Sausalito Campus: Room to Grow, in the Heart of Marin

Just across the bridge, the Lycée Français de San Francisco’s Sausalito campus offers something rare in Bay Area education: space. This beautiful, large, outdoorsy campus welcomes children from Preschool through Grade 5, giving them room to run, dig, build, and discover, all in a French-English bilingual environment, alongside an international community of families.

Why families choose Sausalito

Here, the outdoors isn’t an occasional field trip, it’s part of daily learning. Students tend a school garden, spend arts weeks exploring themes like water and sustainability, and grow up with sunshine and open space woven into the rhythm of their week.

At Sausalito, every child is known by name, not just by their teacher, but by the whole staff. Friendships run deep, questions get real attention, and the close-knit size means children are never lost in the crowd. It’s the kind of environment where a shy 3-year-old and a confident 5th grader can both feel like they belong.

Academically, Sausalito offers the same rigor as every Lycée campus: the French national curriculum enriched by core subjects in English, starting as early as age 2 in La Petite Ecole. Children build fluency in two languages not through drills, but through daily life, a foundation that carries them forward, eventually, into the Lycée’s Middle and High School years.

The details

• Location: 610 Coloma Street, Sausalito, in the heart of Marin
• Grades served: Preschool through Grade 5 (starting at age 2 in La Petite Ecole)
• Track: French immersion, no prior French required to start at the Preschool level
• Campus feel: Large, outdoorsy grounds, rooted in nature
• Sausalito is one of three Lycée campuses in San Francisco and Marin, rooted in California, open to the world.

Learn more or schedule a visit at lelycee.org.