Lycée polyvalent Geneviève Vincent
Commentry, Allier
Schools around Commentry B+ better than 75% of compared French towns
Lycée polyvalent Geneviève Vincent teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 91% of French lycées with the general & technological bac (IPS 98.2), and 93% passed the general & technological bac.
- 93% of its 28 candidates passed the general & technological bac in 2025, higher than at 15% of French lycées with the general & technological bac.
- The ministry publishes no value added for its general & technological bac.
- 86% of its 51 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 51% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- That is −3 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 3 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 98.2, less advantaged than at 91% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Commentry 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; Geneviève Vincent is marked.
Pass rate 93%
Higher than at 21% of them.
Each bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Geneviève Vincent is marked.
Pass rate 86%
Higher than at 55% of them.
Value added −3 pts
Higher than at 36% 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 Allier’s lycées
2025The 8 lycées with the general & technological bac in Allier: 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. Geneviève Vincent isn’t among them: only schools with a published value added are compared.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée général privé Saint-Pierre | 126.3 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée général Théodore de Banville | 115.3 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général Madame de Staël | 113.7 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Albert Londres | 112.4 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Paul Constans | 106.4 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Lycée général Blaise de Vigenère | 106.4 | 91% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Monnet | 103 | 91% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Valery Larbaud | 103.7 | 89% | −8 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
The ministry publishes no value added for this school’s general & technological bac (usually because there are too few candidates), so only its pass rate is shown.
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 polyvalent Geneviève Vincent
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Commentry
Cost of living in Commentry →Houses €945/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
1 otherCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Commentry, Allier
Questions about Lycée polyvalent Geneviève Vincent
What is the IPS of Lycée polyvalent Geneviève Vincent?
98.2 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 polyvalent Geneviève Vincent a good school?
In 2025, 93% of its 28 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). The ministry publishes no value added for it, so its results can’t be set against its pupils’ backgrounds.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée polyvalent Geneviève Vincent?
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 4, 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.