Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School, Bali

In Brief

GMIS is the pick for families who want the full IB continuum at a lower price point than BIS - fees run from IDR 76M to IDR 177M, meaningfully below BIS at comparable year levels. Go in knowing it's a smaller, Indian-heritage-influenced school with a more traditional academic culture than you'd find at CCS or Green School.

Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School has been in Renon since 2007 and offers the complete IB pathway - PYP, MYP, and Diploma - alongside Cambridge IGCSE in Grades 9-10. That makes it one of only two schools in Bali with the full IB continuum (the other being BIS in Sanur), and at fees of IDR 76M-177M, it undercuts BIS at every year level. Around 500 students from 30+ nationalities attend, giving a genuine international mix in a mid-sized school.

The campus in Renon includes an indoor swimming pool, gym, science labs, music rooms, and dedicated IT labs - more facility depth than you'd expect at the fee level. The school day for primary runs 8:00-14:30 and for secondary until 14:50. Co-curricular options are extensive: yoga, Indonesian traditional music and dance, chess, batik, basketball, volleyball, swimming, surfing, martial arts, and more. Families who've been in Bali a few years describe GMIS as a 'legend school' - long-established, affordable, and academically solid.

The teaching faculty is predominantly Indian-origin - a reflection of the Gandhi Memorial group's heritage - which some families find adds to the cultural diversity while others have noted it as different from the Australian, British, or New Zealand-heavy staffing of most Bali international schools. Worth seeing the school in person to calibrate. Administration reviews are mixed; some families find it responsive, others describe it as traditional in its processes. Confirm that the 2026-2027 fees listed are current before applying - the published PDF noted fees were valid until March 2026.