St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju

St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju is located on Jeju Island in Seogwipo City, Jeju Province, South Korea. The campus address is 10, Global edu-ro 304beon-gil, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province 63644. It sits within Jeju's Global Education City, a cluster of international schools, and follows a U.S.-based educational model linked to St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont. The school is NEASC-accredited and operates as a PreK-12 day and boarding school.

SJA Jeju serves PreK through Grade 12, with Elementary, Middle School, and High School divisions. The program includes Early Childhood through to the final year of high school, all on one campus.

St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju is a private, independent, co-educational school offering both day and boarding options. Boarding is available for Grades 6–12.

A dedicated English as an Additional Language (EAL) program is offered, with at least one full-time EAL teacher per grade from PreK to Grade 5 and a push-in model to support learning in content areas. The school is a member of the WIDA International School Consortium to support English language learners.

The school is affiliated with the United States through its connection to St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont, and it holds NEASC accreditation and U.S.-based, international-school memberships.

The school is non-denominational.

The SJA Jeju academic year follows the United States schedule, with fall semester from August to December and the second semester from January to mid-June. Evening Study is scheduled in the evenings: High School Library sessions run from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, and Middle School dorm sessions run from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. A Capstone Intensive Learning Model is used in grades 5, 8, and 12.

The school provides a school bus service. The 2025-2026 tuition and fees list a School Bus Fee of KRW 4,235,000 per year (KRW 2,117,500 per term).

Application fees

- Application Fee: KRW 400,000 (non‑refundable).

Annual tuition — fees by year group (full detail)

- Early Childhood (PK3 / PK4 / Kinder): Annual tuition KRW 24,130,000 + USD 8,990.

- Elementary School (Grade 1–5): Annual tuition KRW 24,130,000 + USD 8,990.

- Middle School (Grade 6–8): Annual tuition KRW 25,470,000 + USD 9,490.

- High School (Grade 9–12): Annual tuition KRW 26,530,000 + USD 9,880.

Boarding fees (where applicable)

- Boarding is available for Grades 6–12.
- Annual Boarding Fee: KRW 16,430,000. Meals are billed separately by the catering company (meal costs are not included in the boarding fee).

Other one‑time and annual fees

- Registration Fee (one‑time, capital fee at initial enrollment): KRW 5,000,000 (non‑refundable).

- Boarding Registration Fee (one‑time): KRW 500,000.

- International Student Fee (annual): KRW 3,600,000.

- Re‑enrollment Fee (one‑time on re‑entry): KRW 2,500,000 (non‑refundable).

- School Bus Fee (annual): KRW 4,235,000 (stated as KRW 2,117,500 per term).

- Other costs: Various excursions, activities and program‑specific charges are billed to families separately as they occur.

- Sibling discounts: 5% tuition discount for the second child; 10% tuition discount for the third child.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Tuition and boarding fees are presented as annual amounts by year group and by program.

- Full tuition is required to be paid in two currencies: 70% in KRW and 30% in USD. Students must pay both currency components.

- The School states that students with outstanding fees will not be permitted to attend classes.

- The School lists the school bus fee on an annual basis and notes the per‑term breakdown (KRW 2,117,500 per term), but specific invoice dates and exact payment deadlines are not published in the publicly available fee summary.

Refund information

- Specified non‑refundable items: the Application Fee, the one‑time Registration (capital) Fee, and the Re‑enrollment Fee are identified as non‑refundable.

- No public schedule of tuition or boarding refunds for mid‑term or withdrawal situations is published in the accessible fee summary; specific refund rules and timelines for withdrawals or cancellations are not present in the public fee page.

Fee payment options

- An online billing portal is in use for invoicing and payment administration. Public materials do not list the full set of accepted payment channels (for example, which card networks, whether credit card payments are accepted, or whether Flywire/PayMyTuition are supported).

Notes on how charges are presented and billed

- Annual tuition figures above combine a KRW component and a USD component; both must be paid.

- Meal costs for boarders are separated from the boarding fee and are billed by the catering company.

- Excursions and other optional activities are billed separately as they occur.

Summary of publicly unavailable details

- The publicly available fee information gives clear annual amounts, currency split (70% KRW / 30% USD), non‑refundable items, and the school's online billing portal address, but it does not publish a detailed payment calendar with due dates, a full tuition‑refund schedule for withdrawals, nor a list of accepted payment methods (credit card, wire instructions, international payment partners). Where such operational details are required, they are managed through the School's billing system or direct billing correspondence.