Lycée Alfred Nobel

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]

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]

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]