AAI was founded in 1929 as the Alliance Academy to provide an English-language American education for the children of Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) and is now an independent school that serving many nationalities in an English immersion setting with a Christian worldview.
In 2006 AAI became independent of the C&MA and is now an international school that serves both Ecuadorians and expatriates from nearly 30 different countries.
[3] AAI enrolls 570 students in PK-3 through 12th grade, coming from over thirty nations in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
There are 160 total staff members, including 85 licensed and certified teachers, many with advanced degrees, working at the Alliance Academy International.
Ranking STUCO members are required to participate in meetings every week during lunch and make themselves available to lead through service to others.