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The French School of Shanghai (, LFS) is a French
school for children of foreign personnel A school for children of foreign personnel () is a type of non-public K–12 school in mainland China. This type of school can only admit the children of people with foreign nationality and legal Chinese long-term residence visas, and their child ...
located in Shanghai, China, with grades preschool to high school (ages 2 to 18). Founded in 1996 under the name École Française de Shanghai (EFS), it is currently affiliated with the
Agency for French Education Abroad The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (; AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that assures the quality of schools teaching the French nati ...
(AEFE) as a contracted school (''conventionné''). The school is governed by the ''Association des Parents d'Élèves du Lycée Français de Shanghai''. Shanghai French School belongs to the AEFE (Agency for French Teaching Abroad) network. It is an international nonprofit school which welcomes over 1450 students of more than 45 nationalities, from Pre-kindergarten to the French Baccalaureate (from 2 to 18 years old) on its Qingpu and Yangpu campuses. School Type : International School Established : 1995 Campuses in Shanghai : 2 campuses (Qingpu and Yangpu )} Grades Offered : Pre-K to Grade 12 Primary Language : French, English, and Chinese. Languages Taught :French, English and Chinese; German or Spanish taught from Grade 7 Terms :2 terms. September to January, January to June. Student Age :2-18 Number of Students :1450 Student/Teacher Ratio :1:9 Class Size :15


History

Formerly the École Française de Shanghai, it was established in 1995 as an elementary through high school in
Changning District Changning (; ) is one of the seven List of administrative divisions of Shanghai, downtown districts of Shanghai, China. It has a land area of and had a population of 620,000 . The district government is located at 1320 Yuyuan Rd. Economy Numero ...
, adjacent to the Xijiao State Guest Hotel. The initial enrollment was 13. The German School Shanghai and LFS began collaborating and having a common campus circa 1997, and around that same time the school began its relationship with the AEFE. The Qingpu campus opened in 2005, and the Yangpu campus opened in 2019. Formerly there was a
Pudong Pudong is a list of administrative divisions of Shanghai, district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu River, Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank (g ...
campus, on the property of the Shanghai Gold Apple Bilingual School. The Yangpu campus replaced the Pudong campus. The school became a testing center for Cambridge examinations in 2017. The school placed rank #10 in the 2024 Concours Général des Lycées et des Métiers.


See also

; Other French international schools in the PRC *
Lycée Français International de Pékin In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...
(Beijing) *
École Française Internationale de Canton École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...
(Guangzhou) *
French International School of Hong Kong French International School "Victor Segalen" of Hong Kong (FIS, ) is a French international school in Hong Kong. It is the only accredited French school in Hong Kong (linked by an agreement with the Agency for French Teaching Abroad (AEFE). ...
* Shekou International School French section


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Lycée Français de Shanghai

Lycée Français de Shanghai
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lycee Francais de Shanghai AEFE contracted schools International schools in Shanghai Bilingual schools
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
Schools in Pudong Schools for children of foreign personnel