| Alborz High School دبیرستان البرز |
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| College Crossroad, Tehran Tehran, Iran |
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| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Shia Islam |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Founder | James Bassett |
| Principal | Dr. Abeth Esfandiar |
| Grades | 9-11 |
| Enrollment | 1,600 |
| Alumni | Alborzi |
Alborz High School (in Persian:دبیرستان البرز), is a college preparatory high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is named after the Alborz mountain range north of Tehran.
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The school was founded as an elementary school in 1873 by a group of American missionaries led by James Bassett. This was in the 26th year of the reign of Nasereddin Shah Qajar, 22 years after Amir Kabir founded the Dar ul-Funun school in Tehran, and 33 years before the Constitutional Revolution in Persia (as it was known back then; later it became "Iran" during the Reza Shah Era).
When Dr. Samuel Jordan arrived in Persia in 1898, he instituted various changes; subsequently, Alborz became a 12-year elementary and secondary school, with its share of college courses. Thereafter, the institution came to be known as the American College of Tehran.[1]
Dr. Jordan remained president of Alborz for 42 years (1899-1940). During his tenure, Alborz grew from an elementary school to a renowned and established high school and college.
In 1932, the school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the State University of New York.
In 1940 and during World War II, by the order of Shah Reza Pahlavi, Alborz was removed from American management and placed under the auspices of the Iranian Ministry of Education as part of Reza Shah's modernization reforms. Additionally, the school's name was changed from "College" back to "Alborz", and it was reinstated as a high school.
In 1944, Professor Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, member of University of Tehran's faculty, was appointed as the president of Alborz. From then until 1979, and continuing after the Iranian Revolution, Alborz had the most successful period of its history.
In recent years Alborz continues to be one of the best schools in Iran. However, it no longer carries the distinction of having an undisputed number one ranking. Its fall is mainly attributed to the steady rise of national schools for boys and girls. Even so, Alborz continues to rank consistently among the best schools in Iran.