Saudi marketUpdated November 4

Makkah leads 2026 school-excellence results with 146 schools.

The 2026 results announced by Saudi Arabia’s Education and Training Evaluation Commission list 659 distinguished schools nationwide. Of those, 146 are in the Makkah region, across boys’ and girls’ schools—22.2% of the total. The distinction has several bars to clear: schools need at least 90% in overall performance, and at least 75% in educational achievement and each of four areas: school administration, teaching and learning, learning outcomes, and the school environment. So a strong overall score alone won’t do; schools have to meet the threshold across the board.

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