Lycée Frédéric Mistral (Fresnes)

Lycée Frédéric Mistral is a sixth-form college/senior high school in Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France, in the Paris metropolitan area.

As of 2016 there are about 1,000 general high school students and 500 vocational high school students with a combined total of fewer than 1,500 students.[1] As of 2011 it had about 1,600 students.[2]

In 2016 Le Parisien described the school as "prestigious".[3] As of 2011 it was ranked as the no. 1 senior high/sixth-form in the Academy of Créteil [fr]. Its Baccalaureate pass rate in 2010 was 96.1%.[2]

History

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Lycée intercommunal de Fresnes opened in 1973 with about 360 students. It was later renamed after Mistral.[1]

In 2016 teachers went on strike and parents of students blocked the school entrance to protest against issues in the professional education section.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Histoire du lycée." Lycée Frédéric Mistral. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "La palme du succès pour Frédéric-Mistral à Fresnes". Le Parisien. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  3. ^ a b "Fresnes : vent de colère au lycée Mistral". Le Parisien. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-09-07. "Des parents d'élèves [...] dans la section professionnelle du prestigieux lycée."
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