Which are the most affordable schools in Pune?

The lowest listed annual tuition in Pune starts at ₹18K. Sorting this page by fee shows budget options first, and each school page carries its own grade-wise fee table.

Are school fees in Pune negotiable or refundable?

Tuition itself is fixed by the school for the academic year. Admission and development charges are usually one-time and partly refundable only within the window each school states in its own refund policy — check the fee section of the individual school page.

How many schools does AdmissionSchool list in Pune?

60 schools in Pune, Maharashtra are listed with verified details, with annual tuition spanning ₹18K – ₹12.98 L/year. You can narrow them by board, class, budget, area, gender and facilities.

Fees of schools in Pune

Compare annual fees, fee structures and value-for-money across 1,489 schools in Pune. Schools are sorted by minimum annual fee — click any school to see the grade-wise breakdown, payment schedule and refund policy.

Median annual fee

₹73K

Open admissions

Avg parent rating

4.9 / 5

Median facilities

Quick facts

What is the annual school fee range in Pune?: Across the schools listed on AdmissionSchool, annual tuition in Pune runs ₹18K – ₹12.98 L/year. The median listed fee is ₹73K per year. Fees exclude admission charges, transport and one-time deposits, which schools publish separately.
Which are the most affordable schools in Pune?: The lowest listed annual tuition in Pune starts at ₹18K. Sorting this page by fee shows budget options first, and each school page carries its own grade-wise fee table.
Are school fees in Pune negotiable or refundable?: Tuition itself is fixed by the school for the academic year. Admission and development charges are usually one-time and partly refundable only within the window each school states in its own refund policy — check the fee section of the individual school page.
How many schools does AdmissionSchool list in Pune?: 60 schools in Pune, Maharashtra are listed with verified details, with annual tuition spanning ₹18K – ₹12.98 L/year. You can narrow them by board, class, budget, area, gender and facilities.

Fee snapshot for schools in Pune
Fee snapshot — Pune	Annual tuition
Median CBSE fee	from ₹82K
Median ICSE fee	from ₹36K
Cheapest listed — Jadhavar English Medium School	from ₹18K
Most expensive — Sahyadri School	up to ₹12.98 L

Top 40 schools in Pune — fees

Fee schedule for schools in Pune

Across the schools listed in Pune, the annual fee schedule runs from ₹18K – ₹12.98 L/year. The median sits near ₹73K a year for CBSE schools. Parents comparing schools should treat tuition as one of three buckets: admission (one-time), recurring (term-wise tuition + development) and optional (transport, meals, electives). The ranked list below sorts by annual tuition so you can scan within your budget bracket first.

What drives the fee differences

On the academic side, three factors explain most of the fee spread in Pune: campus size (land in central neighbourhoods costs more), facilities depth (international-curriculum schools usually carry richer infrastructure) and faculty mix (lower student-teacher ratios push tuition up). Two CBSE schools in the same Pune neighbourhood often sit in different fee brackets for these reasons.

Reading a fee structure cleanly

Ask every shortlisted school for an itemised, grade-wise fee schedule on paper — the published headline number rarely tells the full story. Confirm whether the figure is annual or quarterly, whether transport and meals are mandatory, what the security-deposit refund policy is, and how often the school revises tuition. Schools that share a clean breakdown usually have a transparent billing cycle.

Budget shortcuts

If you already know your annual budget, jump straight to the budget pages for Pune — they pre-filter schools into clear price bands so you skip the irrelevant ones. Pair that with the area page for your neighbourhood to land on a small, real shortlist faster.

How this compares in Pune

Looking past the brochure, the picture for Pune on AdmissionSchool right now: 60 schools indexed, CBSE accounts for roughly 86% of the board mix, the median annual tuition sits near ₹73K and the average parent rating is 4.9 / 5. Families usually treat the median as a sanity check rather than a target — the right shortlist is the one that matches your specific commute, budget and board preference, even if it sits well off the median.

Related on AdmissionSchool

For related shortlists on AdmissionSchool, see all schools in Pune, boarding schools in India, parent reviews from Pune, top schools in Pune and admissions in Pune. Each page carries its own filters so you can layer board, area and budget without starting from scratch.

Fees in Pune — common questions

Across the schools listed on AdmissionSchool, annual tuition in Pune runs ₹18K – ₹12.98 L/year. The median listed fee is ₹73K per year. Fees exclude admission charges, transport and one-time deposits, which schools publish separately.