Gurgaon school survey – Best schools in Gurgaon 2025
Gurgaon, the hotspot of school education in Delhi NCR, continues to expand enormously every year both geographically and population wise. This has led to a number of schools like Heritage, Suncity, Matrikiran etc. opening new branches of their schools over last 2 years. Many interesting names like The Beacon school have also figured as emerging ones to school education scenario of the city. While schools like DPS 45 and Amity Intl top the charts of academic results in Delhi NCR, schools like Shriram and Shiv nadar are well known for the right balance through proven curriculum (for ICSE and CBSE respectively). Pathways leads the pack of schools following IB. We surveyed schools in Gurgaon to come up with the list of Best schools in Gurgaon . The last time we surveyed schools in Gurgaon was in year 2018. As part of our Gurgaon school survey, we bring to you the Best schools in Gurgaon 2025, which can also help you with your search for upcoming sessions including 2026-27. While around 60 schools were surveyed and rated, we are listing here only the top 30 schools. However, parents can reach out to us on the comment section below this article, in case, they want to seek parameter wise rating for any other school not in this list. Below is the methodology adopted and the list itself:
Survey was conducted in the month of July. Schools, Parents and Teachers were invited to share their information/feedback about the schools. Along with these survey forms, Social analytics was performed to rate each school on different parameters viz. Academics, Individual attention, Co-curricular, Extra curricular, Infrastructure, Experiential learning, Teacher Welfare. As you would have noticed, this year, we have added an additional parameter i.e. Experiential learning which is an important part of progressive methodology of schooling. The schools were eventually ranked based on weighted average which involved certain weightage for each parameter summed up together.
| Main curriculum | Academics | Individual attention | Cocurricular | Extra curricular | Infrastructure | Experiential learning | Weighted avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathways | IB | 85 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 92 |
| Shiv nadar | CBSE | 90 | 85 | 95 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 89.5 |
| Shriram Moulsari | ICSE | 90 | 85 | 95 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 88.5 |
| Scottish high | ICSE | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 88.5 |
| Heritage DLF V | IB | 80 | 95 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 88.25 |
| Shriram Aravali | ICSE | 90 | 85 | 95 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 87.5 |
| Heritage 62 | CBSE | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 87.5 |
| Lancers International school | IB | 85 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 87.25 |
| Beacon school (perception based) | CBSE | 85 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 95 | 87.25 |
| Shikshantar | ICSE | 85 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 86.75 |
| DPS international sector 50 | IB | 85 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 86.75 |
| Suncity 54 | CBSE | 90 | 80 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 |
| Amity Intl 46 | CBSE | 95 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 85.75 |
| HDFC (Knowledge habitat now) | CBSE | 90 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 85.75 |
| TSMS | CBSE | 85 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85.75 |
| LVIS | CBSE | 90 | 80 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 85.5 |
| GD Goenka World school | Cambridge | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 85.5 |
| DPS 45 | CBSE | 95 | 75 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 75 | 85.25 |
| Kunskapsskolan DLF | CBSE | 80 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 85.25 |
| Kunskapsskolan Intl | CBSE | 80 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 85 |
| Suncity 37D | CBSE | 85 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 84.75 |
| Shalom presidency | CBSE | 80 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 84.5 |
| Ambience school | CBSE | 80 | 90 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 84.5 |
| DPS Sushant Lok | CBSE | 90 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 75 | 84.25 |
| Matrikiran 49 | ICSE | 75 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 84.25 |
| MRIS | CBSE | 85 | 80 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 84 |
| Pragnayam school | CBSE | 80 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 83.5 |
| Matrikiran 83 | ICSE | 75 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 90 | 83.25 |
| Vibgyor | CBSE | 80 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 83 |
The scoring for Best schools in Gurgaon 2025 has been done basis of following data sets, which were then rounded over to nearest 5’s:
- School Survey form (30%- Derived from parent feedback if school did not submit the survey form)
- Parent Survey form and feedback (35%)
- Teacher Survey form (10%)
- Social analytics (25%)
For those parents with keen interest in academics, they can refer to our 2025 list for reference to the academic results of schools in Gurgaon
We hope this list is useful to you. However, we would like to state here that while schools were ranked based on weighted average, parents can always sort the above list basis of an individual parameter. Parents shall identify parameters in sync with their own expectations as well as child’s caliber/interests.
Please also note that some of these parameters have been rated relative to a benchmark. It doesn’t always necessarily mean that a school is regarded as at least this much efficient in such and such parameter.
Also, prospective parents shall treat this list as a representation of feedback from a certain set of schools and existing parents involved. The prospective parents are advised to visit all the schools of their interest and thereafter conclude their findings. You are more than welcome to share your views here (use comments section towards the bottom end of the page)
I would like to give my honest opinion and review of St. Xaviers High School Gurgaon
Not a genuine St. Xavier’s school: This Gurgaon school is run by private operators, not affiliated with the renowned St. Xavier’s schools in Delhi or St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. The name seems to be a marketing stunt which has paid the school well. Just think when naming an educational institute has manipulation in it what would be the final result.
Academics lacking: Teachers rush lessons, students are overloaded with irrelevant assignments and events. Most of the students take private tuitions. Board results and competitive exam outcomes are poor.
No notable achievements in sports: The school has no recognized sports accomplishments. School focus on the activities mainly where money can be minted.
Not in top 10 schools of Gurgaon: Despite high fees, the school does not rank among the leading schools in the city. Doubt, if it is in top 20 either.
Safety & hygiene issues: During an overnight stay for a sports tournament, junior students stayed at a sweet shop on the highway with dirty, open toilets, leaving small children unsafe. The school’s response that this “makes children strong”!
High fees & low accountability: Fees are on the higher side, parent’s concerns are often ignored. Last year school raised tution fee by 40%
Focus & values: The school prioritizes image, events, and “woke” messaging over meaningful learning and traditional values.
With this style, this could become another JNU or Ashka University.
Summary: Run by private operators, this school charges high fees but delivers poor academics, no sports recognition, unsafe conditions, and misplaced priorities.
I checked the list in detail and I must say you have put great efforts in curating this list, it shows you have done in-depth research on Gurgaon school unlike other paid rankings which place any average school in top 10 ranks, there is intense competition in Gurgaon and all schools have something unique about them, that’s why, it is very difficult market for making the good schools list. Based on my research too, ranking is almost similar except few exceptions like Beacon is placed higher than other top schools though they just started the session and it is just a perception, I personally feel, any new school should be a part of the list at least after one or two sessions as other schools also proved them after years of hard work, otherwise, list looks nice and will be very helpful for Gurgaon parents.
Thanks so much Sunny for your honest feedback. We take it constructively. Regarding including a new school in the rankings, we do consider schools with an ongoing session in our survey. We did include TSMS in year 2018 during its year of launch and it did do very well with its academic outcomes along with the decent feedback still of its SEL curriculum. So, although perception driven, it did end up being close to right. We hope the one with Beacon school too works the same 🙂 However, this is also making sense that we have them in separate list of emerging schools, will take this up with the core survey team. Thanks again.
Thanks for reviewing matrikiran schools too
Sounds reasonable to me. You have beacon too in the list and I was comparing beacon with tsms and heritage 64, it looks like heritage 64 is not really a great option considering its small size as well. So considering between beacon and TSMS.only and this will help