Lycée Alfred Nobel
| Lycée Alfred Nobel | |
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 Lycée Alfred Nobel
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| 20, allée de Gagny 93390 Clichy-sous-Bois | |
| Coordinates | 48°54′09″N 2°32′53″E / 48.90251600000001°N 2.547938899999963°ECoordinates: 48°54′09″N 2°32′53″E / 48.90251600000001°N 2.547938899999963°E |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 2nde-Terminale (US grades 10-12) |
| Website | lyceenobelclichy |
Lycée Alfred Nobel is the senior high school/sixth-form college in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. As of 2016[update] Catherine Manciaux is the head of the school.
It has an agreement with the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) which allows applicants from the school to gain entrance to the university without taking the entrance examination. As of 2007 three students from the lycée had been admitted.
The school also operates a vocational educational programme involving travel to Asia and Africa and transdisciplinary projects in association with Bouygues, IBM, and other major companies.
As of 2007[update] in France normally sixth-form/senior high school students are required to enroll in sixth-form colleges/senior high schools within their communes and/or serving their communes. As of that year students in Clichy-sous-Bois used the art history programme at Lycée Albert-Schweitzer in Le Raincy to avoid enrolling at Nobel. As of 2016[update] students avoiding Nobel attended senior high schools in Chelles, Le Raincy, and Vaujours. Veronique Soulé of Libération referred to Nobel as a "lycée ghetto".
As of 2007[update] the lycée had 1,100 students, with about 70% coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. By 2016 the enrollment remained constant. The students reside in Clichy and surrounding municipalities. As of 2016 73% of the students come from low income backgrounds. As of 2009[update] most students came from immigrant backgrounds; During that year the ethnic origins of the students were: 42.8% North African, 22.2% European, 18.3% black African, 12.7% Turkish, and 4% Asian.
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