toddler’s pool, a 400 meter synthetic athletics track, a shooting range, a horse riding track and so much more.

The school has scored the highest with regard to Sports Education as compared to the others on the list. It is the 2^nd best in Infrastructure Provision. The school has high scores on every parameter except Value for Money which is even lower than Step by Step. It shares this position with Ramagya School and Millennium School. Even on Community Service the school has a rather low score as compared to the rank it has achieved. The highest score on Community Service is  77, secured by Step by Step.   GGS has scored a mere 64 on this parameter.. Nonetheless, GGS, along with DPS Noida, has the 3^rd highest score on Competence of Faculty.

Ranked 3 among the Top Schools in Noida : Amity International School

AMITY International School ranks 3^rd in top schools in Noida and is also considered one of the best International schools. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, the school was founded by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, that spearheads the activities of the AKC Group of Companies in the field of education. The School is located on the road that links NOIDA and DELHI, adjacent to the Greater Noida Expressway and Kalindi Kunj. It is second, chronologically, in the chain of schools established by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation. The school offers education from Primary to Senior Secondary classes.

With 2^nd highest scores on Competence of Faculty, Academic Reputation and Leadership Management Quality, Amity International has performed commendably on most parameters. Amity is also among the top 5 on Value for Mone,y where it beats Genesis and Step by Step by a great margin. The school also has a CBSE Exam Average of 86%, which figures among the top 3 schools in the list. However, the scores that are not very promising are of Community Service, Individual Attention to Students,  Life Skill Education and Conflict Management, as compared to other schools lower down in the list.

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Ranked 4 among the Top Schools in Noida: Delhi Public School

Delhi Public School stands tall in the list of the top schools in Noida. It qualifies as one of the top residential schools in Noida.DPS, Noida, as it is generally referred to, was founded in the year 1982 and is a co-educational day-cum-residential school. Managed by the Delhi Public School Society, the school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). With a vast campus, spread over a 15-acre site, DPS Noida currently has more than 4,500 students and over 200 teachers. The school also offers hostel facility and can accommodate 150 students from class 8^t to class 12. The school aims to strike a balance academics and sports. The school has two swimming pools, horse riding paddock, synthetic basketball court, cricket pitch, 400-meter running track, football field, volleyball court, skating rink, lawn tennis courts and a gymnasium.

Among the top 3 on Academic Reputation, DPS Noida has promising scores on almost every parameter assessed. Having scored the 2^nd highest on Value for Money, DPS is just 3 points short of the 1^st rank in the category. The school is also among the top 5 schools ranked on Co-curricular Education and has secured a high rank in categories like Sports Education, Leadership Management Quality, Community Service, Special Needs Education and a few more. Despite a slight dip in scores with regard to Life Skills Education and Conflict Management, DPS still ranks amongst the top 10 of the category scores.

Ranked 5 among the Top Schools in Noida: Lotus Valley International School

Established in 2004 and initially only with73 students, Lotus Valley International School (also known as LVIS), Noida, today has over 2500 students. A top CBSE school in Noida, LVIS is a co-educational institute and accommodates students right from Kindergarten to Class 12. A day school, affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, the school also offers the following: The Young Learners' English Test (YLE) conducted by Cambridge International (UK), the Key English Test (KET) and Preliminary English Test (PET) conducted by the British Council. LVIS is built on a 12.5- acre campus, which is divided into three wings, namely, pre-primary, primary and senior. Lotus Valley tops the category, Infrastructure Provision, with 95 points. Besides that, the school has consistently maintained high scores in other areas as well. It figures among the top 5, in categories like Academic Reputation, Sports Education, Co-curricular Education, Individual attention to students and a few more. However, Lotus Valley falters with its score on Value for Money, at 67Schools like Vishwa Bharti, Somerville, Pathways and many more are ahead of LVIS on this particular parameter. The Shriram Millennium School, Gyanshree and a few more schools are way ahead of LVIS on Life Skills Education and Conflict Management as well.

Ranked 6 among the Top Schools in Noida: Pathways School

Fairly recent in establishment, Pathways World School, Noida is one of the two new schools launched in 2010 under the Pathways schools banner. As of now, it is the first and the only IB World School in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The school is located in Sector 100, Noida, and is closely connected to Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad. Pathways, is located on a 10-acre site and flaunts a campus equipped with all modern-day facilities. It also has an impressive academic and sports infrastructure. 

A notch higher than LVIS, Pathways scores higher in Competence of Faculty as compared to its fellow challenger. The school has also secured the 2^nd highest score in Life Skills Education and Conflict Management and the3^rd highest in Special Needs Education. Pathways has moved ahead of Amity International and DPS Noida, with a score of 76 points on Teacher Welfare and Development. There is a tie for the spot with LVIS, in the given category. Surging past DPS Noida yet again on another category, namely, Co-curricular Education, Pathways scores 82 points. This school has high scores on almost all parameters. This further justifies its position among the top schools in Noida.

