Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans

Our Mission The mission of Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is to design and provide an innovative, world-class French Accredited learning model by immersing students in a culturally and linguistically rich learning environment that merges both the French National and Louisiana curricula to inspire students through high-quality, diverse, complex, and unique learning experiences. Our Vision Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans will be the premier French-American public school with a commitment to revitalizing Louisiana's French cultural heritage by empowering our stakeholders to be curious, creative thinkers and global citizens committed to our community's future.

Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is the flagship free French accredited and immersion public charter school serving all of Louisiana. We are a Type-2 charter school located in New Orleans serving Pre-K4 through 12th grade, and the largest and most diverse free Lycée Français in the United States. Lycée Français follows both the French national curriculum and the Louisiana state curriculum. We are accredited by the French Ministry of Education for French curriculum through grade 12 and offer the French Baccalaureate honors diploma. In 2025, LFNO will be the first public high school outside of France to offer the prestigious Baccalauréat Français International (BFI) diploma. Lycée Français The school offers a unique first-class education in a public school setting to a diverse student body who will become the future leaders of New Orleans, Lousiana, and the world.

LFNO is a Louisiana State Certified World Language Immersion Site and holds a Louisiana Seal of Biliteracy. Both honors were awarded by the BESE Board at the Louisiana Department of Education in Baton Rouge. The Louisiana Department of Education named Lycée Français an Exemplary School in 2024.

Testimonials

"I love this school so much and even more important, my daughter loves her school and excels academically. Lycée Français is a wonderful school and community! The lives of our children are enriched not only with French language and culture, but also with Spanish, Mandarin and American language and culture. It is one of the unique learning opportunities in New Orleans. LFNO students have been enriched with music, theater, and dance classes, and seven sports including soccer, swimming and archery. Lycée Français is one of the only schools in the United States where your child will graduate with a French Baccalaureate and an American high school diploma."

-LFNO PTO President