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Ms. Joanna Levison-Aliyev
Profile 2025-2026
email: jlevisonaliyev@kingsacademy.edu.jo
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506 students are enrolled at King’s Academy, of whom 142 are seniors. They come from 45 countries, including various desert towns and villages throughout Jordan. This level of diversity allows King’s to create a unique community that educates students in ways the formal curriculum alone cannot and to forge a school culture that promotes social equity. The residential program supports the mission of King's Academy by providing informal opportunities for intercultural dialogue, leadership, and friendship to complement the formal academic program.
King’s Academy was founded to create what his Majesty King Abdullah II calls “a new tribe in the region...the tribe of the talented meritocracy.” As the only coeducational residential boarding school of its kind in the region, King’s Academy remains the most diverse school in the Middle East and is a pioneering leader in need-based financial aid. In 2024-2025, some 44% of King’s students have received financial aid, and in its 18 -year history, King’s Academy has provided more than US $121 million in financial aid to its students. For the academic year 2024-2025,
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MCT - Computer Science
HRS - Islamic Studies (for Muslim students only)
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4 credits
3 credits
2 credits
1 credit
4 credits
3 credits
2 credits
1 credit
4 credits of math
3 credits of math
2 credits of math
1 credit of math
Optional
Optional
Optional
3 credits
3 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
1 credit
1.5 credits
1 credit
0.5 credit
0.5 credit
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
1 credit
1 credit
0.5 credit
0.5 credit
Optional 1 credit from either departmemt
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Cumulative GPA is calculated at the completion of each academic year.
Junior End-of-Year Grades, Class of 2026
Visual and Performing Arts
Junior Year for the Class of 2026
79%
11%
8%
2%
88
71%
87%
13%
0.8%
0%
24
19%
87%
12%
0%
1%
10
8%
75%
13%
11%
1%
68%
24%
8%
1%
70%
22%
6%
2%
79%
13%
8%
0%
2024-2025 2025
59 35 83
2026 (through September 2025) Total 86 students tested
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AP Scores 2024-2025
570 – 690 585 – 730 1160 – 1405
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In May 2025, King’s students sat for 757 examinations. Scores of 5 were recieved by 30% of the candidates; scores of 4 were received by 30%; and scores of 3 were received by 24%.
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Among King’s 142 seniors, 35% matriculated to 25 universities ranked among the Top 100 globally in the 2025 QS World University Rankings. Of the class’s study destinations, 30% matriculated to universities in the US, 25% to the UK, 16% to Europe, 10% to Canada, 8% to Jordan, 8% to the Middle East, and 3% to Asia and Australia.
UNITED STATES American University (3) Babson College Bates College (2) Beacon College Bentley University (2) Berry College Boston Architectural College Boston College Boston University (7) Bowdoin College Brigham Young University Brown University (4) Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Chandler-Gilbert Community College Columbia University in the City of New York (2) Dartmouth College Drexel University (2) Duke University (2) Elon University Emory University (2) Florida International University George Mason University (2) George Washington University (12) Georgetown University (5) Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Grinnell College Harvard University (3) Iowa State University Knox College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago (2) Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston Middlebury College (3) Northeastern University (11) Northwestern University Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (3) Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Purdue University Northwest Purdue University-Main Campus (6) Rhodes College (3) Rutgers University-New Brunswick San Diego State University Skidmore College Stanford University Stony Brook University Suffolk University (2) Syracuse University (2) Texas A & M University-College Station The New School The University of Texas at Austin Trinity Christian College Tufts University (6) Union College United States Air Force Academy University of Alabama in Huntsville University of California-Los Angeles University of California-San Diego University of Chicago University of Illinois Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland-College Park (3) University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Miami (3) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame (5) University of Pennsylvania (5) University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus University of South Florida University of Wisconsin-Madison (2) Vassar College Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Washington College Wellesley College Wesleyan University Whitman College William Paterson University of New Jersey Yale University
UNITED KINGDOM Bristol, University of the West of England Cardiff University (6) City, University of London (6) Durham University (3) King's College London, University of London (9) London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London Newcastle University (3) Northeastern University London Queen Mary University of London (2) Royal Holloway, University of London SOAS University of London Swansea University The University of Edinburgh (5) UCL (University College London) (2) University of Bath (3) University of Bristol (2) University of Buckingham University of Essex University of Exeter (2) University of Kent (2) University of Leeds University of Manchester (2) University of Nottingham (6) University of Oxford University of St Andrews (5) University of Surrey University of Sussex University of the Arts London University of Westminster, London (2) CANADA Carleton University Concordia University (4) McGill University (8) McMaster University Toronto Metropolitan University (3) University of Prince Edward Island University of Toronto (13) York University
MIDDLE EAST Al-Ahliyya Amman University (2) Al-Balqa' Applied University (2) Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Al-Quds University American University of Beirut (3) American University of Madaba American University of Sharjah
Birzeit University Canadian University of Dubai Georgetown University Qatar (6) German-Jordanian University (6) HTU | Al Hussein Technical University (2) Ibn Sina University for Medical Sciences (2) Jordan University of Science and Technology (2) King Faisal University Lebanese American University Middle East University Mu'tah University New York University Abu Dhabi (4) Northwestern Qatar Princess Sumaya University for Technology (5) Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain (6) The American University in Cairo The Hashemite University (3) The World Islamic Science and Education University University of Hertfordshire in Egypt University of Jordan (8) University of Monastir OTHER American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo (3) Anglo-American University Bocconi University (2) Budapest University of Technology and Economics Cardinal Herrera-CEU University (2) Caucasus International University (2) CEU San Pablo University Chung-Ang University Constructor University (2) Curtin University Deakin University Eötvös Loránd University EU Business School - Barcelona Ewha Womans University Franklin University Switzerland IE University - Madrid Campus (5) IE University - Segovia Campus (6) Ivane Javahišvili Tbilisi State University Koç University Korea University (2) Les Roches - Switzerland Luiss Guido Carli Maastricht University Middle East Technical University Montpellier University Parsons Paris - The New School Ramon Llull University Royal College of Surgeons (2) Sciences Po-Columbia University Dual Degree Semmelweis University of Medical Sciences Sunway University The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2) The University of Sydney Trinity College Dublin University College Cork University of Amsterdam (3) University of Debrecen (2) University of Nicosia (2) University of Pécs University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest Vilnius University
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