American International School of Costa Rica

Ciudad Cariari, La Asunción de Belén, Heredia, Costa Rica.

Pre-school to 12th grade, organized as Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, and High School.

Private, co-educational, non-profit day school.

Special education services and English language support (ESL) for non-native English and Spanish speakers.

United States (U.S.-style education and U.S. high school diploma).

Calendar follows the U.S. academic year (August–December and mid-January–June); two semesters; school day 8:00am–3:00pm; after-school activities 3:10pm–4:10pm.

Bus service is available for an additional fee; routes and costs provided by the transportation provider (contact AIS for details).

Overview for the 2026/27 (or 2025/26) academic year

There is no publicly posted, itemized 2026/27 (or 2025/26) fee schedule available in the school's public admissions materials. The school publishes an admissions form and general admissions information but does not publish a complete tuition-and-fees table for the requested academic year.

Application / enrollment fees
- No specific, current application or non‑refundable enrollment fee amount is posted in the school's public admissions materials for 2026/27 or 2025/26.
- Third‑party school directories list historical or estimated one‑time enrollment/registration fees for AIS in past reports; those figures are unofficial estimates and not an official current schedule.

Tuition fees by school level (per term / per year group)
- The school does not publish an itemised tuition table by grade or term for 2026/27 (or 2025/26) in its publicly available admissions materials. Parents should treat the following figures as third‑party estimates (not official school‑published rates):
- Yearly tuition ranges reported by independent directories for recent years: approximately USD 4,080 to USD 8,420 per year (range reported across directories).
- Example reported approximations from independent school guides: preschool/PK/K full‑day approximately USD 6,630 per year; grades 1–12 approximately USD 10,520 per year (these are directory figures and not an official school schedule).
- There is no officially published breakdown per term (e.g., per trimester or per semester) available in the school's public materials for 2026/27 or 2025/26.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- The school's publicly available admissions documents do not provide a detailed billing calendar, payment deadlines, or standard payment‑term options (annual, semester, monthly) for 2026/27 or 2025/26. Families should expect billing structures common to international day schools (annual, semester or monthly plans), but no official schedule or terms are posted in the public admissions documents.

Boarding / residential fees
- AIS operates as a day school; there is no public indication that full or weekly boarding is offered or billed. No boarding fees are published because boarding is not applicable.

Other costs and recurring fees
- After‑school activities, certain camps, and some extracurricular programs carry additional fees; these activities are identified as having supplemental charges in student‑life materials. Exact per‑activity charges are not listed in the public materials.
- Common additional potential costs (not publicly priced by the school) include: uniforms, school trips or overnight camps (elementary grades often have an annual overnight camp), specialised course fees (where applicable), textbooks or consumable materials, and transport/bus service where families choose it. The school's admissions and student‑life information mention such services and activities but do not publish a consolidated fee list.

Refund information
- There is no publicly posted, itemised refund or cancellation policy in the school's publicly available admissions documents for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic years. Refund terms (for deposits, tuition prepayments, or voluntary withdrawals) are not listed in the admissions form or public pages.

Fee payment options
- The school's public admissions materials do not list a standard set of accepted payment methods (credit card, bank transfer, local bank account, online payment portal) for general tuition payments. For certain school events and programs (for example, Model United Nations event registrations), the school provides bank transfer details and an accounting contact, which demonstrates that bank transfer is used for some school‑related payments. This indicates the school accepts bank transfers for at least some payments, but a complete list of accepted methods for tuition is not posted publicly.

What is not available in the school's public materials
- There is no published, official line‑item tuition schedule by grade or term for the 2026/27 academic year (and no explicit 2025/26 schedule publicly posted). There are no posted official amounts for application fees, registration fees, term/semester breakdowns, billing dates, or refund policy language in the school's public admissions documents. Where directories and guides list numerical ranges or sample annual fees, those figures are independent estimates and not the school's official published schedule.

If you require exact, current numbers (application fee, per‑grade tuition per term and per year, bus fees, uniform costs, refund policy and full list of accepted payment methods) for the 2026/27 academic year, those figures were not available in the school's public admissions materials at the time this information was collected. The school's admissions form, contact information and event payment pages are the only public financial references located in the school's published materials.

Approximately 80% Central and South American; 13% United States; 7% other nationalities.