The City of Lappeenranta operates 36 schools providing basic education and 3 upper secondary schools. The basic education is complemented by the upper secondary schools.
Many schools are able to offer several special-focus subjects.
The special-focus subjects offered by the upper secondary schools include the performing arts and media studies, physical education as well as mathematics and the sciences. In the adult education programme of the Lauritsala upper secondary schools, school syllabus or separate cources in different subjects. The teaching takes place in the evenings. In 1998-1999 there were some 6,240 comprehensive school students and 1,225 upper secondary school students. The adult education programme at the Lauritsala upper secondary school had 113 full- curriculum students and 109 separate course students.