The first school of International School of Beijing (ISB), located in the elevator hallway between two apartments on the fifth floor of the Sanlitun Diplomatic Apartments, had eight students and two certified teachers. An article about it in the Newsweek magazine in 1974 dubbed it The Little Red Schoolhouse.
In some 25 years, the school has grown from a small elementary school to a full-range elementary, middle, and high school of 1830 students from 54 nations. What began as The Little Red Schoolhouse in the 1970’s has grown into a 33-acre, state-of-the-art campus as ISB heads into the 21st century.
School Strength
Nowadays, a modern 50,000 square meters school building, nestled in the middle of a 133,500 square meters campus in the countryside setting of the Shunyi District of Beijing, became ISB's new home when it opened in January 2002. The school's new location in the northeast section of the city, 15 minutes from Beijing's international airport, puts it near many expatriate housing compounds (four of the largest are just 5 minutes away). ISB in Shunyi is also near the airport expressway.
At the International School of Beijing, teaching and learning is the passion. All the teachers strive to offer the best international Early Childhood - Grade 12 education in the world, and the school has the best educators in the world!
Academic Programs
International School of Beijing has adapted the best American standard-based curricula, and together with the International Baccalaureate diploma program, offers a world class international education for all students. The standards describe the skills, knowledge and understandings to be demonstrated by students by the time they graduate from High School.