International School of Tegucigalpa, (IST) is a private N-12 American standard based school in

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

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. Its current enrollment is approximately 2,000 students. IST was founded in 1981 and in June 1992 graduated its first senior class.

Student body

86% of the student body is comprised Hondurans, 8%

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, 6% Multi-ethnic. IST has a 99.9% graduation rate and graduates traditionally continue on to study in four year universities. Approximately 25-30% of the graduating class study abroad, in the

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or other foreign countries.

Faculty and administration

The minimum requirements for IST teachers is to hold a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

and/or have a teaching license.

Accreditation

IST is Internationally accredited through AdvancED. The Honduran National Ministry of Education accredited IST and even went as far as naming it the best school in the capital. ACSI has commended and accredited IST.

References

External links

* International schools in Honduras Schools in Tegucigalpa Educational institutions established in 1981 1981 establishments in North America {{Honduras-school-stub