Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie
Hirson, Aisne
Schools around Hirson B− better than 45% of compared French towns
Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 92% of French lycées with the general & technological bac (IPS 97.5), and 91% passed the general & technological bac.
- 91% of its 182 candidates passed the general & technological bac in 2025, higher than at 10% of French lycées with the general & technological bac.
- That is −4 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 4 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 97.5, less advantaged than at 92% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Hirson among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25The social position index (IPS) sums up pupils’ family backgrounds from their parents’ occupations. Around 100 is typical; higher means more advantaged homes (from about 50 to 160). Shown, never graded.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie is marked.
Pass rate 91%
Higher than at 13% of them.
Value added −4 pts
Higher than at 8% of them: the shaded bars.
One year of results: the ministry’s file has the 2025 session only. With under 30 candidates, one pupil moves the rate several points.
Side by side with Aisne’s lycées
2025The 15 lycées with the general & technological bac in Aisne: further right, more advantaged pupils; higher, more passed. Backgrounds explain much of the spread, which is why value added, the colour, is the fairer comparison.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci | 101.1 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean de La Fontaine | 104 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph | 112.2 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Gérard de Nerval | 101.1 | 96% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Rémy | 122.5 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Saint-Jean et La Croix | 125.7 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Gay-Lussac | 104.1 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Pierre Méchain | 108.8 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Lycée européen | 109.2 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jules Verne | 108.7 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Paul Claudel | 103.6 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie | 97.5 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Lycée Henri Martin | 100 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Lycée Pierre de la Ramée | 104.7 | 92% | −4 pts |
| Lycée Condorcet | 94.5 | 90% | −4 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie, 91% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 95%. The difference, −4 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than similar pupils elsewhere.
A school with advantaged pupils passes nearly everyone, whatever it does; one with disadvantaged pupils can teach very well and still pass fewer. Value added takes the pupils out of the comparison. Near 100% the measure has little room: a school expected to pass 99% can’t show much above it.
French schools get no letter of their own: the ministry’s value added is the fairer measure, shown as it is. A town’s School Grade blends the pass rates and value added of every collège and lycée within 5 km of it.
Living near Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Hirson
Cost of living in Hirson →Houses €667/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
4 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Hirson, Aisne
Questions about Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie
What is the IPS of Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie?
97.5 in 2024–25. The social position index sums up pupils’ family backgrounds; around 100 is typical. TownRatings shows it for context and never grades it.
Is Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie a good school?
In 2025, 91% of its 182 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −4 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée Frédéric et Irène Joliot Curie?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS), 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · DVF property sales. All under the Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab). Updated November 9, 2026.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.