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.[3]
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.[4]
History
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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.[5] As of 2016[update] students avoiding Nobel attended senior high schools in Chelles, Le Raincy, and Vaujours.[6] Veronique Soulé of Libération referred to Nobel as a "lycée ghetto".[5]
In 2018 Le Parisien ranked Nobel at the top of a list of high schools by student improvement.[2]
Demographics
As of 2007[update] the lycée had 1,100 students,[3] with about 70% coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.[5] By 2016 the enrollment remained constant.[7] The students reside in Clichy and surrounding municipalities.[8] As of 2016 73% of the students come from low income backgrounds.[9] As of 2009[update] most students came from immigrant backgrounds;[10] 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.[11]
As of 2016[update] there were 150 employees.[7] As of 2009[update] about 25% of the teachers had North African or black African heritage.[10] The ethnic origins of the teachers that year were: 71.3% European, 26.9% North African, and 1.8% black African.[11]
Campus
The school campus, with a total of 13,455 square metres (144,830 sq ft) of green and wooded space, has five buildings.[7] The buildings are made of concrete and have large windows.[8]
^ abcSoulé, Veronique (2007-04-03). "A Clichy-sous-Bois, le lycée ghetto qu'on évite". Libération. Retrieved 2016-09-25. "Au lycée Albert-Schweitzer du Raincy, l'option histoire de l'art[...]pour les collégiens de Bondy, de Clichy-sous-Bois et des autres communes pauvres des alentours, c'est la possibilité de contourner la carte scolaire, qui les oblige à s'inscrire au lycée de leur ville."
^"Mission d'information sur la carte scolaire". Senate of France. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-04. "[...]le lycée Alfred Nobel est évité par les résidents des zones pavillonnaires de Clichy-sous-Bois au profit des lycées du Raincy, de Vaujours ou encore de Chelles."
^ abBrigaudeau, Christel; Hélène Haus (2015-01-15). "" C'est de pire en pire "". Le Parisien. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-04. () - "Construit face à une barre d'immeubles de 24 étages, le lycée -- un long bâtiment façonné de grandes baies vitrées et de blocs de béton -- forme des jeunes aux bacs professionnels, technologiques et généraux. Ses élèves sont originaires de la commune ou des villes voisines. « Ici, nous sommes quasiment tous musulmans », résume l'un d'eux, rencontré hier après-midi à la sortie des classes. "
^ abSanselm, circa p. 145? (PDF p. 15/16). "[7] L'établissement scolarise un très forte majorité d'élèves issues de l'immigration et emploie au sein de son effectif enseignant environ un quart de personnes originaires du Maghreb et de l'Afrique Noire (voir, page suivante, les données statistiques détailées)."