The best schools in Russia 2020, RAEX rating

What is the best way to assess the quality of education? The RAEX rating agency has decided to approach this issue from a practical point of view.

The company's experts have compiled a list of the 100 best schools in Russia in 2020, whose students have the greatest chances of enrolling in 48 of the country's most famous universities.

Here is the rating of Russian schools in 2020, which are in the top ten of RAEX.

10. Moscow School in the South-West No. 1543, Moscow

From the very beginning, back in Soviet times, this school was considered special. The director of the school, Yuri Zavelsky, recruited talented teachers there and specially created specialized classes for them - mathematical, biological, and chemical.

During his directorship of more than 40 years, Zavelsky has produced many talented students and just students with good connections (among them, for example, Maxim Galkin). However, it is not easy to become one of them - as parents say, a child should begin to cook with a tutor a year or two before entering school.

9. Vologda Multidisciplinary Lyceum, Vologda

A rare "northern bird" among Muscovites, the Vologda Lyceum was originally created with the expectation of working with gifted and talented children. And how to separate a gifted person from a mere mortal? That's right, by arranging exams.

To get at least a chance for an elite education, a child should be prepared with tutors or sent to a preparatory, paid school at the lyceum. And then there is a selection, comparable in its rigidity with admission to astronauts.

But the graduates of the lyceum more than once took the bar of 100 points on the exam, won many Olympiads (they completed the regional one with a maximum score of more than 500 people) and entered the leading universities of the country.

8. School number 2007, Moscow

Since its inception, this educational institution has focused on an elite education, and getting there was not easy. To enter the holy of holies of physics and mathematics education, a child must not only pass exams, but also provide diplomas of the winner (or at least a prize-winner) of the Olympiads.

But after admission, it will not be possible to relax - as the teachers themselves and former students say, all the time (both academic and free) will be devoted to mathematics and / or physics. Hobby? We'll have to forget about him. Weekends? That's what mugs are for. School break? The mathematics school in Crimea is waiting for your child with open arms. On the other hand, the results of the exam at school No. 2007 are among the best in Moscow (and in 2018 they were the highest).

7. Phystech Lyceum. Kapitsa, Dolgoprudny

The seventh place in the rating of the best Russian schools is located in the city of Dolgoprudny near Moscow. In this Physics and Technology Lyceum, the natural direction prevails - physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics. In recent years, fashionable programming has also been added.

Children from the street will not get here - they need to be specially prepared for the requirements of the school. And in 2019, the chances of the "simple" for an elite education fell even lower. It was announced that the school would change its public status to private and become an autonomous non-profit organization. In honor of which, parents began to charge a tuition fee of 10 thousand rubles a month.

6. Presidential Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239, St. Petersburg

In terms of the number of elite schools, the capital of Russia is followed by the northern capital (9 schools in St. Petersburg against 50 schools in Moscow). And one of them is school number 239, but not simple, but with traditions. She recently celebrated her centenary.

Since the beginning of the 60s of the last century, the Lyceum began to specialize in the physics and mathematics direction, and so successfully that since then it has been consistently among the top schools in Russia. From 2015 to 2019, he generally ranked first. And the number of Olympiad winners in this educational institution is measured in hundreds.

As parents say, the reason for the success of the school is in the strict selection of the most talented children, from whom the “random” children are then methodically screened out for the best results in reporting. High competition, strict requirements, exhausting loads lead to a high degree of stress in children. But knowledge requires sacrifice.

5. Republican Lyceum for Gifted Children, Saransk

Among the old-time schools, the Saransk Lyceum is a beginner (he is only 9 years old). However, over the years, students have earned 20 Olympic medals, and not regional, but international. For several years in a row, the Lyceum has been among the top ten most prestigious schools throughout Russia.

The director of the school claims that the purpose of its creation was to give talented Mordovian children a start in life, to provide starting conditions for young minds, especially those inclined to natural and exact sciences. And the republican authorities can both pay extra to the teachers who have trained the medalists-olympiads, and provide cash prizes to the children themselves.

True, Moscow is not asleep - it is already luring talented Olympiad winners by promising them a “salary” ten times higher (300,000 rubles for winning the All-Russian Olympiad against 30,000 rubles that the republic can pay). Several children have already “changed their registration” in this way. We will find out in a few years how the battle of wallets will end for the opportunity to attach a victorious Olympiad star to the school's flag.

4. University gymnasium of Moscow State University, Moscow

This educational institution was opened just four years ago, in 2016.“Gymnasium of Moscow State University” is not an empty phrase; classes at the school are taught by teachers directly from the University. Gifted schoolchildren from all over Russia are recruited there in grades 8-11. To become one of the chosen 350, schoolchildren will have to pass entrance exams in several stages.

But then everything around will contribute to the awakening of their creative thought - from teaching according to a special plan that combines the traditional lesson system with non-linear (whatever that means) classes and ending with original premises.

According to the founders of the educational institution, the original design of the institution should inspire students to original thinking. And apparently, it is so, because the school is considered one of the best in Russia in terms of the number of Olympiad winners and graduates.

3. Physics and Mathematics Lyceum №31, Chelyabinsk

Siberians in the number of the best schools in Russia in terms of the competitiveness of graduates are not much behind Tatarstan. While there are five such schools in Kazan and the region, there are four in the Novosibirsk and Chelyabinsk regions. One of them is a lyceum in Chelyabinsk.

As the director says, the reason for the success of the institution entrusted to his care is the high quality of teaching, a well-coordinated team and the continuation of the traditions of Soviet education.

As usual, to continue the traditions of an elite school requires the appropriate level of students. Therefore, they are recruited to school through exams starting from grade 5. To get into the number of the elite, the child will have to make serious efforts: go to courses, study with tutors and pass the screenings of tough entrance exams. And then study. But for those who have passed the school, there is a real chance to enter out of competition based on the results of the Olympiads won.

2. Lyceum "Second School", Moscow

Like many other top schools in Russia in 2020, the lyceum has a long and glorious history in physics and mathematics, to which chemistry, biology and the humanities were later added.

Lyceum enrollment is from 6th to 8th grade, according to the results of exams. In addition to the day school, the main one, there is also an evening school (something like an expanded system of circles), where children from grades 2 to 7 are engaged.

In terms of the number of Olympiad winners and those who scored 100 points in the Unified State Exam, the Second School is among the best in Moscow and the region. Her program has nothing to do with the school - everything is her own, according to her own materials. The workload on the students is great, they have to study at least six out of seven days a week. At the same time, a four is considered a very good mark, and in order to get a five, it is necessary to study according to an extended program.

1. SUNC MSU, Moscow

SUNC is one of four schools founded in the 60s of last year by a special resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR with the aim of replenishing the physical and mathematical personnel for the country. Academician Kolmogorov, who stood at its origins, saw the awakening of the creative spirit in talented youth as his main and main task.

It's hard to say anything definite about this most elusive creative spirit, but at the moment SUNC is one of the strongest schools in Russia in terms of the level of training of its students. They are selected there, of course, on a competitive basis, in two rounds. Moreover, it is argued that connections do not play any role. The main selection criterion is the level of knowledge of the child.

Even at the most competitive school in Russia, there is a special version of it, summer. It is a cross between exams and trial learning so that the child and parents can understand if they need it at all. Based on the results of the training, the child is awarded points, and the higher their number, the more chances it is to get into the country's academic elite.