Lycée Lyautey

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Lycée Lyautey is a private, co‑educational French school in Casablanca, Morocco. It includes a middle school (collège) and a high school (lycée) and operates under the AEFE network, part of the Académie de Bordeaux. The school is named after Marshal Louis Lyautey, the first French resident general in Morocco (1912–1925).

It is the largest AEFE institution in Morocco and the second largest directly run AEFE school in the world. About 3,523 students study there, 1,582 of whom are French, with 257 teachers. The average class size is 29 students.

History
Work on the earlier Lycée Lyautey began in 1919 on Mers Sultan Avenue (now March 2 Avenue) and the school opened in 1921. In 1929, the Petit Lycée (now Ibn Toumart School) began taking elementary students, and middle school students joined in 1933. After Morocco gained independence, the Grand Lycée became Lycée Mohammed V and the Petit Lycée became Ibn Toumart.

The current Lycée Lyautey was built on the site of a former French military camp, Turpin. Construction started in 1959 and the school opened in November 1963. In 1965 it acquired neighboring land from the former French camp Beaulieu, adding athletic facilities. A sports complex with two pools, a gym and more was built on the Beaulieu site in early 2022, designed in the local Casa style and featuring solar panels.

In 1970, French foreign minister Maurice Schumann wrote in the guestbook praising the teachers and the principal of the school.