Beirut - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability of international schools? What has been your general experience with them, if any?
There are no children at the U.S. mission, but my colleagues at other diplomatic missions remarked that Beirut had fantastic schools. I am unsure if they are all still operating fine with the economic situation, which has affected nearly everything in the country. - Oct 2020
Children cannot come to post. - May 2019
Beirut is a partially unaccompanied post so children are not allowed. - Nov 2014
For English speaking programs, International College and the American Community School are the best. I did not hear good things about Wellspring. There are also several French language programs (IC being one of them). Both IC and ACS are good and I wouldn't say one is better than the other, they are just different. If you are in the market for an international school I would recommend checking them both out and talking to parents before deciding. - Jan 2014
Supposedly really good (ACS, IC, & Wellspring are the top ones in Beirut). - Apr 2012
The Lebanese go from their international schools to the Ivies, Georgetown and Stanford. But American diplomats aren't allowed to have children at post. - Sep 2010
People seem to be very happy with the American Community School and the International College. Embassy employees are not allowed to have children at post. - Jul 2010
USG employees are not allowed to bring children under the age of 21 to post. So, no experience with schools. - Jun 2008
My 3-year old son goes to a great Montessori School in Saifi Village called LeMonts. It's run by a Lebanese woman who was raised in London. It took us a while to find the school (he has only been there for a few months) but it is well worth the money and extra commute time to get him there. - Mar 2008
