Escola Eleva Botafogo

At Botafogo the curriculum is built on the Brazilian BNCC combined with international programmes taught in English. In Early Years the school uses the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC), a project-based multidisciplinary curriculum. In Lower School (1st to 5th grade) it uses the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), and English Language Arts in Lower and Middle School follows Project AERO standards, together with a Reader's and Writer's Workshop literacy programme. The IB Diploma Programme is not offered at this campus; within the Eleva network it is available at the Barra da Tijuca and Urca high school campuses.

Escola Eleva states that its mission is to form a new generation of leaders able to make a difference in their own lives and to contribute to a better world. Its five declared values are Respect, Enthusiasm, Excellence, Responsibility and Kindness. The school's educational vision rests on four pillars: academic excellence, socio-emotional intelligence (developed through its own Life Intelligence programme, LIV), creativity and global citizenship. Its manifesto describes a full-time bilingual school, both Brazilian and international, that combines tradition with innovation, values discipline in study and respects individual differences.

The Botafogo campus is housed in a century-old building on a site of about 12,600 m2. According to the school, its facilities include 3 outdoor courts, 2 auditoriums, 2 libraries, 2 makerspaces (creative workshops), 4 laboratories, 2 music rooms and 3 art rooms, along with classrooms equipped with interactive technology. Early Years children have dedicated spaces separated from older students.

The Botafogo campus runs a paid after-school programme with activities announced for 2026 that include football (futsal and Little Kickers), basketball, volleyball, judo, jiu-jitsu, capoeira, artistic gymnastics, skating, parkour, ballet, jazz and street dance, aerial silks, circus, yoga, cheerleading, chess, board games, robotics, coding, a science club, drama and theatre club, cinema, stop motion, creative writing, crafts, financial education and Olympiad mathematics, plus School of Rock music lessons. During the school year students also take part in field trips and an annual Class Without Walls week, and the campus organises holiday and summer camps.