Shared Rank 7 among the Top Schools in Noida : Somerville School

Established in 1987, the Somerville School Noida is one of the oldest as well as a top school in Noida. Founded by the Lott Carey Baptist Mission, the school is an un-aided Christian minority school. Somerville School offers education right from Kindergarten to Class 12 and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). With a  6-acre campus, this top CBSE School in Noida celebrated its 25years of establishment in the year 2012. It has more than 2800 students from Classes 1 to 12^tand more than 600 in its Preparatory Wing.

The school is 2^nd highest on Community Service with a shortfall of a single point as opposed to the highest score of 76, by Step by Step. Comfortably positioned among the top 3 in Teacher Welfare and Development and Value for Money, the school scores well and gives tough competition to other top schools in Noida. Somerville School is also among the top 5 with regard to Academic Reputation, Life Skills Education and Conflict Management and Leadership Management Quality. Slightly low in Parental Involvement, Somerville is quite low in Infrastructure Provision and Internationalism, considering its one of the top schools in Noida. With a CBSE Exam Average of 81%, Somerville shares the spot with Apeejay, The Khaitan School and Mayoor School.

Shared Rank 8 among the Top Schools in Noida: Apeejay School

Established in 1981, Apeejay School, Noida was promoted under the aegis of Apeejay Education Society and founded by Dr. Satya Paul. A co-educational, day and residential school, Apeejay School is part of the top 10 schools in Noida.  Affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi since the year1983, the school is also a part of the UKIERI Scheme (UK and India Education Research Initiative). In addition, it collaborates in an exchange program with the Raffles School, Singapore. The school initially started with only 186 students and facilitated its first batch of 11 students for the All India Secondary School Examination in 1984.Today, the school’s strength has multiplied manifold and boasts of more than 3700 students and a trained faculty of more than 150 staff members. Appejay is built on a 15-acre campus and offers hostel facility as well.

Highest on Value for Money, Apeejay scores a whopping 86 in the category. Moreover, with 83 points, it has also scored the 2^nd highest in Parental Involvement. The school also stands second from the top in Community Service. It has high scores in Sports Education and Academic Reputation as well, better than Pathways School. Scores do seem to tumble down for Apeejay in categories like Special Needs Education, Leadership Management Quality and Individual Attention to Students. However, Apeejay does hit a chord with securing an Exam Average of 81% which, too, is a decent number.

Shared Rank 9 among the Top Schools in Noida: The Shriram Millennium School

Among the top 10 schools in Noida, the Shriram Millennium has acquired the 9^th rank. Established in the year 2009, The Shriram Millennium School, Noida is a co-educational, day school and one of the top schools in Noida. Affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi, the school is a joint initiative between the promoters of the Shriram group of schools and Educomp – the largest education company in India.

With a high score on Infrastructure Provision, The Shriram Millennium School also has the  3^rd highest score on Life Skills Education and Conflict Management and Academic Reputation; It has moved ahead of Pathways. Score  The school, on an average, has high scores on Leadership Management Quality, Individual Attention to Students, Parental Involvement and more. The school has an ICSE Class X Exam Average at 83% as well. Falling short on points, Shriram Millennium has scored 146 on Competence of Faculty. This is quite low in comparison to schools like Bal Bharti Public School, The Khaitan School and Army Public School, which have higher scores in this category.

Shared Rank 9 among the Top Schools in Noida: Gyanshree School

Gyanshree School, Noida is a co-educational day school, which is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. The school is established under the aegis of a leading business house and has set up an R&D Centre, in partnership with two premier educational institutions from Finland and Singapore. The school offers an exclusive researched programme called the Effortless Learning Programme (ELP) that embraces the philosophy, guidelines, approach and methodologies of Dr. Maria Montessori, Dr Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence, CBSE and CBSE-I. Gyanshree School offers education from Pre-Nursery to Class 12.

Gyanshree School has high scores on almost all parameters. On Academic Reputation, the school has acquired 81 points, which is higher than Kothari International, The Shriram Millennium, Pathways and a few more schools. Also, the school has high scores on Sports Education and Leadership Management Quality. In addition, Gyanshree has been scored at 89 on Infrastructure Provision and is among top 5 in this category. The school is also among top 5 in categories like Value for Money and Community Service. The above reasons make Gyanshree one of the top schools in Noida.

Shared Rank 10 among the Top Schools in Noida: The Khaitan Public School

Established in 1995, Khaitan Public School (KPS), Noida is an institution founded by industrialist G.N. Khaitan. The school is a co-educational day school, affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. At present, over 4000 students are enrolled at Khaitan School.  The school is spread across a campus that is 6.9 acres, and has modern facilities conducive to both academics and sports education. Popularly known as KPS, the school offers education from Nursery to Senior Secondary classes.

