American College Of Sofia

The College provides a rigorous high school education, in English, to approximately 900 boys and girls in grades eight through twelve. Of these, 97% are Bulgarian with about 25 international students who also meet the entrance requirements of ACS. The very specific purpose of ACS is to prepare talented students to be successful in the best universities in the world, and ultimately to be leaders in Bulgaria. The American College of Sofia is one of the oldest American educational institutions outside the United States. It traces its roots directly to a school for boys opened in Philipopolis by American missionaries for the 1860-61 school year. These missionaries, led by Dr. James F. Clarke, opened a school for girls at Eski Zagra three years later and those two schools grew into the American College.

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