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School seal of Lycée Pilote de l'Ariana Lycée Pilote de l'Ariana المعهد النموذجي بأريانة
Founded 1983 · Ariana, Tunisia

Excellence, cultivated for over four decades

A public pilot high school preparing Tunisia's most promising students for the finest universities, at home and abroad.

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1983
Year the school was founded, originally teaching in English
19.95 / 20
Top national Baccalaureate average, Mathematics, 2025
70+
Countries where our alumni live and work
5,000+
Alumni
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An inner courtyard with pine trees, autumn 2026
Students & alumni2 October 2026

A call for class ambassadors

A student ambassador for each year and an alumni ambassador for every graduating class, to pass the torch between generations.

For Students Calendar, clubs, the Le Phénix magazine and Radio LPA. For Parents Key dates, school contacts and announcements. For Teachers & staff Our teaching body, administration and resources. For Alumni Reconnect through the LPA Global Network.
Class photograph from 1985
A class of the English Pioneer School, 1985.
Our heritage

Born as the English Pioneer School of Ariana

Founded in 1983, the school first taught the national curriculum in English, a rare model in Tunisia at the time. Today it welcomes the country's top students after the national entrance examination, for four years of rigorous preparation.

Its graduates have gone on to leading universities in Tunisia and abroad, and to distinguished careers in science, engineering, medicine and beyond.

History at a glance A word from the director
Director Rym Omar Part of the LPA community for decades, first as a teacher of Arabic and later in the school's administration. Director since 2024.
Student life

Beyond the curriculum

Students reading Le Phénix, the school's wall magazine Le Phénix magazine The students' own magazine: essays, interviews and school life, written and edited at LPA. Students at a programming olympiad Olympiads & competitions Mathematics, physics and programming teams competing nationally and internationally. Students performing with violin and oud at a school concert Radio LPA & clubs The school radio, music, theatre and the clubs that shape life on campus.