This page compares 8 international schools in Frankfurt with lower published tuition, drawn from the 14 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is € 4,457 and the highest in this comparison set is € 18,000, quoted in €.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in Frankfurt — not a judgement about quality, and not an objective list of the cheapest schools in the city. Fees vary by year group and rise through secondary school, and most schools charge registration, transport, uniform and examination costs on top of tuition.
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Lowest published fee | Highest published fee | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European School Frankfurt | European Schools Curriculum / European Baccalaureate | 4-18 | 4,457 | 8,358 | € |
| Japanese International School Frankfurt | Japanese | 6-15 | 5,000 | 10,000 | € |
| Anna Schmidt Schule | Montessori, German, IB | 3-18 | 6,000 | 12,000 | € |
| Obermayr International School | Bilingual German-English (German curriculum with international elements) | 3-18 | 7,000 | 14,000 | € |
| Phorms Frankfurt | IB | 3-18 | 7,000 | 15,000 | € |
| SIS Swiss International School Frankfurt | German / English bilingual — Hessian Curriculum with elements of the British curriculum | 3-18 | 7,000 | 12,000 | € |
| Strothoff International School | IB | 3-18 | 9,000 | 18,000 | € |
| Lycée Français Victor Hugo Frankfurt | French National Curriculum / French Baccalauréat, with bilingual German-French and international pathways | 3-18 | 10,000 | 17,000 | € |
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Annual fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna-Schmidt-Schule IB Frankfurt | IB, German | 6–18 | Not published |
| Phorms Frankfurt Taunus | German, British | 3–18 | Not published |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school, quoted in €. Where a school publishes a range, the lower figure normally applies to the earliest year groups and the higher figure to the senior school. Application and registration fees, deposits, transport, uniform, meals, trips and external examination entries are commonly billed separately.
Across this comparison set the curricula on offer are IB (3 schools), European Schools Curriculum / European Baccalaureate (1 school), Japanese (1 school), Montessori (1 school), German (1 school), Bilingual German-English (German curriculum with international elements) (1 school).
The age ranges above show the full span each school covers. A school with a lower starting fee may still cost more overall if fees step up sharply at secondary level, so check the published fee for the year group your child will enter and the years after it.
ExpatSchoolGuide does not rank schools by price alone. Among the 12 schools in Frankfurt that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is € 4,457 at European School Frankfurt. Published fees usually cover tuition only and vary by year group, so confirm current figures with the school.
Across the schools compared here, published annual tuition runs from € 4,457 to € 18,000 (€). Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 8 schools in Frankfurt with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 2 schools in Frankfurt do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
Yes. SIS Swiss International School Frankfurt teaches a British curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among British-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at € 7,000.
The lower-fee schools compared here teach IB, European Schools Curriculum / European Baccalaureate, Japanese, Montessori, German, Bilingual German-English (German curriculum with international elements). Curriculum information comes from each school's own published material. Accreditation and examination centre status should be confirmed directly with the school.
This page compares the international schools ExpatSchoolGuide already lists in Frankfurt, ordered by the lowest annual tuition each school publishes. It is not an editorial ranking, no school pays to be included or excluded, and fees a school does not publish are shown as "Not published" rather than estimated.