Modern American School

One of Amman's longer-running American-pattern schools, opened in 1986 and now offering both the IB Diploma and the US American Diploma alongside AP.

Around 950 students, just over 50 nationalities, on a campus on Bakhit Al Issa near Airport Road. AP exam centre since 2008, IB Diploma alongside the American Diploma route, and a college counselling operation that places students into US universities every year. Cognia accredited.

Reviews are mixed and worth weighting carefully. The strong end is consistent: parents praise teacher access, university advising and the social experience. The honest concerns are about cost creep, with extras and activity fees adding up on top of tuition, and questions about discipline and student culture in the upper school. Fees run JOD 4,700 to 13,650, putting it in the mid range for Amman. Best fit for families who want a clearly American track and value the size and breadth of the offering.

• forum threads from r/jordan are the clearest signal: parents flag the school as expensive for the value, with hidden charges and a wealthy student body whose behaviour they dislike.
• One commenter explicitly recommended Amman Academy over Modern American on cost and discipline grounds, and others list it alongside Sands and ABS as the most expensive private schools in Amman.
• A separate commenter still ranks it as Amman's "2nd best private school" and notes it readily hires native-English speakers without teaching qualifications, which colours how parents read teacher quality.
• Teacher chatter on International Schools Review describes "at least one fight a day in the secondary" and frames it as a for-profit operation, not a peer of ACS.
• College placement is repeatedly cited as a strength, and the school is the city's main SAT centre alongside International Academy.
• Listing-site review averages sit around, but the published parent comments are five years old.