Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
| Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
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| , 78100 France | |
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| Type | Public international school |
| Established | 1952 |
| Headmaster | Philippe Bonneville |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age range | 4-18 |
| Campus size | Large |
| Website | lycee-international-stgermain |
The Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (more commonly, Lycée International or L.I.; English: International High School of Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French public school located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Established in 1952 as a school for the children of international personnel working at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in nearby Rocquencourt, the Lycée International caters to students with international and multilingual backgrounds.
Students at the Lycée International are taught in one of the school's fourteen national sections according to their language spoken: American Section or British Section for English, and Chinese, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. They are not required to be fluent in French to be admitted, as there is a special one-year Français Spécial language program. The academic curriculum of the international sections supplements the standard French curriculum with additional courses in literature/language and history/geography, taught in the language of the students' respective national sections, allowing them to pursue the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI), the international variant of the French baccalauréat.
The school's main site in Saint-Germain-en-Laye contains a preschool (maternelle), a primary school (école élémentaire), a middle school (collège), and an upper school (lycée). Due to the size of the student body, some primary students enroll as externé students, on a part-time basis, for example two half-days per week. Some larger national sections have classes for primary and middle school grades at nearby partner schools in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Le Pecq. All students return to the main campus for their final three (lycée-level) years.
With a typical success rate of 99.9 to 100 percent on the French baccalauréat, the Lycée International consistently ranks among France's top schools and is considered to be the country's best public international school.