Jeanne d'Arc School, Tehran

Jeanne d'Arc School
Persian: مدرسه ژان دارک, romanized: Madrese-ye Žāndārk
Jeanne D'Arc School (2018) in Tehran
Location

Iran
Coordinates35°41′45.77″N 51°25′18.91″E / 35.6960472°N 51.4219194°E / 35.6960472; 51.4219194
Information
TypeGirls' school
Established1900 (1900)
FounderDaughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
Closed1979 (1979)
GradesPrimary and secondary
Enrollmentc.1,000 (early 1960s)
1,600 (1979)

Jeanne d'Arc School (Persian: مدرسه ژان دارک, romanized: Madrese-ye Žāndārk) was a prestigious French school for girls founded in 1900 in Tehran, Iran. It operated until the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Many members of Iran's upper classes sent their daughters to the Jeanne d'Arc School, and it offered both primary and secondary education. French and English were taught as foreign languages at the Jeanne d’Arc School.