5db5a384-c109-4b80-9000-78921b85145520250130065044323wseas:wseasmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER RESEARCH2415-15211991-875510.37394/232018http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=13372110202511020251310.37394/232018.2025.13https://wseas.com/journals/cr/2025.phpWinaAstutiTeacher and Training Faculty, Universitas Lampung, Jalan Soemantri Brodjonegoro No. 1 Bandar Lampung, 35141, INDONESIABujangRahmanTeacher and Training Faculty, Universitas Lampung, Jalan Soemantri Brodjonegoro No. 1 Bandar Lampung, 35141, INDONESIAHasanHaririTeacher and Training Faculty, Universitas Lampung, Jalan Soemantri Brodjonegoro No. 1 Bandar Lampung, 35141, INDONESIAFaridaAryaniTeacher and Training Faculty, Universitas Lampung, Jalan Soemantri Brodjonegoro No. 1 Bandar Lampung, 35141, INDONESIAPonimanPonimanTeacher and Training Faculty, Universitas Lampung, Jalan Soemantri Brodjonegoro No. 1 Bandar Lampung, 35141, INDONESIAFaisalKamalFaculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, Universitas Sains Al-Qur’an Jawa Tengah, Jl. KH. Hasyim Asy’ari KM. 3 Wonosobo, 56351, INDONESIAExemplary Leadership (EL) is the basis for building a school environment in an educational landscape that never stops developing. However, we found that the School Climate (SC) we fight for had not been gotten yet. This study examines the dynamic interactions between EL, Piil Pesenggiri (PP), and SC in educational settings in Indonesia. The research was designed in a quantitative survey, with data collected via Google Forms. The respondents included principals and teachers from 15 districts in Lampung Province. The results of data processing assisted by SEM Amos 23 showed that EL had a direct effect on PP (.800) and a significant impact on SC (.021). EL shows a large and strong direct influence on PP but the influence on SC is 0.21, it turns out that the impact of EL on SC increases to .053 through PP. In this way, PP becomes a mediator for the influence of EL on SC, where PP is local wisdom. 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