International & Private Schools in Chiang Mai

Find, compare and understand schools for your family. Fees come from each school’s own published schedule, with the date we read it.

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26schools listed
19international
7private local
20with published fees
US$3,150–24,280†฿105,900–816,400all-in yearly fees, 2026 schedules

Schools by area

The same areas as the Kids map. Most international schools sit in the green south-west around Hang Dong, with others north in Mae Rim and east along the Superhighway.

Map of the Chiang Mai area split into the Playbook areas, with the number of listed schools in each: Hang Dong & Southwest 7, Mae Rim & North 2, East & Northeast 2, Hills to CM West 1; Day trips west and south and Doi Inthanon have none. A dashed box marks the city centre, shown in the zoom below.
1 · The whole area. Each coloured block is one Playbook area, with how many schools we list there. The dashed box is the city centre, zoomed in below.
Zoomed map of central Chiang Mai: Nong Hoi & Tha Sala 6 schools, East of the Ping 4, Night Bazaar & Riverside 2, Chang Phueak & North City 1, Airport & South-West 1, with the edge of Hang Dong & Southwest (7) in the south-west; Old City and Nimman & West have none.
2 · City centre, zoomed in. The smaller areas inside and around the moat, with the northern edge of Hang Dong & Southwest for reference.

Tap an area’s label to see its schools. Full-size maps: whole area · city centre. Area outlines are the Playbook’s own groupings for finding things, not official district boundaries. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

How we show fees

All-in annual is tuition plus the compulsory yearly charges a continuing student pays (capital levies, compulsory lunch, resource fees). Year-1 top-up is what a new family pays on top in the first year: application, entrance or registration fees. Refundable deposits and optional extras (bus, EAL, boarding) are listed separately and not included. Fees are for the school year shown, from the school’s own fee schedule.

† Prices are shown in US dollars, converted at ฿33.63 = US$1 (XE mid-market rate, 10 Nov 2026) and rounded. Schools charge in Thai baht: the baht figure shown with each price is the actual amount. Today’s rate ↗

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