Key facts
| Address | 862 Moo 2, Nonmaidaeng Soi 13, Suranaree, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 |
| Former name | Adventist International Mission School Korat -- the school's own official site confirms this as its previous name |
| Affiliation | Seventh-day Adventist, registered under and owned/managed by Thailand Adventist Mission (TAM) |
| Curriculum | Co-educational, English-medium American curriculum from preschool through Grade 12 |
| Founding | 2009. The school's own history page gives the licensing ladder: Grades 1-3 in 2009, Kindergarten in 2010, Grades 4-6 in 2011, Grades 7-9 in 2015, Grades 10-12 in 2018 |
| Campus move | Moved 8 August 2019 from 1157 Mittraphap Road in Nai Mueang -- the city centre -- to the present Suranaree site. Guides still describing KAIS as a city-centre school, including BAANLYY's own before this update, are describing the pre-2019 address |
| Where it stops | Grade 12, around age 18 -- one of only two schools in Nakhon Ratchasima province that takes a pupil to eighteen without a change of school |
| Leaving qualification | The KAIS diploma -- at least 33 credits and a 2.5 cumulative GPA. The school states that the Thai Ministry of Education recognises it as equivalent to the Thai secondary school certificate, so graduates may sit Thai university entrance examinations. A directory recording "TOEFL" here is in error |
| Accreditation | ACCREDITED BY (school's own wording): WASC and the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges and Universities; ISAT is listed under the same heading although it is a membership body. LICENSED BY: the Thai Ministry of Education and ONESQA. Caveat: the school's own history page dates its WASC award to 2017 with a six-year term and publishes no renewal -- ask for current term dates |
| Boarding & bus | Neither published. No boarding house and no school bus service, on a campus roughly 11 km north-west of the old city -- settle the commute before you choose a neighbourhood |
| Fees | Published as an image on the school's own financial information page. BAANLYY publishes no per-school figures -- and here especially, since one directory has imported the fee sheet of the Adventist school in Saraburi onto this one |
| Contact | +66 4 421 1502 -- reported by directories. The school's own contact page did not render a readable telephone number or email address for us, so treat both as unconfirmed and use the enquiry form on its own site if the number does not answer |
| Official website | kais2009.ac.th |
Overview
Korat Adventist International School sits at 862 Moo 2, Nonmaydang Soi 13 in Suranaree, roughly 11 km north-west of Korat's old city. It was formerly named Adventist International Mission School Korat, and it is a Seventh-day Adventist school registered under, owned and managed by Thailand Adventist Mission, teaching a co-educational, English-medium American curriculum from Kindergarten through Grade 12. It was founded in 2009 and licensed upward in stages -- Grades 1-3 in 2009, Kindergarten in 2010, Grades 4-6 in 2011, Grades 7-9 in 2015, Grades 10-12 in 2018 -- all from the school's own history page.
Its most useful and least-publicised fact is what its diploma is worth. The school states that a leaver needs at least 33 credits and a 2.5 cumulative GPA, and that the Thai Ministry of Education recognises the KAIS diploma as equivalent to the Thai secondary school certificate -- so its graduates have the option of sitting Thai university entrance examinations. For a family intending to remain in Thailand long term, that is a genuinely different proposition from the Cambridge IGCSE or IB routes elsewhere in the province, and no guide to Korat we have seen mentions it.
The religious character is substantial rather than nominal, and families should know that before enquiring: Bible is a taught subject with its own head of department, the school's stated goals include being "mandated to abide by the Seventh-day Adventist principles and policies", and the co-curricular programme it names is the Adventist Adventurer and Pathfinder clubs. An Adventist church on the same campus runs midweek, vespers and Sabbath programmes; that is the church's cycle, and the school publishes no school-day timetable of its own, so if the weekly pattern matters to you, ask. BAANLYY is not affiliated with KAIS and takes no paid placement in this guide.
Who it's for
KAIS suits families who specifically want a Seventh-day Adventist education within a mission-run school, families already connected to the Adventist community in Thailand, and -- a point worth separating from the religious one -- families who intend to stay in Thailand and value a leaving qualification the Thai Ministry of Education treats as equivalent to the domestic secondary certificate. It is also one of only two schools in the province that takes a child all the way to eighteen without a change of school.
