Collège Vallée de la Beaume
Joyeuse, Ardèche
Schools around Joyeuse D better than 8% of compared French towns
At Collège Vallée de la Beaume, 85% passed the brevet, −9 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 92% of French collèges.
- 85% of its 65 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 37% of French collèges.
- That is −9 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 9 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 105.1, more advantaged than at 53% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of 3 towns, Joyeuse among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Vallée de la Beaume is marked.
Pass rate 85%
Higher than at 41% of them.
Value added −9 pts
Higher than at 10% 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 Ardèche’s collèges
2025The 32 collèges in Ardèche: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph en Val d'Ay | 100 | 100% | +7 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-François d'Assise | 110.9 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège privé Marie Rivier | 110.9 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph | 110.4 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Basile | 114.8 | 100% | +4 pts |
| Collège de Jastres | 87.4 | 89% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Louis | 104.9 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame | 108.1 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Charles de Gaulle | 112.9 | 92% | +1 pt |
| Collège de l'Eyrieux | 108.3 | 87% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 121.8 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Docteur Pierre Delarbre | 96.3 | 86% | ±0 pts |
| Collège la Ségalière | 109.3 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Georges Gouy | 96.5 | 83% | −1 pt |
| Collège les trois Vallées | 100.6 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Collège Alex Mézenc | 97.7 | 86% | −2 pts |
| Collège Bernard de Ventadour | 106.2 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège Marie Curie | 104.6 | 89% | −2 pts |
| Collège Léonce Vieljeux | 104.8 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège les Perrières | 84 | 75% | −3 pts |
| Collège Roqua | 101.3 | 88% | −3 pts |
| Collège Henri Ageron | 104 | 86% | −3 pts |
| Collège les Deux Vallées | 106.5 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège la Lombardière | 101 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège Le Laoul | 89.1 | 75% | −5 pts |
| Collège Joseph Durand | 102.7 | 84% | −6 pts |
| Collège de Crussol | 115.8 | 89% | −6 pts |
| Collège du Vivarais | 102.1 | 81% | −8 pts |
| Collège Marcel Chamontin | 101.1 | 76% | −8 pts |
| Collège Vallée de la Beaume | 105.1 | 85% | −9 pts |
| Collège Albert Mercoyrol | 102.4 | 79% | −11 pts |
| Collège Laboissière | 109.4 | 78% | −12 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 105.1, close to the French average of 105.2: neither more nor less advantaged than most.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Vallée de la Beaume, 85% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 94%. The difference, −9 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 Collège Vallée de la Beaume
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Joyeuse
Cost of living in Joyeuse →Houses €2,055/m² · Apartments €1,550/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Map
Directions ↗Joyeuse, Ardèche
Questions about Collège Vallée de la Beaume
Is Collège Vallée de la Beaume a good school?
In 2025, 85% of its 65 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −9 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Vallée de la Beaume?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
What is the IPS of Collège Vallée de la Beaume?
105.1 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.
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.