Stonehill International School

In Brief

Stonehill is the right call if you're near the airport corridor or relocating to North Bangalore and want a school that feels genuinely international rather than majority-Indian. Class sizes stay small, pastoral care is noted by most families as a real strength, and university placement results are strong.

Stonehill sits at the top of the market in north Bangalore. The 34-acre Jala Hobli campus - 20 minutes from Kempegowda International Airport - gives the school breathing room that urban plots simply cannot replicate. With students from 35+ countries, the community is genuinely diverse; families who've moved from international schools in Singapore or Dubai typically find the mix familiar. The school holds IBO authorisation for all four programmes (PYP, MYP, DP, and the CP), which is unusual even among dedicated IB schools in India.

Class sizes run 16-18 and the student-teacher ratio is 8:1 - small by Bangalore standards. Families consistently mention that teachers know their children well, and the school's community atmosphere is frequently described as warm and close-knit. University counselling is structured from early in the MYP; 87% of the 2025 graduating class received offers from a top-100 university, with alumni at Stanford, Cambridge, NUS, and Dartmouth.

The campus location is a genuine constraint. Families living in Koramangala, Indiranagar, or south Bangalore are looking at a 60-90 minute commute each way at peak hours - that's a daily commitment worth stress-testing before enrolling. Boarding is available and some families use it mid-week specifically because of the distance. Fees are at the upper end for day schools, and one-time costs at entry - development fee of INR 1.83L and refundable security deposit of INR 2.93L - add meaningfully to the first-year outlay.