The school was founded in 1967 by Claude Lambert and Claude Reboul[3] as Lycée Français la Pérouse and was originally a satellite campus of the French American International School. The French School of Marin merged with the LFSF in 1986.[2]
LFSF alumni include children of musicians, artists and actors, children of the ambassadorial and socialite scenes, as well as various members of European nobility,[citation needed] and there have been examples of extravagant donations to the school-including Picassos and Fabergé eggs. The school continually ranks among the best and hardest schools in the Lycée à l'Etranger system, with graduates attending Ivy leagues and Parisian prepas every year.[citation needed]
Ortega Campus: Grades 6–12[5] This campus offers the French bac with the International option of the exam, an honor course of the baccalaureate.
Sausalito Campus (formerly Marin County French School): Preschool–Grade 5[6] also includes La Petite Ecole (part-time program for children age 2+) and the FLI program for a gentle integration after Grade 1.