Mirdif American School
Good Mirdif, 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 25,000 to 50,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- American
- Established
- Founded 2008
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Mirdif, Dubai
District-level pin for Mirdif — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is in line with the median for American schools in this guide (AED 38,000). It is one of 62 schools in this guide currently rated Good.
Worth comparing: Nibras International School (AED 22,000 to 44,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area.
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 confirmed in October 2023, held across consecutive cycles after an early history of Acceptable ratings until 2017–18.
- Good attainment and progress in most subjects, with Kindergarten children’s progress in English a specific named strength.
- Particular strength in parent partnership, governance, safeguarding and students’ personal development — inspectors describe leaders as experienced and competent and parents as genuine partners.
- Deliberately small: just under 700 students from KG1 to Grade 8, majority Emirati, in a purpose-built campus inspectors call high quality, with a new multi-purpose activities building added in 2023.
- Mid-range fees of roughly AED 25,900–47,100 and NEASC accreditation.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Arabic is the exception to the achievement picture — the standing weakness.
- The open question is academic stretch: warmth and community are evident, and how far the most able are pushed is the thing to probe on a visit.
- The school runs only to Grade 8 historically, with Grades 9 and 10 added for 2025–26 — so plan the senior-school move, and ask how the new grades are staffed.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good — the school’s published 2023–24 inclusion rating, alongside a Good wellbeing rating, in a small school where inspectors credit leaders with strengthening support for students across a broad ability range. 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 Mirdif
- GEMS Royal Dubai School — Very Good, AED 40,252 to 61,410 a year
- Uptown International School — Very Good, AED 31,145 to 78,420 a year
- Emirates National Schools Dubai — Acceptable, AED 20,000 to 38,000 a year
- Nibras International School — Good, AED 22,000 to 44,000 a year
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