LOCATION
Christel House India (Bangalore)
Bellahalli Road, (Off Hennur Road)
Kannur Post - Via Bagalur
Bangalore East
Bangalore - 562 149
Karnataka
INDIA
Tel : + 91 80 6597 9122/133/144
+ 91 80 2846 5000, 2846 5999
Fax: + 91 80 2846 5003
Email: christelhouse@vsnl.com
KEY STATISTICS
- Opened: July 2001
- Annual budget: $1.6 million (Including STARS)
- Number of students: 1,220 (Includes College & Careers)
- Grades: K–12
- Student attendance: 97%
- Year-to-year retention: 97%
- Graduation rate: 86%
- Graduates participating in College & Careers, continuing education, employed or both: 92%
- Total staff: 68
- Total teaching & program staff: 60
- Student to teaching & program staff ratio: 18:1
- Teacher attendance: 95%
- School year: April - March
- School year: 202 days
- Summer school: 15 days, mandatory
STUDENT BODY PROFILE
ETHNICITY
- Scheduled Castes: 29%
- Other Backward Castes: 40%
- Scheduled Tribes: 1%
- Other: 30%
RELIGION
- Hindu 69%
- Christian 26%
- Muslim 5%
GENDER
- Male: 48%
- Female: 52%
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
95.2% passed 12th grade board exams
SCORING CATEGORIES
- 45% received 1st division (60-84%)
- 40% received 2nd division (50-59%)
- 10% received pass (35-49%)
- 5% failed
- Comparisons: Statewide 59.4%; Bangalore 74.6% private pre-university courses 72.5%
PASSAGE RATES
- 97% passed 10th grade board exams
- 57% received distinction or first division
- Comparison: statewide 77.5%; Bangalore 76.4%; private schools: 93.6% passage
SERVICES ON SITE
- Nutritious breakfast and lunch provided
- Full-time nurse on staff; other medical services provided by collaboration with M.S. Ramaiah Hospital and an independent doctor of homeopathy
- Immunizations, deworming, vitamin supplements
- Social workers (3)
- School psychologist/counselor
- College & Careers program supports graduates into post-secondary studies and world of work
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Saturday STARS program for remediation 28 Saturdays per year, grades 3-12
- Art and media studies, including film production and animation
- Sports, including soccer, volleyball and yoga
PARENT PROGRAMS
- Medical and dental screenings
- Mothers’ Committee, which expands reach into communities
- 100% volunteer service hours at school
- Employment skills training
Statistics updated in 2015 based on final 2013–14 academic year data, as reported by the school.
