Mexico, Tuxtla Gutierrez
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The school is located at Blvd. Belisario Domínguez 5580, Colonia Las 5 Plumas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas 29020, Mexico. It is in the Las 5 Plumas neighborhood of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
Five divisions: Maternal (preschool), Kindergarten, Primary (Grades 1-5), Middle School/Secundaria (Grades 6-8), and High School/Preparatoria (Grades 9-12).
Private co-educational international school following an American educational model aligned with Mexican regulatory requirements.
The educational model aligns with United States standards and is IB-compatible.
Overview
The school does not publish a public, itemised fee schedule for the 2026/27 academic year (or for 2025/26) on its publicly available pages. The entries below list every typical fee category requested and state whether a specific amount or detailed schedule is published; where the school has published policy-language about a fee category this is stated.
Application / Admissions fee
- Not publicly listed: there is no published amount for an application or admissions fee available in the school's public pages. Any application or enrolment fee amount is not published for 2026/27 or 2025/26.
Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)
- Not publicly listed by amount: the school identifies the served levels (Maternal, Kínder, Primaria, Secundaria, Preparatoria) but does not publish per-term or per-year tuition amounts for any grade. No numeric tuition schedule by year group or term is available on the school's public pages for 2026/27 or 2025/26.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Monthly billing referenced: the school's rules/regulations language refers to a monthly tuition payment ("colegiatura mensual") and mentions an annual materials fee for art/special projects, indicating tuition is collected on a recurring/monthly basis. The precise billing calendar (number of payments per academic year or per-term amounts), invoice due dates, accepted late-payment penalties, and installment options are not published.
Boarding / residential fees (if applicable)
- No boarding program indicated: the school describes itself as serving maternal through bachillerato (day-school educational levels) and does not list dormitories or boarding services; therefore no boarding fees are published or applicable in public materials.
Other costs and recurring charges
- Annual materials / project fees: the school's regulation language specifically references an annual materials fee for Art and Special Projects; no public numeric amount is provided.
- Extracurricular / academy charges: the school runs multiple academies and extracurricular programmes (music, sports, robotics, languages, etc.). Specific programme fees, per-activity charges, or instrument/activity rental fees are not published.
- Uniforms / dress-code costs: there is no published uniform price list or uniform-purchase policy with amounts on the school's public pages. Whether uniforms are sold through the school or a supplier and associated costs are not published.
- Transportation, lunches, examinations, certification, or technology fees: no public fee amounts for transport, meals, external exam fees, IB/other certification fees or technology contributions are published.
Refund information
- Not publicly listed: no public statement of a numeric refund policy (amounts refundable, deadlines for refunds, or pro‑rata calculations) is published for admissions, deposits, tuition or extras in the school's public materials.
Fee payment options and methods
- Not publicly listed: explicit published payment methods (credit card, direct-debit, bank transfer, cash, online payment portal) and the ability to pay by instalments are not shown in public pages. Contact information for the administration is provided for billing and payment enquiries.
Summary of what is and is not available
- What is available publicly: confirmation of the school's educational levels, campus information and general references to policies that indicate a monthly tuition structure and an annual materials fee for art/projects.
- What is not available publicly: any numeric fee amounts (application, per-term or per-year tuition by grade, boarding fees, uniform costs, transport/lunch/extracurricular charges, refund tables, and specific payment-method instructions) for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic years are not published on the school's public pages.
Administrative contact for fee and billing enquiries
- The school's published contact details (phone, WhatsApp and email) are provided for obtaining precise, current numeric fee schedules, billing calendars, payment-method instructions and refund rules. Use the school's admissions/billing contact to request the official fee schedule for a given academic year.
The American School Foundation of Chiapas (ASFC) is a private co-educational international school in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, with over 30 years of operation. The school offers education from Maternal through Preparatoria (High School) with an IB programme and bilingual English-Spanish instruction. ASFC offers more than 15 extracurricular academy options including orchestra, robotics, and taekwondo. The school is accredited by Cognia and is a member of ASOMEX and AAIE.