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State Education Intelligence Report, June 2026

Maharashtra's Education Decade

By Aurobindo Saxena, Founder, RAYSolute Consultants. Updated Sep 2026

2014 to 2024 to 2026, read against official data: a premium-board surge across Mumbai and Pune, a higher-education system that is India's largest by college count, IIT Bombay and a deep university base, and where the open opportunity for new institutions now sits.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Maharashtra had 1,759 CBSE-affiliated schools in 2026, up from 561 in 2014, a net addition of 1,198 schools at a compound annual growth rate of 10.0% (Source: CBSE/SARAS registry, 2026 RAYSolute universe).
Maharashtra's CBSE, ICSE/ISC, IB and Cambridge (CAIE) schools combined grew from 822 in 2014 to 2,318 in 2026, a net addition of 1,496 schools at a compound annual growth rate of 9.0% (Source: CBSE/SARAS, CISCE, IB and Cambridge registries; 2026 RAYSolute universe).
Cambridge (CAIE) is Maharashtra's fastest-growing board at a 10.9% compound annual growth rate (51 schools in 2014 to 177 in 2026), narrowly ahead of CBSE at 10.0% (Source: board registries; 2026 RAYSolute universe).
Maharashtra's colleges grew modestly at just 1.1% a year between 2014 and 2026: the state's college system was already India's largest by count, so the decade was about consolidation and quality rather than capacity build, unlike the 9-11% annual growth in premium school boards (Source: University Grants Commission (UGC) and AISHE).