Top-ten rankingLycée Vauban among the best French high schools in the world

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Luxembourg’s Lycée Vauban has secured a spot among the world’s top French schools, placing 10th internationally and 6th in Europe thanks to outstanding baccalauréat results.
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There is excellent news this week for the pupils and teaching staff of Luxembourg’s Lycée Vauban school as it has been ranked the 10th best French school abroad by the educational support platform Averroès e-learning.

Thanks to its pupils’ excellent results, Vauban is the 6th best French lycée in Europe and the 10th worldwide. In addition to a 100% pass rate, the school also records one of the highest proportions of honours at the baccalauréat: 93.2%. Nearly 35% of its graduates achieved the distinction – très bien.

Vauban, which welcomes students from kindergarten to high school, has nearly 2600 students.

The top three in the ranking are Lycée Charles de Gaulle in London, the French Lycée of Barcelona and the French Lycée of Madrid.

The top 10 French lycées abroad for 2025

1EuropeUKLondonLycée français Charles de Gaulle100.0 %98.2 %69.3 %18.3 %10.6 %218110.40
2EuropeSpainBarcelonaLycée français de Barcelone100.0 %96.0 %44.0 %36.0 %16.0 %241109.08
3EuropeSpainMadridLycée français de Madrid99.7 %93.1 %46.6 %30.9 %15.6 %287108.97
4AsiaSingaporeSingaporeInternational French School (Singapore) Ltd100.0 %91.1 %44.3 %30.6 %16.1 %124108.95
5EuropeSpainValenciaLycée français de Valence100.0 %94.0 %40.3 %36.6 %17.2 %134108.87
6EuropeBelgiumBrusselsLycée français Jean Monnet100.0 %91.0 %38.0 %38.0 %16.0 %218108.77
7Middle EastUnited Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiLycée Louis Massignon100.0 %89.6 %39.6 %29.2 %20.8 %96108.62
8AfricaMadagascarAntananarivoEcole La Clairefontaine100.0 %95.8 %27.8 %50.5 %17.5 %97108.60
9AmericasUnited StatesNew York, NYLycée français de New York100.0 %97.8 %30.8 %45.0 %22.0 %91108.58
10EuropeLuxembourgLuxembourgVauban, Ecole et Lycée français de Luxembourg100.0 %93.2 %34.9 %35.3 %23.0 %235108.52
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