Mount Carmel Central School is a Christian Minority Institution and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Delhi, vide No. 830323. The school has been granted affiliation for Kindergarten to Senior Secondary Classes. MCCS has the required permission from the Department of Education, Government of Karnataka to run a CBSE School.

MCCS maintains a high standard of education and aims at excellence in academic performance. All the past batches of Class X, who appeared for the board exams from March 2012 and the past batches of Class XII from March 2015, have secured 100% quality results. The school gives equal importance to co-curricular activities as well as sports and games.