Families wanting a Christian school without the Adventist framework consider Wesley International School, which also boards. Families wanting a secular school consider Anglo Singapore International School's Korat campus -- the only secular option in the city, though it ends at Cambridge IGCSE -- or St. Stephen's International School, Khao Yai at Pak Chong for a British sixth form. An Adventist family whose year group is not running here should also know that the network's Saraburi school, roughly 100 km west along Highway 2, boards where KAIS does not.
Location & getting there
KAIS sits at 862 Moo 2, Nonmaydang Soi 13 in Suranaree, roughly 11 km north-west of the old city -- not in the city centre, which is where guides written before August 2019 still place it. The school moved out here on 8 August 2019 from 1157 Mittraphap Road in Nai Mueang, and the old address is the source of the error. It is on the opposite approach to the city from Wesley International School, about 8 km away in a straight line, so a home convenient for one is not convenient for the other. Distances are straight-line, computed from the coordinates the International Schools Database publishes for each campus; the road distance is longer.
Nakhon Ratchasima has no rail-transit network and none planned, and KAIS publishes no school bus service at all -- the only school on this guide of which that is true. Over 11 km, that makes the daily run entirely the family's own arrangement. Settle it before you sign a lease, and drive it at 07:00 on a weekday.
FAQ
Is Korat Adventist International School (KAIS) the same as Adventist International Mission School Korat?
Yes -- KAIS is the current name for the same school; its own official site lists "Formerly Adventist International Mission School Korat" directly in its title.
What curriculum does KAIS follow?
A co-educational, English-medium American curriculum from Kindergarten through Grade 12, within a Seventh-day Adventist school run by Thailand Adventist Mission (TAM).
What qualification does a KAIS leaver actually hold?
The KAIS diploma, and this is the school's most distinctive and least-published fact. Its own academics page states that pupils must complete at least 33 credits with a 2.5 cumulative GPA to graduate, and its accreditation page states that the Thai Ministry of Education recognises the KAIS diploma as the equivalent of the Thai secondary school certificate -- which means KAIS graduates have the option of sitting Thai university entrance examinations. For a family intending to stay in Thailand that is a materially different proposition from an IGCSE or an IB Diploma. Note that one directory records KAIS's leaving qualification as 'TOEFL'; that is a directory error, since TOEFL is an English proficiency test and not a leaving qualification.
When was KAIS founded, and where was it before?
2009. The school's own history page gives the licensing ladder stage by stage: Grades 1-3 in 2009, Kindergarten in 2010, Grades 4-6 in 2011, Grades 7-9 in 2015 and Grades 10-12 in 2018. It also records that the school moved on 8 August 2019 from its original campus at 1157 Mittraphap Road in Nai Mueang -- the city centre -- out to its present site at Suranaree. That move is why older guides, including BAANLYY's own until this update, described KAIS as a city-centre school. It is now roughly 11 km north-west of the old city.
Is KAIS accredited?
Its own accreditation page separates the claims carefully, and so do we. It states that KAIS is accredited by WASC and by the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges and Universities, and lists ISAT under the same heading although ISAT is a membership body. It states separately that KAIS is licensed by the Thai Ministry of Education and by ONESQA. One caveat worth raising with the school: its own history page dates the WASC award to 2017 with a six-year term, which would have run out around 2023, and no renewal is published. Ask for the current term dates.
Does KAIS have boarding or a school bus?
Neither is published. The school's own site has no boarding or transport page, and the directories record no boarding and no bus service. Given that the campus is roughly 11 km north-west of the old city, that makes the commute a family's own problem to solve -- worth settling before you choose where to live. The boarding option in Korat city is Wesley International School; the other is St. Stephen's Khao Yai, 84 km west.
Does KAIS publish its fees online?
Yes -- as an image on the financial information page of its own website. BAANLYY publishes no per-school fee figures, and KAIS is the reason we say so most loudly: one directory's itemised annual totals for KAIS are identical to the published range for Adventist International Mission School in Saraburi, a different school roughly 100 km away in the same Adventist network, and the same directory's summary band contradicts its own itemisation further down the page. Use the school's own schedule.
Where is KAIS located?
862 Moo 2, Nonmaydang Soi 13, Suranaree, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima -- roughly 11 km north-west of the old city, on the opposite approach from Wesley International School and about 8 km from it in a straight line.
Sources & References
School facts are drawn from the school's own official website where reachable, plus independently verified public sources. BAANLYY is not affiliated with this school and takes no paid placement in this content — always confirm current fees, admissions and campus details directly with the school.
See the full Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) international schools guide for how Korat Adventist International School compares with the area's other schools.
