Schools in Festival City
1 private school listed in Festival City. Median mid-range fee: AED 67,252 a year. View Festival City on Google Maps.
Festival City at a glance. Ratings here: 1 Outstanding. Curricula: 1 IB. Build a family plan and filter to Festival City to see matches with honest all-in budgets.
What the numbers say about Festival City
Fees in Festival City are above the city median. Dubai’s median mid-range fee is AED 43,956; in Festival City it is AED 67,252, roughly 53% higher. Everything on this page is computed from the register rather than written as description, so it changes when the data does.
- Highest rated here: Deira International School. A strong rating is a starting point, not a match - check the inclusion judgement separately on each page, because they differ.
- Most affordable listed: Deira International School at around AED 67,252 mid-range. Tuition is never the whole cost - see what a Dubai school year really costs before you budget on that figure.
- Inclusion: 1 of the 1 school here carries a KHDA inclusion rating, shown on each school’s page separately from the overall rating. If your child needs support, read your rights first - a school cannot refuse admission on the basis of special educational needs, and a refusal must be filed with KHDA within two working days.
Before you shortlist by district
Choosing by area is how most families start and it is rarely how they finish. The distance that decides your mornings is the one between the schools your children actually attend, not from home to each - our two-school tool gives you that in one click. And if a bus is likely, confirm your address sits inside a served zone before accepting a place: routes run to fixed pick-up points, not door to door. What the bus really costs explains the rest.
- Outstanding
The nearest schools outside Festival City
Straight-line from the centre of Festival City, using KHDA’s own record of where each school sits - not a drive time, and Dubai traffic at 7am does not follow straight lines. Drive the shortlist once on a school morning before you count on any of it. Neighbouring areas: Al Garhoud (9) · Healthcare City (1) · Nad Al Hamar (2).
- 0.8 km
Very Good - 1.5 km
Acceptable - 1.5 km
Good - 1.7 km
Good - 1.7 km
Good - 1.9 km
Acceptable - 2.5 km
Very Good - 3.1 km
Acceptable
21 schools outside Festival City are left out of this list because we hold only a district centre for them, and ranking a school by a point we placed ourselves would be a guess dressed as a measurement. Two schools at once? The commute tool measures between any pair.