Lycée Louis-le-Grand

What Lycée Louis-le-Grand does

Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a French public educational establishment founded in 1563, located at 123 rue Saint-Jacques in the historic Quartier Latin of Paris. The institution operates a dual structure combining a secondary school (lycée) with approximately 900 students and elite preparatory classes (CPGE) with approximately 900 students. Its core products comprise general and technological secondary education, CPGE Scientifiques (MPSI, PCSI, MP2I, MP*, PC*, PSI*, MPI*), CPGE Littéraires (Lettres Supérieures, Khâgne), CPGE Commerciales ECG, and the CPES 'Sciences des Données, Arts et Cultures' delivered in partnership with PSL University. Supporting infrastructure includes a 372-place boarding facility (internat), the CDI documentation center with over 20,000 books, a scientific museum created in 1973, and student life associations including Le Capharnaüm newspaper and Musica orchestra.

The institution generates no tuition revenue as a public school under the French Ministry of Education; funding derives from government allocations, ancillary boarding and meal fees, and charitable donations managed through the Fondation Louis-le-Grand (established 2012 under Fondation de France). Admissions are managed through the national Parcoursup platform for CPGE and the DASEN academic commission for secondary, drawing students nationally and internationally. Customer outcomes are exceptional: 100% Baccalauréat pass rate with 52% 'Très Bien' mentions in 2025, with CPGE cohorts placing 34 students at Polytechnique, 29 at ENS ULM, and 23 at HEC. The alumni network includes four Fields Medalists and two French Presidents.

The school's competitive moat rests on its 462-year brand legacy, regulatory positioning as a state institution, talent concentration effect (national recruitment of top students), and an integrated ecosystem spanning secondary through university partnerships. Recent strategic activity has focused on programmatic diversification (CPES), international exchange partnerships with Cambridge and other institutions, and outreach through the Cordées de la Réussite program targeting disadvantaged middle school students.

Name

Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Legal name

Lycée Louis Legrand

Website

https://louislegrand.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a French public educational establishment founded in 1563 in Paris's Latin Quarter, serving approximately 1,800 students across secondary education and elite CPGE preparatory classes for grandes écoles admissions, funded primarily by the French Ministry of Education.

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Paris

HQ country

France

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Europe

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B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As a public secondary school under the French Ministry of Education, the school is primarily funded by government allocations. It does not charge tuition fees for students. Additional revenue comes from meal plans, boarding (internat), and other ancillary services.
2. Boarding and Catering Services: The school operates an internat (boarding) with 372 places reserved for CPGE students, with fees for accommodation and meals. Meal services are also provided to day students for a fee. These are charged according to published fee schedules.
3. Foundation Donations and Bursaries: The Fondation Louis-le-Grand (placed under the Fondation de France) provides scholarship programs including Bourses Réussite (€2,000/year for CROUS scholarship holders in 1st year CPGE) and Bourses Serviam (€1,000-5,000/year for young women in scientific CPGE). These are charitable donations deployed as financial support.

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Core offering

Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a French public secondary education institution providing Baccalauréat-level education for approximately 900 secondary students and intensive two-year preparatory classes (CPGE) for approximately 900 students targeting elite French grandes écoles (engineering, business, and literary institutions). The school additionally offers boarding accommodation (372 places), meal services, a documentation center (CDI), and a scientific museum, supported by public funding and a charitable foundation providing scholarships.

Product overview

Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a prestigious public secondary education institution founded in 1563, comprising the lycée (900 secondary students) and CPGE preparatory programs (900 students). The institution offers a comprehensive portfolio of educational products spanning general and technological secondary education (Second Cycle), elite preparatory classes for grandes écoles (CPGE Scientifiques, Littéraires, and Commerciales ECG), and the pluridisciplinary CPES program in partnership with PSL University. Supporting services include student life through the Maison des Lycéens (newspaper, orchestra, theater, clubs), outreach programs (Cordées de la Réussite), documentation services (CDI), student housing, and the Scientific Museum. Languages are offered through internal curricula and the mutualized Langues Inter-Établissements program.

