Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between September 2025 and August 2026.
Deutsche Schule Thessaloniki (DST) is a co-educational German school in Thessaloniki, Greece. The school follows the German curriculum and provides a bilingual German-Greek education. It aims to help all students develop skills and acquire values for their future. The school serves the German-speaking community and local families interested in German-language education in northern Greece.
Pinewood American International School is a co-educational day and boarding school in Thessaloniki, serving approximately 600 students from Pre-K to Grade 12. Founded in 1950, it teaches in English and combines an American standards-based curriculum with the IB Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. High School students may also follow the American Diploma, Advanced Placement courses, AP Capstone and selected Global Online Academy courses.
The Early Years, Elementary, Middle and High School divisions are located together on the Anatolia College campus in Pylaia. The newer secondary complex includes science laboratories, a library, flexible classrooms, a design studio and a central atrium known as “The Forest,” featuring architectural structures inspired by trees. Students can participate in sports, music, visual arts, theatre, Model United Nations, technology and service activities. A distinctive option is the joint Anatolia–Pinewood IB Diploma Programme, which provides classes of no more than 15 students and access to boarding, university counselling and a broad selection of IB subjects.
Anatolia College is a co-educational, non-profit school in Thessaloniki, founded in Merzifon in 1886 and re-established there in 1924. Its school divisions span Pre-K to Grade 12: Anatolia Elementary School covers Pre-K–6, while Anatolia High School includes middle school, high school and a two-year IB Diploma Programme for Grades 11–12. The programme follows Greece’s national curriculum, with English-language learning beginning in Kindergarten; the IB Diploma offers English, Greek, French, Spanish, German and Mandarin language options. Facilities include the Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center with science laboratories and learning areas, the Innovation Isle’s Fabrication Lab and Green Education Center, and the Kassandra Center housing the IBDP. A distinctive feature is Anatolia’s F1 in Schools STEM Academy for Northern Greece, supported by CNC and 3D-printing equipment. Students can access CTY Greece, operated with Johns Hopkins University and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, plus a programme of arts, diplomacy, sport and service activities.
Mandoulides Schools (Εκπαιδευτήρια Ε. Μαντουλίδη) is a well-established private educational institution in Thessaloniki, Greece, founded in 1978. The school has been committed to providing high-quality education for over four decades. It offers primary and secondary education following the Greek curriculum with strong emphasis on quality and student development.
The Ecole Française de Thessalonique is a co-educational French school in Thessaloniki, Greece, offering education from nursery through to the lycée (upper secondary) level. The school follows the French national curriculum and is accredited by the MLF (Mission Laïque Française) network. Instruction is primarily in French and Greek, with English also taught. The school has a meal service and offers extracurricular activities including judo. It is associated with the Institut Français de Thessalonique.
