Where Is Elite Based?

The series is set in Las Encinas, a fictional elite secondary school and revolves around the relationships between three working-class students enrolled at the school through a scholarship program and their wealthy classmates. The series features an ensemble cast.

Where is the show elite based?

Many of the scenes in Elite do take place at Las Encinas, which closely resembles the interior of a real high school. However, the cast and crew aren't actually filming on location at a real Spanish secondary school. Instead, those classroom and hallway scenes are shot on a set in Madrid.

Where is elite filmed houses?

Las Encinas is fictional—but those scenes are shot at a real campus. According to El Pais, the exteriors of Las Encinas are shot at European University of Madrid, in Villaviciosa de Odón, a municipality about 10 miles away from Madrid's center. The classrooms are filmed on a set.