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Brands

• CPGE (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles): Elite preparatory classes for admission to French grandes écoles, including scientific, literary, and commercial tracks.
• CPES (Cycle Pluridisciplinaire d'Études Supérieures)
• Maison des Lycéens (MDL)
• Musica LLG
• Le Capharnaüm
• Club d'Échecs
• AAELLG (Association des Anciens Élèves)
• Fondation du Lycée Louis-le-Grand
• Musée scientifique du lycée
• Cordées de la Réussite

Products and services

• Second Cycle (Lycée) General and technological secondary education programs for students in Seconde, Première, and Terminale, including specializations in sciences, humanities, and languages, with sections for European and Oriental studies. Targets secondary school students preparing for the Baccalauréat.
• CPGE Scientifiques (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles) Two-year intensive preparatory courses for elite French engineering schools including MPSI, PCSI, MP2I, MP*, PC*, PSI*, MPI* programs with options in informatics, engineering sciences, and chemistry. Targets students preparing for engineering grandes écoles entrance exams.
• CPGE Littéraires Two-year literary preparatory classes (Lettres Supérieures and Première Supérieure) with specializations in philosophy, history, geography, classical and modern languages, English, German, Spanish, and film studies. Targets students preparing for literary grandes écoles (ENS).
• CPGE Commerciales ECG Two-year commercial preparatory program (Économique et Commerciale Voie Générale) focused on mathematics, humanities, languages, and preparation for top business school admissions including HEC, ESSEC, and ESCP.
• CPES Sciences des Données, Arts et Cultures A three-year pluridisciplinary program (Licence Pluridisciplinaire PSL) combining data sciences with humanities, offered in partnership with PSL University, with progressive specialization in L2 and L3.
• Langues Inter-Établissements (L.I.E.) Mutualized language teaching program offering Arabic, Hebrew, and Vietnamese courses accessible to students from other Parisian schools.
• Boarding Services (Internat) Accommodation services for CPGE students including 372 dormitory places across three sites (342 on main school site, 15 in nearby university residence, 15 at Internat de la Réussite). Available exclusively for CPGE students with annual fee schedule.
• Cordées de la Réussite Academic support and enrichment program for approximately 100 middle school students from REP/REP+ schools, offering biweekly math and physics tutoring, theater classes, and cultural outings. About 20 students are ultimately admitted to LLG annually with ongoing support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Baccalauréat pass rate with 52% 'Très Bien' mentions in the general track
• +3 more outcomes

