The American International School of Johannesburg is a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 co-educational school founded in 1982. The school offers an American Diploma Program, the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) Full Diploma program and IB Certificate courses.
AISJ is located on two sites: a beautiful 58 acre campus on the northern end of the greater Johannesburg area; and, a 1.5 acre site in Pretoria adjacent to the American Embassy. The Pretoria site accommodates Pre-K to Grade 6 students. In addition to classrooms the Pretoria site is equipped with a library, art center, technology laboratory, cafeteria and swimming pool. The Johannesburg site includes an all-purpose gymnasium, cafeteria, 25 meter swimming pool, outdoor tennis and basketball courts and soccer fields. On the Johannesburg campus there are newly built separate laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics and environmental science. The school has a fine arts center that includes a 200 seat theater. There is an elementary school library and secondary school library with ample networked internet workstations and over 20,000 volumes. There are also technology laboratories in the elementary, middle and high school. The Pretoria campus Pre-K to Grade 6 enrollment is 120. The Johannesburg campus Pre-K to Grade 12 enrollment is 680. Both schools have active and extensive extra-curricular programs. The student to teacher ratio on both campuses is a maximum of seventeen to one in core courses.
AISJ serves a diverse community of students from around the world. We provide a challenging education emphasizing academic excellence through a collaborative partnership with families and staff. Our program inspires and prepares the students to become responsible world citizens with a passion for life- long learning.
The school is accredited in the United States through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. AISJ is also a member of the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE), the Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA), and The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
