Student Body
The Bilingual Department currently has 601 students from Grades 1-12 enrolled for the 2008-2009 school year. 309 of these students are U.S. citizens. Students come from business, professional, government, and diplomatic families. 41% of IBSH parents have a Ph.D.
Each grade is split up into two classes, A and B, each with its own homeroom teacher. 39 of the 61 certified full-time teachers have Master's degree and two have Ph.D.'s. 38 of the teachers are Chinese, 18 are American, and 5 are Canadian. The faculty-to-student ratio is 1:20.
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