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fondation de FrancecoreOthers · 1 January 2012The Fondation Louis-le-Grand is placed under the umbrella of the Fondation de France. Established in 2012, it supports academic excellence beyond social origins and national borders, managing scholarship programs (Bourses Réussite, Bourses Serviam) and other support activities.
• PSL University (Université Paris Sciences et Lettres)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLLG partners with PSL University to deliver the CPES (Cycle Pluridisciplinaire d'Études Supérieures) program 'Sciences des données, arts et cultures.' LLG provides L1 teaching in Paris while PSL provides L2-L3 campus programs and awards the degree. This is a core academic partnership combining secondary and higher education.
• Hills Road Sixth Form College, CambridgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn ongoing student exchange partnership established in 2020 for European English section students. LLG students travel to Cambridge in November and host their correspondents in Paris in January. The exchange includes cultural visits to Cambridge, London, and Paris.
• AEFE (Agence pour l'Enseignement Français à l'Étranger)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLLG is a partner of the AEFE network, which enables students to spend part of their seconde year at a French international school. The school also welcomes international delegations of educational officials and students for exchanges.
• Vietnamese Engineering Schools (PFIEV Program)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLLG participates in the Programme de Formation d'Ingénieurs d'Excellence au Vietnam (PFIEV), an educational cooperation project for engineering excellence in Vietnam, as part of international engineering education collaborations.
• INP-HB (Institut National Polytechnique Houphouët Boigny), Côte d'IvoireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLLG maintains a cooperation relationship with the INP-HB in Côte d'Ivoire as part of international engineering education partnerships.
• Lycée Français de Pondichéry, IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLLG contributed to creating a scientific excellence track at the Lycée Français de Pondichéry, India, as part of international educational engineering cooperation.
• Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment convention allowing CPGE students to simultaneously enroll at the university. This enables students who fail their competitive exams to seamlessly join university, and those who succeed to register directly in L3 or M1, while benefiting from student status.
• Paris 3 Sorbonne NouvellecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment convention for CPGE students to simultaneously enroll at the university, providing access to student resources including medical, social, and library services.
• Sorbonne Université (Paris 4, Paris 6)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment conventions with both Lettres (Paris 4) and Sciences (Paris 6) components of Sorbonne Université, allowing CPGE students to benefit from university student status alongside their preparatory studies.
• Paris Descartes (Paris 5)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment convention allowing CPGE students to simultaneously register at Paris 5 Descartes university.
• Paris Diderot (Paris 7)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment convention allowing CPGE students to simultaneously register at Paris 7 Diderot university.
• Université Paris Nanterre (Paris 10)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment convention allowing CPGE students to simultaneously register at Paris 10 Nanterre university.
• Université Paris-Saclay (Paris 11)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCumulative enrollment convention with equivalence tables for sciences students, allowing CPGE students to simultaneously register at Paris-Saclay.
• Institut ServiamminorOthersA girls' boarding house (starting age 16) at 20 rue Gay-Lussac, Paris. LLG Foundation has a financial partnership providing 10 places at a solidarity rate for LLG CPGE students, along with Bourses Serviam scholarship support.
• Internat de la Réussite Jean Zay and LourcineminorOthersPartnership with two Internat de la Réussite sites (Jean Zay at 10 Rue du Docteur Blanche, 75016 Paris; Lourcine at 37 Boulevard de Port Royal, 75013 Paris) providing approximately 15 additional boarding places for LLG students.
• CROUS de ParisminorOthersThe national student welfare service provides bursaries on social criteria, university housing allocation, and student social security services. LLG CPGE students register with CROUS for scholarships and can access university housing through the DSE process.

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Direct peers

• Lycée Henri-IV: Co-located Parisian public lycée and CPGE institution with comparable grandes écoles placement track record. Direct head-to-head competitor for the same top-tier national Parcoursup applicant pool and historical peer to LLG within the Latin Quarter.
• Lycée Saint-Louis: Paris-based public lycée and CPGE consistently ranked among France's top preparatory institutions for grandes écoles admissions, particularly in scientific tracks (MP, PC, PSI). Competes directly with LLG for elite applicants and grandes écoles placement rankings.
• Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat: Toulouse-based top CPGE institution with strong scientific track placements to Polytechnique and ENS. Comparable in CPGE product offering and a peer in the national grandes écoles placement rankings.
• Lycée du Parc: Lyon-based elite CPGE lycée historically ranked alongside LLG for top grandes écoles placements, particularly in mathematics and physics tracks. Direct competitor for national talent and a benchmark for cross-city placement outcomes.
• Lycée Thiers: Marseille-based CPGE lycée with strong scientific track (MP, PC) placement record. Direct peer in CPGE offering and a regional anchor for talent recruitment in southern France.
• Lycée Janson de Sailly: Paris-based public lycée offering both elite secondary education and CPGE programs, with secondary admissions subject to similar academic commission processes. Most direct comparable for the dual secondary/CPGE product structure.
• Lycée Champollion: Grenoble-based CPGE institution consistently placing students at Polytechnique and ENS, particularly in MP and PC tracks. Comparable in CPGE scientific offering and peer in national placement outcomes.
• Lycée Condorcet: Paris-based public lycée with strong secondary education reputation and CPGE presence (notably literary). Competes for the same Parisian secondary catchment and similar national CPGE literary track applicants.
• Lycée Hoche: Versailles-based elite CPGE lycée with strong MP*/PC* placement outcomes to top engineering schools. Direct competitor for national science-track applicants and a regular co-competitor in grandes écoles rankings.

Broad incumbents

• École Normale Supérieure (ENS): Elite French grande école based in the Latin Quarter that is the primary destination for LLG's top literary and scientific CPGE graduates. Operates in the same educational ecosystem and shares heritage/admission pipeline, though positioned as an output institution rather than a direct competitor.

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