Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS

What Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS does

Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS is a public French secondary education institution located in Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana, operating under the Académie de Guyane (Rectorat de Guyane) within the French Ministry of Education. The school serves approximately 1,200 students across general and technological Baccalauréat tracks, a CPGE PCSI/PSI scientific preparatory program (~50 students), BTS vocational diplomas in Bâtiment and Travaux Publics, and a STI2D technological track. For the 2026 school year it is opening the first CPGE BCPST in French Guiana. It also offers supplementary options including a European English section, Latin, theatre, music, and the Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique in partnership with Cayenne Airport.

The school runs on the standard French national education technology stack: PRONOTE (INDEX ÉDUCATION) for student records, grades, and attendance, accessed via the regional WILAPA portal; PARCOURSUP for post-baccalaureate admissions; EduConnect for parent/student authentication; PIX for digital-skills certification; SOGo webmail under the Académie de Guyane; and SOLTÉA for receiving the apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) from employers. The website is operated on the open-source SPIP CMS.

The business model is that of a French public lycée: tuition is free, with operational funding allocated by the Ministry of Education through the Académie de Guyane. Supplemental revenue comes from the apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) channeled via SOLTÉA and earmarked for vocational training equipment, plus nominal optional fees for cafeteria (demi-pension) and supplies. The school's go-to-market is institutional — student recruitment via the national Parcoursup platform, annual Journées Portes Ouvertes, middle-school liaison programs, and a presence on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn under the academic academy accounts. Customer concentration risk is structurally low because demand is broad and funding flows from a single public counterparty (the Ministry) by design.

Name

Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS

Legal name

Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS

Website

https://lgt-leon-gontran-damas.eta.ac-guyane.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Public French secondary school in Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana, serving roughly 1,200 students across Baccalauréat, CPGE, BTS, and STI2D programs, funded by the Ministry of Education via the Académie de Guyane, with supplemental apprenticeship-tax income.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rémire-Montjoly

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Government-funded public secondary education institution receiving operational funding from the French Ministry of Education via the Rectorat de Guyane academy. Additional funding from work-study tax (taxe d'apprentissage) collected from employers through the SOLTéA platform for vocational training equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS is a public French secondary education institution delivering tuition-free general and technological baccalauréat programs, two-year CPGE PCSI/PSI scientific preparatory classes for engineering-school entrance, STI2D technological baccalauréat, and BTS vocational diplomas in Building Construction and Public Works to approximately 1,200 students in Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana. It supplements classroom instruction with specialized offerings such as the Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique (BIA) and the first BCPST preparatory class in French Guiana opening in 2026.

