Elite (Spanish: Élite; stylized as E L I T Ǝ) is a Spanish thriller teen drama television series created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona for Netflix. The series is set in Las Encinas, a fictional elite secondary school, and revolves around the relationships between three working-class teenage students enrolled at the school through a scholarship program and their wealthy classmates. The series features an ensemble cast. Many of the cast previously featured in other Netflix works produced or distributed in Spain and Latin America.
The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on Netflix on 5 October 2018. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences, with many hailing the series as a "guilty pleasure", and praising its writing, acting and portrayal of mature themes. The second season was released on 6 September 2019. A third season was ordered in August 2019 and was released on 13 March 2020. In May 2020 and February 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season. The fourth season was released on 18 June 2021, and the fifth season on April 8, 2022. In October 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a sixth season.[1] It was announced on October 25, 2022, that Netflix renewed the series for a seventh season, which premiered on October 20, 2023.
On 19 July 2023, Netflix renewed the series for an eighth and final season,[2] which was released on 26 July 2024.[3] During the course of the series, 64 episodes of Elite were released.
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