Market Statistics · KHDA data
What we know about Dubai's private schools
Every figure the atlas holds, for the whole market, each with the schools it rests on and its source.
- private schools
- 238
- 2024–25 · KHDA register
- students
- 387,381
- 2024–25 · KHDA directory
- areas with a school
- 80
- 2024–25 · KHDA register
- school years of data
- 12
- 2015–16 to 2026–27
The market
How big is it, and where?
How has the market changed in ten years?
169 to 238
private schools, 2015–16 to 2024–25
KHDA school register
Where are the schools?
17
schools in Al Qusais First, the most of any area, 2024–25
Top 5 of 80 areas
KHDA register
Also in The marketCurriculaSchool typesNew schools
Costs
What will it cost?
What does a year of tuition cost?
AED31,916
median Year 5 (Grade 4) tuition in 2024–25, over the 210 of 238 schools that publish one
Bands are not of equal width · schools per band
KHDA Fees Fact Sheets
What do families pay besides tuition?
AED5,500–9,225
Transport in 2026–27, the extra most schools list: typical lowest to typical highest price
○ typical lowest · ● typical highest, each a median · as the sheets print them
- TransportAED 5,500 · 9,225
- UniformAED 500 · 1,200
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 300 · 3,000
200 of the 210 schools with a 2026–27 Fees Fact Sheet
Also in CostsFee rises
Quality
How good are the schools?
How many schools does KHDA rate Good or better?
158of 212
rated schools hold Good or better in 2024–25, each by its latest KHDA judgement
Outstanding 23 · Very good 48 · Good 87 · Acceptable 54 · 26 not yet inspected
26 schools not yet inspected · KHDA inspection reports
How do schools do in each subject?
4.4of 6
average English attainment of the 200 schools KHDA rated in it in 2023–24, on its six levels (Good)
KHDA inspection reports · each subject rests on its own schools
Also in QualityRating changesSchool standardsNational Agenda
Inspectors' findings
What do inspectors and parents say?
What do inspectors ask schools to improve?
Teaching
asked of 158 of the 203 reports in 2023–24, the most common theme
A report can name several themes · themes as the atlas groups them
KHDA inspection reports
What did parents tell inspectors?
1,229
parents' survey summaries, 2009–10 to 2023–24; Safety and care comes up most
A summary can praise and raise a concern at once
- Safety and carepraise 552 · concern 151
- Progress and learningpraise 558 · concern 214
- Leadershippraise 511 · concern 118
KHDA inspection reports · tone read by a model
School life
What is school like day to day?
Which activities do schools offer?
101of 238
schools confirm Art, the activity confirmed most often; 29 have none confirmed
Of 238 schools · not confirmed does not mean not offered
School websites and KHDA reports
How many students per teacher?
13.7
students per teacher at the median school in 2023–24, from 199 of 200 reports
No figure for 2017–18 and 2020–21 · a year needs 20 reports · axis from 0
KHDA inspection reports
Also in School lifeProgrammes and examsSchool calendarStudent nationality mix