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Focusing on the early childhood education stage, KingLead has built and continuously updates a dynamic big data database of international kindergartens globally, covering over 10,000 institutions worldwide, including more than 3,000 in China. Since 2023, KingLead has surveyed over 100 international kindergartens through field surveys and principal interviews. On this basis, a professional and systematic evaluation and rating system has been established, employing scientific weighting and weighted calculations to form a rigorous and scientific assessment methodology. The aim is to help parents choose kindergartens in a science-based manner, while driving industry progress and contributing to the construction of a high-quality development system and innovation ecosystem for international kindergartens in China.
●KingLead International Kindergarten Rankings System●
China International Kindergarten Brand Value Top 100
Currently, early childhood education has entered a new era centered on "high-quality development." The brand building of international kindergartens is not only related to the long-term development of the institutions but also influences parents' enrollment choices. This ranking is based on a dynamically updated global database of international kindergartens and surveys conducted on over a hundred kindergartens. It carries forward the core evaluation dimensions of the International School Brand Value Ranking while adapting them to the characteristics of kindergartens. The ranking certifies and rates kindergartens across five dimensions: infrastructure, faculty, social influence, sustainable operations, and industry influence. Among these, industry influence is given particular emphasis, with a special focus on brand history and educational philosophy—the former emphasizing historical heritage, and the latter focusing on forward-looking concepts. The goal is to uncover international kindergartens with profound brand heritage, stable educational quality, and sustainable development potential, providing parents with a scientific reference for kindergarten selection.
China International Kindergarten Innovative Competitiveness Top 100
In an era of rapidly evolving technology, education must respond to the higher demands that the times place on talent. This challenges the traditional kindergarten operation model, and kindergartens need to innovate continuously to lay the foundation for children's future readiness. This ranking is based on a dynamically updated global database of international kindergartens and surveys conducted on over a hundred kindergartens. It carries forward the core innovation competitiveness evaluation dimensions of international schools while adapting them to the characteristics of kindergartens. The ranking certifies and rates kindergartens across five dimensions: infrastructure, faculty, social influence, sustainable operations, and experts' assessment. Among these, particular emphasis is placed on evaluating innovative ideology, innovative curriculum, innovative integration, and innovative design. The goal is to identify international kindergartens with an innovative spirit and sustainable development potential, and to provide parents with a professional reference for kindergarten selection from an innovation perspective.
China International Kindergarten Characteristics Rankings
Parents' demand for personalized early childhood education has been growing steadily, with a rising number of parents seeking educational environments aligned with their children's unique interests and personalities. Against this backdrop, kindergartens with distinctive educational philosophies are drawing increasing attention. This ranking covers ten dimensions: Leadership, Science and Creativity, Mathematical, Humanities, American, British, Sports, Artistic, Chinese Culture, and Language. Based on a dynamically updated global database of international kindergartens and surveys conducted on over a hundred kindergartens, it carries forward the core evaluation dimensions of the International School Characteristics Ranking while adapting them to the characteristics of kindergartens. The ranking certifies and rates kindergartens across five dimensions: infrastructure, faculty, sustainable operations, social influence, and experts' assessment. Among these, particular emphasis is placed on evaluating courses and activities, faculty investment, and resource investment in each characteristic field, while also taking into account the characteristic philosophy and educational outcomes. The goal is to highlight the leading international kindergartens across the ten characteristic dimensions, providing parents with a diversified reference for kindergarten selection based on different areas of interest.
China International Kindergarten Competitiveness Ranking
The early childhood education stage represents a golden window for children's cognitive development, habit formation, and character building. The comprehensive quality of a kindergarten is fundamentally linked to the foundation upon which future innovative talents are cultivated. This ranking is based on a dynamically updated global database of international kindergartens and surveys conducted on over a hundred kindergartens, further optimizes the core evaluation dimensions, and has been formally upgraded from the previous China International Kindergarten Top 30 to the Top 100, offering more high-quality kindergartens an opportunity to be showcased. The ranking certifies and rates kindergartens across five dimensions: infrastructure, faculty, curriculum contents, sustainable operations, and social evaluation. Among these, particular emphasis is placed on sustainable operations, focusing on team stability, financial competitiveness, and student enrollment, while also taking into account industry evaluation and parents' satisfaction. The aim is to more fully reflect the educational strength of international kindergartens and to provide parents with a scientific reference for kindergarten selection.
KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index
On June 23, 2026, KingLead pioneered and officially released the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index. This is the first innovative city-index achievement launched by KingLead on the basis of its existing individual Kindergarten-focused evaluation system, following three consecutive years of releasing the China International Kindergarten Rankings Series.
The index is built on KingLead's years of accumulated big data and the rating results of the KingLead China International Kindergarten Rankings · 2026. It systematically organizes and quantitatively presents high-quality international kindergarten resources across dozens of cities, aiming to foster a virtuous cycle and high-quality development among international kindergartens, internationalized industries, and the international talent ecosystem, and to provide a brand-new perspective for the industry and society.
