Academia Cotopaxi (Academia Cotopaxi American International School) is a co-educational non-profit school in Quito, Ecuador, created in 1959 by a group of American mothers. Alice Conger was the first director of the school. This school maintains a majority of international students, who are the children of the diplomatic missions to Ecuador and children of employees major international corporations, as well as local students. The school offers K-12 education and includes the International Baccalaureate program which allows students to graduate with an IB diploma or certificate.