Al Mizhar American Academy
Good Al Mizhar, Dubai · American
- KHDA rating
- Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
- Annual fees
- AED 22,000 to 45,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- American
- Established
- Founded 2000
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Mizhar, Dubai
District-level pin for Al Mizhar — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 13 per cent below the median for American schools in this guide (AED 38,000). It is one of 62 schools in this guide currently rated Good.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from the last full DSIB inspection (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Good in 2023–24 — and the same rating in every single inspection since 2008–09, while the inspection framework itself has been progressively toughened: holding Good today is meaningfully harder than holding it a decade ago.
- Early years and elementary provision is the core strength, with teaching, assessment and student outcomes rated Very Good.
- Health and safety rated Outstanding across every phase, and partnership with parents Outstanding.
- A well-maintained purpose-built campus with resources effectively deployed across all subjects, including an innovation hub and science laboratories, for a school of around 550 students.
- Dubai’s only international-curriculum private school educating girls only from Grade 1 upward — a genuinely distinct option for families who want single-sex education.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Beneath the Good headline several indicators reach Very Good or Outstanding — read the phase detail rather than the single word, in both directions.
- More than a decade at the same overall rating: ask leaders directly which measures they are targeting to move, and on what timetable.
Inclusion (students of determination): This school now operates as American Academy for Girls, and our inclusion entry for it sits under that name — approximately 100 students registered as students of determination at the November 2023 inspection, a significant 18% of the roll, in a school whose operator was directly involved in developing KHDA’s Inclusive Education Policy. If you are searching under the former name, the provision described there is the same school. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.
Inspector summaries are being added school by school as each report is read — 169 of 169 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.
Visit kit
Questions worth asking on a tour — tuned to this school’s rating and curriculum:
- Who leads inclusion here — and may we meet them before enrolling?
- How much staff turnover did you have last year, and why?
- What are actual class sizes this term — not the maximum?
- How and how often will I hear about my child’s progress?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Al Mizhar
- GEMS Founders School Al Mizhar — Good, Fees not listed — confirm with the school
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