Latvia, Riga
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Dzirnavu iela 16, Riga, Latvia; central Riga; the only international school in the center of Riga.
Pre-school, Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle School.
International school (German international school).
Germany
08:00 - 18:30, Monday to Friday.
Application and registration fees
- Registration fee (one‑time, first year, first child): EUR 1,000.
- Registration fee for 1st year for the 2nd and 3rd child of the same family: EUR 500.
- Registration fee for every subsequent year (per child): EUR 500.
Tuition fees by year group (published figures for the 2025/26 academic year where available; monthly billing and per‑year detail shown where the school publishes monthly rates)
- Nursery (age 2): Annual tuition EUR 10,400 (equivalent to monthly billing proportion based on the school's Sep–June monthly schedule).
- Kindergarten 1 (age 3): Annual tuition EUR 9,700.
- Kindergarten 2 (age 4): Annual tuition EUR 9,700.
- Kindergarten 3 (age 5): Annual tuition EUR 9,700.
- Grade 1 (age 6): Annual tuition EUR 8,400.
- Grade 2 (age 7): Annual tuition EUR 8,400.
- Grade 3 (age 8): Annual tuition EUR 8,400.
- Grade 4 (age 9): Annual tuition EUR 8,400.
- Grade 5 (age 10): Annual tuition EUR 9,700.
- Grade 6 (age 11): Annual tuition EUR 9,700.
Note on monthly billing format: the school's published fee schedule shows tuition stated as monthly amounts billed for September through June; the annual figures above correspond to the school's published annual/annualized fees. Monthly amounts (Sep–June) and other line items (food, books, summer care) are published in the school's fee schedule.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Tuition is published and invoiced on a monthly basis for the period September through June. Annual totals can be derived from the stated monthly rates.
- The registration fee is payable at enrolment (first year rules differ for first/second/third child as stated above).
- Books and study‑materials are charged per year, with amounts varying by age/grade (examples shown in the published fee schedule include: toddlers/intermediate age – no charge; preschool ~EUR 270 per year; Grades 1–4 ~EUR 375 per year; Grades 5–7 ~EUR 480 per year).
- Food (school/kindergarten meals) is charged as a daily/monthly item calculated by number of school days; the published daily rate in recent schedules is EUR 6.50 per day (allergic food + EUR 1).
- Weekly summer care (July–August) is published as an additional charge (example recent value EUR 175 per week).
Boarding fees
- No boarding provision applies; the school operates for early years and primary age ranges (ages 2–12) as a day school. There are no published boarding fees.
Other costs and one‑off charges
- One‑time and grade‑specific items shown in the published schedules include a one‑time Notebook fee for Grade 8 (example in recent published schedule: EUR 1,850) and a separate charge for paper/digital books for upper grades (example EUR 200 for Grades 8–12).
- Books and study materials annual charges differ by group as noted above.
- Meal charges are applied monthly based on school days at the published per‑day rate; special‑diet supplement is published as an additional daily charge.
- Family discounts for multiple children are published in the fee schedule (typical structure shown in recent schedules: 10% discount for the younger sibling, 25% for the third child, 50% for the fourth child — applied to tuition).
Refund information
- Registration and tuition fees are published as non‑refundable in the event a child is disenrolled; the school's published fee documents state that the registration fee and other specified fees are non‑refundable on withdrawal/disenrolment.
Fee payment options and practical note
- The school's public fee schedules specify billing cadence and the line items listed above; the published fee materials do not list an exhaustive set of accepted instant payment channels (for example a specific list of credit card brands or explicit bank account details is not presented within the fee schedule pages cited). For payment channel details (bank transfer instructions, card acceptance, or invoice/payment deadlines and penalties) families use the school's finance and admissions contacts as provided in the school's contact information.
More than 25 nationalities represented.
Deutsche Internationale Schule Riga is a German international school located in Riga. Founded in 2015 as a kindergarten, it has expanded to elementary and secondary levels, with the oldest students in grade 9. Serving about 300 children from 25 countries, the school offers the IB Diploma Programme (DP) alongside a bespoke curriculum for German Auslandsschulen, including the GIB-Abschluss, an extended IB variant. The curriculum emphasizes language learning from early childhood: preschool and kindergarten are taught by German teachers with native-speaking capabilities, supported by German-speaking assistants who also understand Latvian, Russian and English; in elementary, students study German, English and a third language, with a fourth language added in middle school. English instruction starts in kindergarten and a Sommer language course runs in summer. Classes run 8:30–15:30, with an after-school program until 18:30 offering homework support, tutoring, electives and supervision. The school welcomes residents and international families on stays in Latvia.