El Limonar International School, Murcia - ELIS Murcia is a

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located in

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, Spain. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita Group, and educates children from ages 3 to 18 from more than 20 nations. However the majority of students attending the school are Spanish. ELIS Murcia uses an educational curriculum based on the

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for England and

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. Senior pupils at the school are then prepared for

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s and

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examinations, The American University Entrance Exam SAT and TOEFL as well as the Spanish university access examination “

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”. The school was selected by the national newspaper ' El Mundo' as one of the top 100 schools in Spain in 2019, as well as in the last years.

References

External links

El Limonar International School, Murcia website
Limonar International School, Murcia Limonar International School, Murcia Educational institutions established in 1990 1990 establishments in Spain Limonar International School, Murcia Cognita {{Spain-school-stub