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Schools near Désertines · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Désertines get lower results than those around 91% of compared French towns

Near Désertines, 79.7% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Allier’s towns (84.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 5 collèges and 4 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Désertines. Désertines grades D for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #16 of 21 in Allier. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

80%passed the brevet95%passed the bac#16of 21 in Allier
Within 5 km
5 + 4
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
79.7%
of 468 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
94.5%
of 529 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
78.3%
of 274 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 83.3%

The town’s figures are weighted by candidates across the schools within 5 km; the comparison is the median of compared French towns (those with an overall grade).

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about the schools near Désertines

+9points above the expected rate at Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph77–116social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph beats its expected rate

96% of 56 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph in 2025, 9 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Very different intakes

The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 76.5 at Collège Jean Zay to 116.1 at Collège Saint-Joseph. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.

School Grade

Désertines grades D for schools

Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (79.7%, −7.6 pts)Better than 7% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (89.0%, −3.8 pts)Better than 18% of compared French towns
Each of the 6 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Jules Ferry: 73% · −12 ptsCollège Jean-Jacques Soulier: 74% · −11 ptsCollège Jean Zay: 77% · −8 ptsCollège Marie Curie: 85% · −5 ptsCollège Saint-Joseph: 95% · +2 ptsCollège Jules Verne: 100% · no value added published
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée polyvalent Paul Constans: 93% · −3 ptsLycée général Madame de Staël: 96% · −1 ptLycée général privé Saint-Joseph: 100% · no value added published
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 84.4%Lycée polyvalent Albert Einstein: 73% · −10 ptsLycée polyvalent Paul Constans: 74% · −12 ptsLycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph: 96% · +9 pts
The average French school of its kind
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Désertines with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 5 collèges (468 candidates) and 4 lycées (803). Each school’s pass rate and value added are compared with every French school of its kind, then weighted by candidates; collèges and lycées count equally. 2 schools have results but no value added published, so they are listed, not graded. A school can count for several towns.

Results and background

Which schools do better than their pupils’ backgrounds suggest

The line is the typical French school for each social position index; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot’s color is the ministry’s value added.

Collèges: brevet pass rate against social position index70%75%80%85%90%95%100%708090100110120130Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Marie Curie: 85%, IPS 100.8 · −5 ptsCollège Saint-Joseph: 95%, IPS 116.1 · +2 ptsCollège Jean Zay: 77%, IPS 76.5 · −8 ptsCollège Jules Ferry: 73%, IPS 100.8 · −12 ptsCollège Jean-Jacques Soulier: 74%, IPS 97.1 · −11 ptsCollège Jules FerryCollège Jean Zay
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

Schools whose pupils come from better-off homes usually get higher pass rates. The ministry’s value added already allows for that, and for pupils’ ages: of the 5 schools here, 1 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private116.195%+2 pts
Collège Marie CurieBrevet · Public100.885%−5 pts
Collège Jean ZayBrevet · Public76.577%−8 pts
Collège Jean-Jacques SoulierBrevet · Public97.174%−11 pts
Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public100.873%−12 pts

IPS: DEPP’s social position index, 2024–25, from parents’ occupations (France’s average pupil ≈ 100). It describes; it doesn’t grade. Value added: the school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages.

Map

The schools within 5 km of Désertines

The dashed circle is 5 km (3 miles) from the town’s point, the center of where its residents live; the black outline is the commune.

Ecole élémentaire Emile Guillaumin · PublicEcole maternelle Paul Eluard · PublicEcole primaire Elsa Triolet - Louis Aragon · PublicCollège Marie Curie · Public · 85% brevet · −5 ptsLycée polyvalent Albert Einstein · Public · 73% vocational bac · −10 ptsLycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph · Private · 96% vocational bac · +9 ptsLycée général privé Saint-Joseph · Private · 100% general and technological bac · no value added publishedCollège Saint-Joseph · Private · 95% brevet · +2 ptsLycée général Madame de Staël · Public · 96% general and technological bac · −1 ptCollège Jean Zay · Public · 77% brevet · −8 ptsCollège Jules Ferry · Public · 73% brevet · −12 ptsCollège Jean-Jacques Soulier · Public · 74% brevet · −11 ptsCollège Jules Verne · Public · 100% brevet · no value added publishedLycée polyvalent Paul Constans · Public · 93% general and technological bac · −3 ptsDésertines© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in DésertinesSize: candidates2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.

The schools

6 collèges and 5 lycées within 5 km of Désertines

Each with its 2025 result and its value added: how far its pass rate is above or below what the ministry expected from its pupils. 5 collèges and 4 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Désertines3 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Emile Guillaumin
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Eluard
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire Elsa Triolet - Louis Aragon
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi

Results: DEPP, brevet (IVAC) and bac (IVAL) 2025. Not in the grade: a school with results but no value added published (often a small one). Primary schools: the commune’s own, from the school directory.

Neighbors

Désertines and the towns around it

Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.

Montluçon: D for schoolsDomérat: D− for schoolsPrémilhat: D for schoolsHuriel: C− for schoolsCommentry: B+ for schoolsSaint-Éloy-les-Mines: B− for schoolsMontluçonDomératPrémilhatHurielCommentrySaint-Éloy-les-MinesDésertines
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Désertines
5 collèges · 4 lycées		D80%89%
Montluçon
5 collèges · 4 lycées · 1.6 mi		D80%89%
Domérat
4 collèges · 2 lycées · 3.6 mi		D−76%84%
Prémilhat
5 collèges · 3 lycées · 3.9 mi		D79%90%
Huriel
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 6.4 mi		C−85%—1
Commentry
1 collège · 1 lycée · 7.5 mi		B+92%86%
Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
1 collège · 1 lycée · 16.7 mi		B−80%92%

1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.

Commentry has the best-graded schools nearby (B+). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • The brevet. The diplôme national du brevet, taken at 15 at the end of collège: written exams in French, maths, history-geography, sciences and an oral, with the year’s coursework. We use the share of candidates who pass.
  • The bac. The baccalauréat at 18: general and technological in most lycées, vocational in lycées professionnels. Each is compared only with schools of its own kind.
  • Value added. The ministry’s own measure (IVAC for collèges, IVAL for lycées): a school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ social background and age. It is half of each school’s score in the grade.
  • Social position index (IPS). A summary of pupils’ family backgrounds from parents’ occupations, about 100 for the average French pupil. Shown for context; never graded.
  • Within 5 km. French families don’t pick a school by the town’s name: a collège serves a catchment set by the département, a lycée one set by the académie. So the grade uses the schools within 5 km of where the town’s residents live, and neighboring towns can share them.
  • Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.

How the School Grade works in France →

Questions about schools near Désertines

Are the schools near Désertines good?

They grade D, better than those around 9% of compared French towns and #16 of 21 in Allier. In 2025, 79.7% of the 468 candidates at the five collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−7.6 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 89.0% of 803 candidates passed the bac (−3.8 pts).

Which collège near Désertines does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Saint-Joseph (private, 1.2 mi): 95% of 73 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.

Which lycée near Désertines does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph (private, 1.2 mi): 96% of 56 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +9 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Désertines?

A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), which the département council sets; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation). Lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment. Private schools under contract admit pupils themselves.

Are primary schools in Désertines graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Désertines has 3 primary schools (écoles maternelles and élémentaires), listed above.

Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS) by school, 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · INSEE, Filosofi 200 m grid (the town’s point) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.