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The school is located at No. 72, Third Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, China 300457. It sits in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) in the Binhai district, a residential area with an expatriate population. The campus is in a residential section of TEDA, about ten minutes from Tanggu and about fifty minutes from central Tianjin by road.
The school serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. It is organized into Pre-Kindergarten, Primary (K-5), Middle School (6-8), and High School (9-12).
TEDA International School is a government-owned, non-profit, non-sectarian, coeducational day school. It operates as the international division of TEDA International School within the Binhai-area public school system and is open to foreigners residing in TEDA.
English language learners receive additional support from specially trained teachers. Students with mild learning and social-emotional needs receive support from specialized staff. High school language support is not available.
There is no country-specific affiliation. The school is government-owned and part of the Binhai-area public school system in Tianjin, China.
The school is non-sectarian and has no religious affiliation.
The school provides a full-day program for Pre-K through Grade 12. The divisions are Pre-Kindergarten; Primary K-5; Middle School; and High School. Start/end times are not published publicly and are communicated to families during the admissions process.
A dedicated school bus service is not listed on the official pages. Transportation details should be confirmed with the admissions team.
Application fees
- Application / registration: RMB 2,000 (one‑time, new students).
Tuition fees (annual, by year group)
- FS1 (early years level): RMB 109,440 per year.
- KG1 / FS2 and KG2 / Year 1 through Grade 5: RMB 167,400 per year.
- Grade 6 and above (middle and high school grades): RMB 182,160 per year.
(Note: other publicly listed summaries show a different published breakdown for broad bands — Pre‑kindergarten RMB 63,000–98,000, Primary RMB 147,000 and Secondary RMB 160,000 — indicating that published annual totals can vary by source. )
Per‑term detail
- Tuition figures available in public listings are published as annual amounts; a term‑by‑term breakdown was not published in the fee listings consulted.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- The school operates on an August–June academic year. Annual tuition is quoted in the sources consulted. A published, itemized billing schedule (term due dates, installment deadlines, penalties for late payment) was not available in the public fee pages accessed.
Boarding fees
- TEDA International School is a day school; there are no boarding fees.
Other costs and typical additional fees
- Additional costs commonly reported by school directories and regional listings that may apply (amounts not published): school lunch / catering; school uniform; extracurricular activity fees; elective program or specialist class fees; technology requirements (laptop for older students) and occasional capital / building levies. Specific charges for these items were not published in the fee listings consulted.
Refund information
- No detailed public refund policy for tuition or registration charges was published in the fee pages and directory listings consulted. The registration/application charge is commonly treated as a one‑time administrative fee in directory entries.
Fee payment options
- Public fee listings reviewed do not specify the school's accepted payment channels (for example: bank transfer, credit card, online payment). The consulted sources quote annual tuition amounts but do not publish a complete list of accepted payment methods or merchant/payment surcharges.
The school is a government-owned, non-profit, non-sectarian, coeducational day school established in 1995 to serve foreign nationalities residing in the TEDA area. In 2019 the school underwent a rebranding that new logo/colors reflect the area's port-and-sea connection.