Among the top 5 on Academic Reputation, KPS has a score of 85 which is higher than most top schools including Genesis, Apeejay, Gyanshree and more. The school has a CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average at 81%, along with high scores on most of the parameters. On an average, Khaitan Public School has a good score across parameters; hence it is one of the top schools in Noida.

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Rank 11: Bal Bharati Public School, Noida

Established in the year 1992, Bal Bharati Public School, Noida was an initiative taken by the Child Education Society. A co-educational day school, Bal Bharti is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. An institution that was initially started with only 180 students in Montessori I and II, Bal Bharti currently has grown to more than 2500 students on its rolls. The school offers education from Montessori to Class 12.

With 85 on Academic Reputation, Bal Bharti is among the top 5 in the category and shares space with KPS in this category. The school relatively has a good score on all the parameters except, Individual Attention to Students, Parental Involvement and Special Needs Education. The school’s CBSE 12^th Class Exam Average is the 4^th highest and beats Somerville, Apeejay and Gyanshree in the category.

Rank 12: Kothari International School, Noida

Founded in the year 2005, Kothari International School (KIS), Noida is among the top 20 schools  and is an initiative by the Sharda Mansukhlal Kothari Charitable Trust. Popularly known as KIS, the school offers  day boarding  and imparts education from Kindergarten to Class 12. Affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),  the school also offers Cambridge International Examinations, UK’s IGCSE and AS/A level exams in secondary and senior secondary schools, respectively. As a day boarding school, Kothari International provides time for self-study and limits ‘homework,’ proposing ‘bag-less education’ and a variety of extracurricular activities. The school has an amphitheater, swimming pool, air-conditioned classrooms, meals at school and a modern infrastructure for  arts, sports and academics, on its 8- acre site.

With a score of 74 on Teacher Welfare Development, KIS is at par with Apeejay, Shriram and Amity International. This score  is higher than most of the leading schools in this category. Kothari International School is among the top 7 on Infrastructure Provision, with 87 points and shares space with Amity International. However, the school’s score does falter  as it is the 2^nd lowest on Competence of Faculty and 3^rd lowest on Special Needs Education.

Rank 13: Vishwa Bharati Public School, Noida

Established in the year 1989, Vishwa Bharati Public School is one of the oldest schools in the city. Located at Sector 28 in Noida, the school is a unit of Vishwa Bharati Women’s Welfare Institution, which runs a chain of institutions in Jammu and Kashmir and the National Capital Region (NCR). A top co-educational day school, Vishwa Bharti is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Sprawling over 7 acres, the school initially started with a strength of about 600 students and today has  more than 3700 students on its rolls. The school imparts education from LKG to Class 12.

With  a score of 80 on Academic Reputation , Vishwa Bharti takes the lead over Pathways, Kothari and Shriram . The school, with a score of 73, is a few points ahead of Gyanshree, Khaitan School, Bal Bharti and even Shriram, on Teacher Welfare and Development.  Vishwa Bharti has a CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average at 80%, which qualifies among the top schools in Noida. The scores dip due to fewer points achieved in Special Needs Education, which at 49, makes it the lowest 5 in the list.

Rank 14: Ryan International School, Noida

Established in the year 1992, Ryan International School, Noida operates under the aegis of St. Xavier’s Educational Trust. An English medium school, Ryan International is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. The school is a top co-educational school in Noida and offers education from Montessori to Senior Secondary classes. The school has over 2500 students and is located in Sector- 39, Noida.

With a relatively high score of 155 on Competence of Faculty , Ryan International is ahead of top schools like Vishwa Bharti, Kothari International, Shriram and Gyanshree. Even on Academic Reputation, the school has quite a high score as compared to other listed top schools. At a score of 83 with regard to Academic Reputation, Ryan shares space with Army Public School, Genesis Global and Mayoor School and is ahead of Pathways, Apeejay, Shriram, Gyanshree and a few more. Ryan International’s CBSE Class 12 Exam Average is 82% and is among the top schools of Noida. The school has scored low on both Internationalism and Special Needs Education and  the lowest  on Life Skills Education and Conflict Management. Consequently,  the overall score has taken a fall for Ryan International.

Rank 15: Army Public School, Noida

Established in the year 1995, Army Public School, Sector 37, initially began with only 59 students, 8 teachers and 4 classrooms. In 1997, the school was upgraded to senior secondary level with science and commerce streams and  13 subjects. Later, humanities/management and  science were introduced with a total of 14 subjects. The school now has three different streams with 14 different combinations of subjects. Today, as one of the top schools in Noida, APS offers education to Classes 1^s to 12^t and has over 1000 students. This top, co-educational school in Noida is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi.

