The Best IB Schools in Hong Kong (2026 Results)

Hong Kong's 2026 IB Results: The Headline Numbers

Hong Kong, known for its vibrant educational landscape, offers a wide range of International Baccalaureate (IB) schools. These institutions are renowned for their rigorous academic standards and diverse curricula, and the May 2026 results confirm the city's standing as one of the strongest IB regions in the world.

The Top Performers in 2026

St Paul's Co-educational College leads the city again with a record average of 42.6 and six perfect scorers — extending a run at the top that now stretches back years.

Victoria Shanghai Academy posted a school record of 39 with nine students on a perfect 45 — the largest perfect-score count announced by any single school so far this year.

Diocesan Boys' School reported a record five perfect 45s with sixteen students on 44, and St. Stephen's College matched the five perfect scores with around 60% of its cohort at 40 or above. Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School added six perfect scorers of its own.

At network scale, the English Schools Foundation announced 27 perfect 45s across roughly a thousand candidates on a group average of 36.4 — a reminder that large, non-selective cohorts and small, academically selective ones are measuring different things (more on that below).

School results are self-reported through school announcements and are still arriving; the IB itself does not publish school rankings.

The Full 2025 Table: The Last Complete Comparison

Because schools publish 2026 numbers progressively, the May 2025 session remains the most recent complete year for side-by-side comparison:

Across the territory in 2025: an average of 36.72 over 2,630 candidates, a 97% pass rate, and 31 perfect 45s — against a global average of 30.58.

How to Read School Averages

A league table hides as much as it shows. Four things to weigh before treating an average as a verdict:

• Cohort size. German Swiss sat 68 candidates in 2025; ESF sat over 900. Small cohorts swing more year to year, and one exceptional class can move a small school's average by a full point.
• Selectivity. Several of the highest-averaging schools are academically selective local institutions; large international schools take broader intakes. Their averages answer different questions.
• Dual-track schools. Where a school runs both the IB and another curriculum, the IB cohort may be self-selected — often the academically strongest stream.
• Trajectory. A school improving steadily — Victoria Shanghai Academy's climb to a record 39 is this year's clearest example — can tell you more about the teaching than a static high number.

PYP, MYP and DP: The Programmes on Offer

Hong Kong's IB schools offer a variety of programs, including the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Diploma Programme (DP). Schools like Clearwater Bay School and Sha Tin Junior School focus on the PYP, fostering a strong foundation in younger students, while institutions like Carmel School Association and the French International School of Hong Kong provide a comprehensive K-12 education, integrating IB principles throughout their curricula.

Beyond the Numbers: Holistic Education

These schools emphasize not just academic excellence but also the holistic development of students. They aim to nurture global citizens and leaders of the future, with a focus on creativity, critical thinking, and intercultural understanding — the qualities the Diploma's core (TOK, the Extended Essay and CAS) is built to develop.

Choosing the Right IB School

Selecting the right IB school in Hong Kong depends on more than an average. Weigh the school's curriculum pathway (does it run the MYP into the DP, or switch curricula at 16?), its subject availability at Higher Level, its philosophy and community, the commute your child will make for two intense years, and — honestly — fit: the school where a student feels they belong tends to be the school where they perform.

Once the school is settled, the next decision is how to support the two Diploma years themselves — our guide comparing online and in-person IB tutoring covers that choice in the same spirit as this one.

Schools on the Rise

The landscape is dynamic. When this guide was first written, we noted Victoria Shanghai Academy and Creative Secondary School as schools showing significant progress — a call that aged well: VSA's record 39 average and nine perfect scorers in 2026 mark it out as the city's clearest riser. Expect the band just below the traditional leaders to keep tightening.