This page compares 14 international schools in Sao Paulo with lower published tuition, drawn from the 26 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is BRL 5,220 and the highest in this comparison set is BRL 234,000, quoted in BRL.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in Sao Paulo — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel School São Paulo | American curriculum + Brazilian curriculum + International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme | 3-18 | 5,220 | 10,773 | BRL |
| Aubrick Escola Bilíngue Multicultural | Cambridge International, British, A Levels | 1 to 18 years | 6,154 | 7,622 | BRL |
| Maple Bear Guarulhos | Canadian Methodology; Brazilian Curriculum; Bilingual English-Portuguese Education | 1-14 | 30,000 | 60,000 | BRL |
| MIS – Montessori International School | American, Montessori | 6 to 9 years | 48,700 | 97,548 | BRL |
| Lycée Pasteur São Paulo | French Curriculum + Brazilian National Curriculum | 2-18 | 56,381 | 65,559 | BRL |
| Escola Maria Imaculada São Paulo | Brazilian National Curriculum; Educação Infantil; Ensino Fundamental; Ensino Médio; bilingual English programme | 1 to 18 years | 62,640 | 129,276 | BRL |
| Escola Beit Yaakov São Paulo | International Baccalaureate (IB) | 3–18 | 65,000 | 234,000 | BRL |
| Colégio Dante Alighieri | Brazilian National Curriculum; Italian Curriculum; Liceo Scientifico – Opzione Scienze Applicate | 2-18 | 65,000 | 91,000 | BRL |
| Escola Suíço-Brasileira de São Paulo | International Baccalaureate (IB) | 816 | 65,592 | 125,736 | BRL |
| Escola Vera Cruz | Brazilian National Curriculum (BNCC) with the school's own pedagogical curriculum; bilingual Portuguese-English education | 3-18 | 65,640 | 80,496 | BRL |
| Escola Móbile | Brazilian National Curriculum (BNCC) with Móbile's proprietary curriculum; Regular Programme and Bilingual Programme | 2-18 | 69,600 | 93,600 | BRL |
| Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro | International Baccalaureate (IB), IB Diploma Programme (DP) | 16 to 19 years | 70,392 | 114,000 | BRL |
| Escola Internacional de Alphaville | International Baccalaureate (IB) | 1 to 17 years | 72,479 | 102,809 | BRL |
| Red House International School São Paulo | International Baccalaureate (IB) | 1-18 | 75,828 | 131,844 | BRL |
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Annual fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escola Cidade Jardim | PlayPen | International Baccalaureate (IB) | 3 to 15 years | Not published |
| Escola Morumbi | Brazilian National Curriculum (BNCC) with Escola Morumbi's contemporary educational methodology; Morumbi International Learning programme with US-recognized High School diploma; Cambridge English examination programme; Spanish with DELE | 1-17 | Not published |
| Escola Waldorf Rudolf Steiner | waldorf, steiner | 2-18 | Not published |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school, quoted in BRL. 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 International Baccalaureate (IB) (5 schools), American curriculum + Brazilian curriculum + International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (1 school), Cambridge International (1 school), British (1 school), A Levels (1 school), Canadian Methodology; Brazilian Curriculum; Bilingual English-Portuguese Education (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 23 schools in Sao Paulo that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is BRL 5,220 at Chapel School São Paulo. 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 BRL 5,220 to BRL 234,000 (BRL). Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 14 schools in Sao Paulo with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 3 schools in Sao Paulo do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
Yes. Aubrick Escola Bilíngue Multicultural teaches a British curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among British-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at BRL 6,154.
Yes. Chapel School São Paulo teaches an American curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among American-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at BRL 5,220.
The lower-fee schools compared here teach International Baccalaureate (IB), American curriculum + Brazilian curriculum + International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Cambridge International, British, A Levels, Canadian Methodology; Brazilian Curriculum; Bilingual English-Portuguese Education. 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 Sao Paulo, 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.