The Alliance Academy International is a private, co-educational, international, Christian school located in Quito, Ecuador. AAI was founded in 1929 to provide an extensive U.S. curriculum for the children of evangelical missionaries. Today the AAI continues to offer a quality Christian, U.S. style of education to students who come from a large variety of professional and cultural backgrounds. The current student population is composed of 550 children and young people representing nearly thirty countries. Approximately 50% of students are from Latin American, 25% from North American, and 15% from Asian. Parents are are involved in Christian ministries, national and international business and professions, and the diplomatic community.