Welcome

Académie Lafayette is a vibrant, safe and caring learning community that strives to expand the boundaries of innovation and excellence by offering a world-class multilingual education to every student. With the completion of our PreK-12 growth plan, Académie Lafayette is now the largest public French immersion school in the nation. Our relentless focus is placed on preparing our students to be impactful leaders in their communities as well as change agents in an interdependent world.

Over the last few years, Académie Lafayette K-8 French immersion program has been successfully expanded and enriched with the opening of a 6-12 campus, the implementation of the rigorous International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme for our middle school, and the addition of Mandarin and Spanish as third languages for every student starting in 6th grade. The Académie Lafayette International High School (ALIHS) opened in 2020 and offers the renowned International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, along with rigorous STEAM courses, French dual college credits, career and technical education (CTE), the Seal of Biliteracy, and global studies with foreign trips to Costa Rica, Senegal and China.

These outstanding accomplishments would not have been possible without the invaluable contribution of our engaged families, our dedicated international faculty and staff, our devoted board members, and our extremely supportive community. This close-knit coalition works together to make Académie Lafayette Public Charter Schools one of the top performing school districts in Missouri.

If you are interested in joining such a unique community of learners, please contact our admissions office for more information and tour our facilities.

Elimane Mbengue
Superintendent