← Back to the rankingLycée français international Victor Hugo
Frankfurt, Germany · est. 1949 · Private
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The Lycée français international Victor Hugo (LFVH, LFIVH) is a French school directly managed by the AEFE agency in Frankfurt am Main, from kindergarten to the final year. The first French class in the city opened in 1949, the school was long run by a parents' association, and in 2000 it moved into a building constructed by France on Gontardstraße. About 950-1000 children attend, taught by 86 teachers. The curriculum is French, accredited by the French education ministry; the primary school (both bilingual tracks) and the international section of the collège are recognised by the state of Hesse as Ersatzschule, so children can move to German schools and back. German starts in kindergarten; in primary a third of lessons are in German in the French track and about half in the German track. In the lycée there are four routes to the diploma: the AbiBac (baccalauréat and Abitur at once), a German literature track with the DSD II language diploma, a European English section and the classic baccalauréat. In 2026, 97.3% of the 74 graduates passed the baccalauréat and 26 of 27 passed the AbiBac.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 106–6 632 a year
4 520–5 870 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French, German
Languages taught
English, Spanish, Chinese, Latin
Students per teacher
about 1 to 11
Class size
in the German bilingual primary track no more than 25 pupils per class; English from grade 3 partly in groups of fewer than 10 pupils
Registration fee
≈ $695
615 EUR
About the fees Tuition for 2026-2027, per year: kindergarten 4520 euros, primary 4850 euros, collège 5660 euros, lycée 5870 euros; discount of 350 euros a year for the third child, 700 for the fourth and 1050 for the fifth. According to the school, fees cover all subjects and options, supervision at breaks and in the morning, support (outings, tutoring, exam preparation, guidance), textbooks up to grade 9, computers and sports, DELF and DSD certificates, lunchtime clubs and the organisation of official exams. Extra: meals, afternoon activities in kindergarten and primary, the sports association, trips, and Cambridge and HSK certificates. Parents taxed in Germany can deduct 30% of fees, up to 5000 euros per child per year, as the school is a recognised Ersatzschule. French families can apply for an AEFE scholarship.
Admissions The school admits children of any nationality from age 3, French-speaking or ready to learn French; the youngest kindergarten class takes children who turn 3 by 31 December of the year of enrolment. Children who started school outside the French system take a test, mainly of French comprehension; depending on the result a trial period may be set. Steps: online pre-registration with a file signed by the parents and acceptance of the financial rules, then payment of the first registration fee within 15 days, after which enrolment is final. The German bilingual primary track accepts only children with the required level of German (usually native), subject to places. Children without French get FLESCO classes, and those without German join beginner groups up to grade 10. French families can apply for an AEFE scholarship through the French consulate general in Frankfurt am Main.
Stages and year groups French curriculum from kindergarten (age 3, at least two classes per level) to terminale. Primary CP-CM2 (ages 6-11) in two bilingual tracks, both recognised as Ersatzschule by Hesse: track F (2-3 classes per level, German in level groups, science and geometry taught in German with two teachers) and track D (one class per level of up to 25 pupils, reading, writing and mathematics in French; reading and writing, science, art, sport and music in German following the Hesse curriculum). Collège 6e-3e: a classic bilingual section (German and English) or the international German section (Ersatzschule; 4 hours of German as a first language on the Hesse curriculum, history, sport and music in German) with the brevet international option; from grade 7 a third language - Spanish or Chinese, with optional Latin. Lycée under the 2019 baccalauréat reform, specialities HGGSP, HLP, English LLCE, NSI, mathematics, physics-chemistry, SVT, SES; four tracks - AbiBac, LCA with DSD II, European English section (subjects in English), classic. Language certificates: DSD, Cambridge English (FCE, CAE, CPE), DELF, HSK - language exams, not a Cambridge International programme. There is no IB.
Address Gontardstraße 11, 60488 Frankfurt am Main (Rödelheim/Westhausen)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationAEFE runs the school directly (établissement en gestion directe): the curriculum is French and recognised by the French education ministry.
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AEFEAgency for French Education Abroad
It runs the network of French schools worldwide, while the accreditation itself, the homologation, is granted by the French education ministry and inspected by French state inspectors. A leaver from a homologated school moves into a school in France without an entrance examination. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
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The state programme of France. A school is homologated by the French ministry of education, and a leaver may move into a school in France without entrance tests. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
What this means for this school. Which year groups of this school are covered by homologation - only the primary ones, or all the way to the final year - is not stated here. The difference matters: it decides whether the school takes a child through to the French baccalaureate or hands them on to another school halfway.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results Baccalauréat 2026: 97.3% passed, 74 graduates; 23 très bien distinctions (4 with the jury's congratulations), 19 bien (25.68%), 25 assez bien (33.78%). AbiBac 2026: 26 of 27 candidates, more than 42% with the top Abitur grade of 1.0. In recent years, the school says, 98 to 100% pass the baccalauréat and AbiBac.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: One campus in Rödelheim/Westhausen in western Frankfurt am Main: buildings constructed by the French foreign ministry and opened in 2000-2002, later extended, house the kindergarten, primary school, collège and lycée. There is a gym, a sports ground, a school garden, two documentation centres with books and multimedia (for primary and for secondary), a regularly renewed computer park and an infirmary with two nurses. The canteen and cafeteria are run by VielfaltMenü GmbH: dishes are cooked on site, two hot dishes daily, one vegetarian, with menus for allergies; in kindergarten lunch is served at the table. Primary runs 8:00 to 14:30 (Wednesday to 12:00), collège and lycée 7:55 to 17:45; paid afternoon activities are offered for kindergarten and primary.
Clubs and activities: Club sportif (sports club) · Chorale (choir) · Jardin pédagogique (school garden) · Club maths (maths club) · Club MUN (Model United Nations) · Club événementiel (events club) · Club webradio (web radio club) · Café littéraire (literary café) · Tricot couture (knitting and sewing) · Robotique (robotics)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers86
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
86 teachers: 38 primary teachers (including a special needs specialist and a German coordinator) and 49 secondary teachers; in addition 6 kindergarten assistants, about 30 adults for support and supervision, and two nurses.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has two nurses: prevention, care, administering medication and reporting children at risk. The student life service (an education counsellor CPE and assistants) is responsible for safety, absences and supervision; a health and citizenship committee runs violence prevention; there are hygiene and safety committees, an educational committee and rules for each level, and a team for students with special needs.
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