QUICK FACTS

AAI was founded as Alliance Academy in 1929 with eight students and two teachers to provide a US education for the children of missionaries of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). AAI is now an independent school that serves many nationalities in an English immersion setting through a Christian worldview. In 2006, the school was renamed Alliance Academy International and became independent of the C&MA and is now an international school that serves Ecuadorians and expatriates from over 30 different countries. AAI has thousands of alumni serving in every walk of life, living all over the world.

Approximately 150 faculty and staff members make up our AAI community. Most of our teaching faculty are native English speakers, hailing from the US, Canada, South Africa, UK, Philippines, and various Latin American countries, including Ecuador. Our non-teaching staff also includes many local Ecuadorians, creating a multicultural community that celebrates both North American and Ecuadorian traditions, and also embraces a broad array of international cultures. Our faculty are highly committed, unified in purpose, and passionate about serving students through our mission of Eternity, Excellence, and Community. Many of our teachers have earned advanced degrees, and they are qualified and experienced in their fields. The close-knit community is one which reflects love, care, and support; our faculty & staff members think of AAI as an extension of their family.

Alliance Academy International students : 570 students, PS3 through 12th grade.

AAI is a world renowned international school that is regarded as the best English language school in Ecuador.  Alliance Academy International was chosen as one of the "10 Best International Schools in Latin America" by Knowledge Review, an international educational magazine. Click here to see an article that Dr. Cianca, our Executive Director, was asked to write about a relevant educational topic https://theknowledgereview.com/cookie-crumbs-and-learning-the-experiential-approach/.

Alliance Academy International is accredited by ACSI, AdvancED/Cognia and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education.

AAI is an English immersion school, providing native English language instruction throughout the curriculum.

The Alliance Academy International Learning Resource Center is the largest English language library and one of the largest academic libraries in the country of Ecuador.  The LRC includes 49,879 volumes, including books, magazines, audiovisual materials, vertical files, microfilms of magazines and newspapers dating as far back as far as 1850.  There are professional collections, reference and juvenile reference collections, a guided reading program and a “1000 books Before 1st Grade program” to encourage student literacy.