This page compares 8 international schools in Seoul with lower published tuition, drawn from the 11 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is 6,000,000 and the highest in this comparison set is 35,000,000.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in Seoul — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese School of Seoul | Japanese National Curriculum | 3-15 | 6,000,000 | 12,000,000 | — |
| Lycée Français de Séoul | French National Curriculum | 3-18 | 10,500,000 | 27,680,000 | — |
| Global Christian Foreign School | American | 5-18 | 12,000,000 | 20,000,000 | — |
| Yongsan International School of Seoul | American | 3-18 | 16,000,000 | 28,000,000 | — |
| Korea International School | American Curriculum + Advanced Placement (AP) courses | 3-18 | 18,000,000 | 32,000,000 | — |
| Deutsche Schule Seoul International | German | 2-18 | 19,070,000 | 27,680,000 | — |
| Seoul International School | American, IB | 3-18 | 20,000,000 | 35,000,000 | — |
| Dwight School Seoul | IB | 3-18 | 20,000,000 | 35,000,000 | — |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school. 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 American (3 schools), IB (2 schools), Japanese National Curriculum (1 school), French National Curriculum (1 school), American Curriculum + Advanced Placement (AP) courses (1 school), German (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 11 schools in Seoul that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is 6,000,000 at Japanese School of Seoul. 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 6,000,000 to 35,000,000. Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 8 schools in Seoul with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 0 schools in Seoul do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
Yes. Global Christian Foreign School teaches an American curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among American-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at 12,000,000.
The lower-fee schools compared here teach American, IB, Japanese National Curriculum, French National Curriculum, American Curriculum + Advanced Placement (AP) courses, German. 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 Seoul, 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.