Calcutta Boys’ School, sited at S.N. Banerjee Road in the heart of Kolkata is India’s Rank 16 Best Boys Day Schools of 2016. Established in the year 1877 by James Mills Thoburn, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the school is 16^th among top schools in Kolkata sharing its rank with Akshar School on the list. It is a Christian, minority Anglo-Indian, English medium day school for boys managed by the Calcutta Christian Schools Society and is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi.

Popularly called CBS, the school is a high scorer in categories like Academic Reputation, Individual Attention to Students, Sports Education and also has a Class 12 ISC exams average at 88 which is highly encouraging. Competency of Faculty has a great score that lands the school in the top 10 scores within the category. The listed points sees a dip in categories of Special Needs Education, Leadership management quality, Individual Attention to Students and Competency of Faculty.