Background
Amid the technological revolution at the global level, innovative talent has become a core indicator of a nation's comprehensive competitiveness. International kindergartens serve as both crucial starting points for the enlightenment education of innovative talent and vital practical carriers connecting China with global early childhood education concepts. Against this backdrop, China's international kindergarten industry is undergoing a transition from quantitative growth to quality‑based competition, with core elements such as infrastructure, faculty and curriculum contents being continuously optimized and innovated, and the sustainable operation capability of kindergartens also receiving growing attention.
Cities concentrate innovation factors, cutting‑edge industries, and international talent, making their international preschool education development level an early reflection of their comprehensive competitiveness. Current industry evaluations mostly focus on individual kindergartens, with a lack of systematic observation from a macro city‑level perspective. As artificial intelligence evolves and global competition for innovative talent intensifies, establishing a long‑term, dynamic, and referable city index observation system will help foster a virtuous cycle and high‑quality development among international kindergartens, internationalized industries, and the international talent ecosystem.
Research Objects
Cities in Mainland of China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) with at least one international kindergarten listed on any of the following three KingLead rankings:
· KingLead China International Kindergarten Brand Value Top 100 · 2026
· KingLead China International Kindergarten Innovative Competitiveness Ranking · 2026
· KingLead China International Kindergarten Competitiveness Ranking Top 100 · 2026
Data Sources
The data for the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index comes from all kindergartens rated AAAAA, AAAA, or AAA on KingLead's three rankings — Brand Value, Innovative Competitiveness, and Competitiveness — along with their corresponding city affiliation information.
KingLead's ranking data is based on its dynamically updated global database of international kindergartens and field research conducted by international education experts from KingLead Research.
Evaluation Methods
The KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index Model assigns scores on a gradient basis according to the highest rating each listed kindergarten achieves across KingLead's three major 2026 rankings — Brand Value, Innovative Competitiveness, and Competitiveness. The relative level of high-quality international kindergarten resources in each city is quantified by summing the city's total score and applying a benchmark conversion. All listed cities have at least one high-quality international kindergarten rated AAA or above.
The KingLead China International Kindergartens City Index Model is constructed as follows:
1. Single Kindergarten Scoring Standard: Each international kindergarten is assigned a score based on its highest rating across the three KingLead rankings (AAAAA = 30 points, AAAA = 10 points, AAA = 5 points). If a kindergarten is listed on more than one ranking, only the highest rating is counted once, with no double counting.
2. City Initial Total Score: The scores of all listed kindergartens within the same city are summed.
3. Index Conversion: The highest initial total score among all cities is taken as the benchmark and set to 100 points. The index scores of the remaining cities are calculated using the following formula: City Index = (City Initial Total Score / Highest City Initial Total Score) × 100. The final city index results fall within the range of 0–100.
Rankings
Cities
# 1 Shanghai
Shanghai ranks 1st in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 100.00. Shanghai has 53 International Kindergartens listed, including 16 KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens, 17 KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens, and 20 KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergartens. Representative kindergartens include: Fortune Kindergarten Hongqiao Campus, Fortune Kindergarten Longyang Campus, Fortune Kindergarten Qingpu, Fortune Kindergarten OCT, Shanghai Qingpu World Foreign Language Kindergarten, Fortune Kindergarten Dongfang Campus, Fortune Kindergarten Yaohua Campus, Fortune Kindergarten Xinlicheng Campus, Fortune Kindergarten Jing'an Campus, Fortune Kindergarten Tiandi Campus, Juyuan Kindergarten, Shanghai SMIC Bilingual Kindergarten, Fortune Kindergarten Sentosa Campus, Shanghai Arete Bilingual Kindergarten, Kindergarten Affiliated to ShanghaiTech University, Concordia International School Shanghai Early Childhood Division.
# 1 Beijing
Beijing ranks 1st in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 100.00. Beijing has 56 International Kindergartens listed, including 16 KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens, 14 KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens, and 26 KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergartens. Representative kindergartens include: Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shiyan School Kindergarten, BCIS Early Childhood Center, BIBA Early Childhood Centre, Financial Street Huize Kindergarten (Financial Street Campus), Beijing New Talent Academy Kindergarten, Joystar International Kindergarten, Beijing HaiShi Kindergarten, Beijing Montessori Academy Kindergarten, Beijing Daoxiang Kindergarten, Financial Street Huize Kindergarten (Yuetan Campus), BCIS Courtyard Kindergarten, Yew Chung International School of Beijing Kindergarten, Financial Street Huize Kindergarten (Qianmen Campus), Windsor Bilingual Kindergarten, Western Academy of Beijing Early Childhood Center
# 3 Suzhou
Suzhou ranks 3rd in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 32.67. Suzhou has 14 International Kindergartens listed, including 6 KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens, 5 KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens, and three KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergartens. Representative kindergartens include: Kindergarten of Suzhou Foreign Language School, Smartkidz International Kindergarten, Soochow Foreign Language School PYP International Kindergarten, Overseas Chinese Academy Suzhou Kindergarten, Suzhou Science & Technology Town Foreign Language School Kindergarten, Dipont Huayao Nursery.