Product overview

Lycée Léon Gontran DAMAS is a comprehensive secondary education institution in Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana, serving approximately 1,200 students. The school offers a multi-track educational portfolio: (1) General and Technological Baccalaureate programs with diverse specializations; (2) CPGE PCSI/PSI — a two-year intensive scientific preparation program for engineering school entrance; (3) BTS vocational diplomas in Building Construction and Public Works (both full-time and apprenticeship); (4) STI2D technological baccalaureate; and (5) supplementary programs including European Sections, Latin, Theatre, Music, and the Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique (BIA). The institution operates using Pronote for school management, PARCOURSUP for post-baccalaureate orientation, and PIX for digital skills assessment. A CPGE BCPST (Biology-Chemistry-Physics-Earth Sciences) is planned to open in 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CPGE PCSI/PSI (Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles) Two-year intensive scientific preparation program (Maths Sup/Spé) preparing students for competitive entrance exams to French engineering schools and elite institutions such as X/ENS, Mines-Ponts, and Centrale-Supélec. Target audience is high-performing baccalauréat graduates, with approximately 50 students across PCSI and PSI years.
• BTS Bâtiment (Building Construction) Two-year technical diploma in building construction, offered both full-time and via apprenticeship. Targets vocational students and apprentices pursuing technician careers in the construction sector.
• BTS Travaux Publics (Public Works) Two-year technical diploma in public works engineering and infrastructure construction. Targets vocational students pursuing technician careers in infrastructure and civil-engineering sectors.
• STI2D (Sciences et Technologies de l'Industrie et du Développement Durable) Technological baccalauréat track focusing on industrial sciences and sustainable development, with specialization in engineering sciences. Targets upper-secondary students pursuing technology-oriented baccalauréat pathways.
• Lycée Général et Technologique (General and Technological Baccalaureate) Comprehensive secondary education program covering Seconde, Première, and Terminale levels, offering general baccalauréat with 15+ specializations (including mathematics, physics, NSI, SVT, history-geography, and languages) alongside technological pathways. Serves approximately 1,200 students total.
• BIA (Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique) Aircraft initiation certificate program delivered in partnership with Cayenne Airport, covering aerodynamics, meteorology, navigation, and aviation history with practical simulator training sessions. Seven students from the school successfully passed the 2026 BIA examination.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Integration8 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 July 2026Partnership with CNES providing GUYASPACE invitations to top-performing students. Recognizes academic excellence and connects students to France's space industry. Especially significant as the school opens the first CPGE BCPST in French Guiana in 2026.
• GEPOG (Groupe d'Étude et de Protection des Oiseaux de Guyane)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2026Environmental education partnership for biodiversity studies. Organized field trips for Terminale students to study bird biodiversity and human impact on Guyanese ecosystems.
• Aéroport de CayenneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Aviation education partnership providing BIA (Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique) students with practical simulator training sessions at Cayenne Airport runway 08.
• LADOM (Agence de l'Outremmer pour la Mobilité)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMobility assistance agency providing information sessions on student mobility programs and passports for overseas studies.
• Chœur Académique de GuyanecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic choir residency program. Starting from 2026 school year, the Chœur Académique de Guyane will hold its rehearsals at the lycée every Tuesday evening, recognizing the school's historical commitment to music education.
• Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane (CTG)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Prix d'Excellence awards program rewarding BAC graduates with Très Bien mentions and IEP concours admittees.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Lycée Leconte de Lisle: Public lycée in Saint-Denis, Réunion, also offering CPGE programs. Comparable as a French overseas secondary institution with pre-engineering tracks, serving a similar role in another French overseas territory.
• Lycée Roland Garros: Public lycée in Le Tampon, Réunion, another French overseas territory. Comparable as a regional French overseas secondary institution with general and technological baccalaureate offerings.
• Lycée Bellevue: Public lycée in Fort-de-France, Martinique, another French Caribbean overseas territory. Comparable as a regional French public secondary school serving a similar island/territorial context.
• Lycée Joseph Pernock: Public lycée in Martinique offering BTS vocational programs. Comparable as a French overseas secondary institution with vocational and technological tracks serving a similar territorial context.

Direct peers

• Lycée Léopold Elfort: Public lycée in Mana, French Guiana. Comparable as a smaller regional public secondary school under the Académie de Guyane, serving the western interior of the territory.
• Lycée Melkior-Garré: Public lycée in Cayenne, French Guiana, also offering CPGE programs. Direct peer in the same académie with a similar program mix including pre-engineering tracks, directly competing for the same student pool.
• Lycée Félix Eboué: Major public lycée in Cayenne, French Guiana, serving the same regional student population. Comparable as a public secondary school under the Académie de Guyane with general and technological baccalaureate programs.
• Lycée Raymond Tarcy: Public lycée in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. Comparable as a regional public secondary school serving western French Guiana with general and technological programs under the same académie.

Others

• Académie de Guyane: Regional education authority (Rectorat de Guyane) overseeing all public schools in French Guiana. While not a peer, it is the school's parent administrative body and provides institutional context for governance, funding, and program oversight.
• Réseau Canopé: French national educational resource network under the Ministry of Education. Not a direct peer, but provides related institutional services, teacher training resources, and educational support that complement the public lycée ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/acguyane
• Facebookfacebook.com/acguyane
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lyc%C3%A9e-l%C3%A9on-gontran-damas
• Instagraminstagram.com/acguyane

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Profiles2 records

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