Academic classes for the 2019–2020 Academic Year at TASIS The American School in Switzerland began on the morning of Monday, September 2. Below is a look at this year's student body by the numbers.

• The Elementary School (grades Pre-Kindergarten through five) opened with 185 students, the Middle School (grades six through eight) with 120 students, and the High School (grades nine through postgraduate) with 407 students.
• 193 students are new to TASIS.
• 516 students are returning to the School, representing a strong retention rate of 85% percent.
• The Class of 2020 is larger than last year's graduating class (111 compared to 103).
• 51% percent of all Middle School and High School students reside in dormitories on campus.
• 54 nationalities are represented in the student body (see the full list below).
• 36 different languages are spoken as a mother tongue (see the full list below).
• The ten nations most represented in the TASIS student body are, in alphabetical order, Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• Jordan, Luxembourg, and Saudi Arabia are new nations represented in this year's student body.

Nations represented

Languages spoken as a mother tongue