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Sainte-Marie Lyon

Lyon

Sainte-Marie Lyon is a coeducational private school under contract. Its students range from kindergarten to Bac+3 level and are distributed across five sites: three in Lyon, one in Meyzieu, and one in the Communauté d’agglomération Porte de l’Isère. The school offers different types of education from kindergarten to Bac+3 across four sites. Its teaching includes foreign languages such as German, English, Spanish, and Italian from middle school to high school, BTS, and CPGE levels. It also offers bilingual German/English classes, preparation for the Cambridge certification, Latin initiation, and Greek initiation in several grades. The middle school and high school organize exchanges and educational trips with Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Greece. The school’s BTS International Commerce students also organize the annual GOURMADE’IN gastronomic fair. In 2018, Sainte-Marie Lyon was ranked 54th out of 70 at departmental level and 620th nationally for teaching quality.

Map showing the location of Sainte-Marie Lyon in Lyon
Location of Sainte-Marie Lyon in Lyon

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Sainte-Marie Lyon Sites

Sainte-Marie Lyon is a coeducational private school under contract. It serves students from kindergarten to Bac+3 level. The school is spread across five sites in total. Three of these sites are located in Lyon, one is in Meyzieu, and one is in the Communaute d'agglomeration Porte de l'Isere. This multi-site organization forms an important part of how the institution is distributed across the region.

Marist Architecture at Sainte-Marie Lyon

The architect responsible for Sainte-Marie Lyon was also the designer of numerous buildings for the Marists. Their work is described as minimalist and lyrical, combining concrete, glass, and stainless steel. This architectural collaboration with the management of Sainte-Marie lasted for forty years, indicating a long and sustained relationship between the architect and the institution. The projects were later carried forward by the architect's daughter, Marie Adilon, who first executed her father's projects and then began signing new buildings under her own name.

Education and Language Programs

Sainte-Marie Lyon provides education from kindergarten to BAC+3 across four sites. Its teaching program includes foreign languages such as German, English, Spanish, and Italian from middle school through high school, as well as at BTS and CPGE levels. The school also offers bilingual German and English classes starting from a specific grade level, along with preparation for the Cambridge certification from a specific grade level.

Classical language options are also part of the curriculum, with Latin initiation in a specific grade and Greek initiation in multiple specific grades. At middle school and high school, students can take part in exchanges and educational trips with Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Greece.

The BTS International Commerce program includes an annual GOURMADE'IN gastronomic fair organized by students, featuring specialties from Spain, Germany, and Italy. In CPGE, students may choose a second foreign language among German, Italian, and Spanish in addition to English LVA.

Teaching Quality Rankings

In 2018, Sainte-Marie Lyon was ranked 54th out of 70 at the departmental level for teaching quality and 620th at the national level. The ranking was based on three criteria: the bac pass rate, the proportion of first-year students who passed the bac after two years, and value added. The value added measure took into account students' social origin, age, and national brevet diploma results. For classes preparatoires aux grandes ecoles, the national ranking was based on student admission rates to grandes ecoles.