With a relatively high score of 157 on Competence of Faculty, Army School proves to be a tough competitor to a lot of top schools in Noida. Also, with  Academic Reputation scored at 83, the school seems promising on the educational front.  Army Public School also has a CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average at 82%. As a consequence of the 2^nd lowest score( along with Sarla Chopra DAV School) on Special Needs Education, the overall score of Army Public School has suffered a negative impact. Even scores on Internationalism and Individual Attention to Students are quite low as compared to other schools on the list.

Rank 16: Mayoor School, Noida

Established in the year 2003, Mayoor School, Noida is a recent school which has emerged as one of the top CBSE schools in Noida. A co-educational, day school, in collaboration with the General Council of Mayo College, Ajmer, Mayoor School is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. The school offers classes from Kindergarten through Class 12. At the initial phase, the school had started with a mere 85 students In present times, it has more than 3000 students on roll, who are supported with a staff strength of over 200 teachers.

High on Academic Reputation, with a score of 83, Mayoor School shares space with Genesis Global, APS Noida and Ryan International. The school has scored less on quite a few parameters, like, Value for Money, Leadership Management Quality, Internationalism and more. The silver lining for Mayoor School, however, is the CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average at 81, which qualifies as one of the highest scores among other schools.

Rank 17: Billabong High International School, Noida

Ranked among the top 20 schools in Noida, Billabong High International School (BHIS), located in Sector 34, is built on a 7- acre campus.. A co-educational, English medium day school, Billabong High International School has been founded by the GD Education Society. Affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, the school offers education from Class I through Class 12. The school has a separate Kindergarten called Kangaroo Kids, Noida and will soon be introducing a Daycare as well. The school has collaborated with a few learning partners as well, some of which are Carl Duisberg Gymnasium, Germany & Goethe-Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan and Charlton Brown – Australia.

The school has secured average scores in most of the categories and among all its scores, Billabong’s highest  is 79 for Leadership Management Quality. The school has a 76 on Individual Attention to Student,s which is a fairly high score. Billabong also has its CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average at 80%, which is among the  top scoring schools. The school, however, is the 3^rd lowest on Value for Money, with a score of 64 and the lowest on Sports Education and Competence of Faculty .

Rank 18: DPS Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida

Among the top 20 schools in Noida, Delhi Public School (DPS), Gautam Buddha Nagar, is a coeducational, English medium day school, that ranks at  number 18 on the list. Affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, the school offers schooling from Pre-nursery through Class 12.  Spread on a 10-acre campus, the school provides a modern infrastructure for students and teachers. The school runs under the aegis of the DPS Society.

The school has a great score of 81 on Infrastructure Provision and competes with most of the top schools in this category. DPS Gautam Buddha Nagar has the 2nd highest score, having shared the spot with DPS Noida, on CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average of 88%.   DPS also scores fairly high on Community Service. The apparent downfall of overall scores is due to the 2^nd lowest score on Individual Attention to Students and lowest on Parental Involvement, along with low scores on Internationalism and Special Needs Education .

Rank 19:The Millennium School, Noida

The Millennium School, Noida, is a co-educational, day school which is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) , New Delhi. It is powered by the Millennium Learning System, also referred to as the Science of Education. The school offers education from Pre-nursery to Class 12.

The school fares well on all categories, with an overall average score.. It scores 71 on Individual Attention to Students, and ranks among the top 7 in the category. However, it is the lowest on Leadership Management Quality and Infrastructure Provision. The Millennium School is also the 2^nd lowest on Academic Reputation, Life Skills Education and Conflict Management and the 3^rd lowest on Competence of Faculty.

Rank 20: Cambridge School, Noida

Established in the year 1981, Cambridge School, Noida is a co-educational, day school. It was founded by the late A.C. Deb, a well-known educationist, who also established a school in Mussorie in 1930. English is the medium of instruction at Cambridge School Noida and is managed by the Society for the Advancement of Education, which runs eight Cambridge schools in  Delhi/ NCR region. The school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and offers education from Kindergarten to Class 12. Spread on an 11-acre campus, Cambridge School offers decent academic and sports infrastructure for over 2500 students.

The school barely achieves a  high score on the 14 parameters as it has the lowest score on quite a few of them, like Teacher Welfare Development, Academic Reputation, Individual Attention to Students, Value for Money, Community Service and CBSE Class 12^th Exam Average (at 71%). Cambridge School is also the 2^nd lowest on Life Skills Education and Conflict Management.

Despite their individual scores on the 14 parameters, all the schools listed above qualify as the top schools in Noida. The given details will definitely provide the initial information about these schools to the readers. But for a more  fine-tuned and comprehensive information ,visit https://schoolwiser.com/ and get a detailed insight into the top schools in Noida.