# 4 Hangzhou
Hangzhou ranks 4th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 22.67. Hangzhou has 15 International Kindergartens listed, including three KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens, 4 KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens, and 8 KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergartens. Representative kindergartens include: Fthenakis Kindergarten, Hiba Academy Hangzhou Nursery, Hangzhou International School Early Childhood Education.
# 5 Guangzhou
Guangzhou ranks 5th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 17.33. Guangzhou has 12 International Kindergartens listed, including two KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens, 4 KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens, and 6 KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergartens. Representative kindergartens include: Fettes College Guangzhou Early Years, Clifford Kindergarten.
# 6 Shenzhen
Shenzhen ranks 6th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 15.33. Shenzhen has 8 International Kindergartens listed, including two KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens, 5 KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens, and one KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: Shenzhen Victoria Kindergarten(Le Parc), King's Kindergarten.
# 7 Xiamen
Xiamen ranks 7th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 12.00. Xiamen has three KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens listed. Representative kindergartens include: Chiway Repton School Xiamen Kindergarten, Xiamen International School Kindergarten, Xiamen Yingcai School Kindergarten.
# 8 Foshan
Foshan ranks 8th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 8.00. Foshan has two KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergartens listed. Representative kindergartens include: The Kindergarten of GCGS, Shunde Desheng Kindergarten.
# 9 Dongguan
Dongguan ranks 9th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 6.00. Dongguan has three International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten, one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten, and one KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: Tsinglan School Kindergarten.
# 9 Ningbo
Ningbo ranks 9th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 6.00. Ningbo has three International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten, one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten, and one KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: Ningbo Huamao Kindergarten.
# 11 Tianjin
Tianjin ranks 11th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 5.33. Tianjin has two International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten and one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: Affiliated to Yinghua Experimental School Homeng Kindergarten.
# 11 Zhuhai
Zhuhai ranks 11th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 5.33. Zhuhai has two International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten and one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: Zhuhai Huafa Yung Wing Kindergarten.
# 13 Nantong
Nantong ranks 13th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 4.67. Nantong has two International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten and one KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: EtonHouse International Pre-School Nantong.
# 14 Wuxi
Wuxi ranks 14th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 4.00. Wuxi has one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: Wuxi Xiehe Kindergarten.
# 14 Wuhan
Wuhan ranks 14th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 4.00. Wuhan has one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: Optics Valley Ulink School Kindergarten.
# 14 Xi'an
Xi'an ranks 14th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 4.00. Xi'an has one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: Xi'an Liangjiatan International School Kindergarten.
# 14 Changsha
Changsha ranks 14th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 4.00. Changsha has one KingLead 5A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: Suzhou Foreign Language School Changsha Campus Kindergarten.
# 18 Chengdu
Chengdu ranks 18th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 2.67. Chengdu has two KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergartens listed. Representative kindergartens include: EtonHouse Pre-School Chengdu Times Residence Campus, EtonHouse International Pre-School Chengdu.
# 19 Qingdao
Qingdao ranks 19th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 2.00. Qingdao has two International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten and one KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: HD Qingdao Kindergarten.
# 19 Wenzhou
Wenzhou ranks 19th in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 2.00. Wenzhou has two International Kindergartens listed, including one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten and one KingLead 3A-rated International Kindergarten. Representative kindergartens include: EtonHouse International Pre-School Wenzhou.
# 21 Jinan
Jinan ranks 21st in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 1.33. Jinan has one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: EtonHouse Pre-School Jinan.
# 21 Nanjing
Nanjing ranks 21st in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 1.33. Nanjing has one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: Nanjing Jiangning Binjiang Foreign Language School Kindergarten.
# 21 Xuzhou
Xuzhou ranks 21st in the KingLead 2026 China International Kindergartens City Index, with a city index of 1.33. Xuzhou has one KingLead 4A-rated International Kindergarten listed. Representative kindergartens include: EtonHouse International Pre-School Xuzhou.
Conclusion
KingLead has pioneered the "China International Kindergartens City Index", establishing a macro-level observation dimension through the City Index on the basis of the individual international kindergarten evaluation system. This index system presents the overall landscape of high-quality international kindergarten resources across cities, aiming to promote the construction and virtuous development of international kindergartens, internationalized industries, and the international talent ecosystem. This innovative achievement provides a long-term referable data perspective for both the industry and society, helping to form a high-quality, sustainable, and synergistic development ecosystem.
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