How much do international schools cost in Cape Verde in 2026?

On Santiago, Les Alizés International School in Praia follows a French curriculum with CNED pathways for higher years. The Portuguese School of Cape Verde and Colégio International-style Lusophone private campuses add Portuguese-curriculum options in the capital. On Sal, Escola Internacional de Sal (EIS) in Murdeira sits between Espargos airport and Santa Maria, with bilingual French-Portuguese teaching and AEFE-linked recognition for roughly fifty students in small groups. Boa Vista’s French School in Sal Rei covers preschool through middle-school French tracks. Mindelo on São Vicente has informal English classes but no full structured international campus comparable to EIS or Les Alizés.

Published web stickers are scarce. Crowd-sourced Numbeo planning medians for international primary tuition in Cape Verde recently sit near about CVE 300,000 per year (roughly €2,700 at 110.265 CVE = 1 EUR), with a wide reported range. Treat that as a soft planning band only; pull the live fee sheet from Les Alizés, EIS or the Boa Vista French school before you rebuild the family month: Monthly budget.

Families who need French or bilingual AEFE-style tracks often lock Sal (EIS near Santa Maria), Boa Vista (Boa Vista cost of living) or Praia (Praia cost of living). Pure English IB depth is thinner than Lisbon or Lagos expat hubs, so many households accept French or Portuguese curricula or plan boarding abroad later. Mindelo music life rarely solves the school veto: Mindelo cost of living.

Nursery years still matter before grade school: Childcare costs. Soft national indexes in How expensive is Cape Verde collapse once two tuitions join tourist rents. Apply early; small campuses fill by word of mouth more than by open enrolment weeks.