Avenues, Sao Paulo

In Brief

Avenues is Sao Paulo's most expensive international school and the one families choose when they want a genuinely bilingual, project-based education and price is a secondary concern. If your child is already comfortably bilingual and you want academic rigour alongside creativity, it delivers.

Avenues opened in 2018 as the second campus of a New York-based school network, and it brought something Sao Paulo's international market had not seen: a fully integrated American and Brazilian dual curriculum where English and Portuguese carry equal weight throughout the school day. The 40,000 m2 campus in Jardim Panorama is purpose-built, and the tuition covers books, lunch, field trips, and sports kits - no additional levies or building funds.

The school now has over 1,200 students and has joined the Nord Anglia group while retaining its own academic identity and its cross-campus collaboration with Avenues New York and Shenzhen. Head of school Anne Baldisseri has been in post since the campus opened and brings continuity. The interdisciplinary project approach works well for students who engage with a hands-on style; families with children who thrive on structured, exam-focused teaching sometimes find the model requires more adjustment than they expected.

At R$117,500-R$198,000 per year, Avenues is a significant step above Graded and the most expensive option in this guide. The location in Jardim Panorama - adjacent to Morumbi and Real Parque - works well for families in the south and west zones but is a real commute from Pinheiros or the Paulista corridor. A thread on teacher forums from late 2024 noted the school was not universally regarded as an easy place to work; we could not verify specifics and note it as something worth exploring with current families.