Collège Bernard de Ventadour
Privas, Ardèche
Schools around Privas B better than 55% of compared French towns
88% of 229 candidates at Collège Bernard de Ventadour passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is −2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 106.2, more advantaged than at 55% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of 6 towns, Privas among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Bernard de Ventadour is marked.
Pass rate 88%
Higher than at 52% of them.
Value added −2 pts
Higher than at 43% 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 106.2, 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 Bernard de Ventadour, 88% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 90%. The difference, −2 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 Bernard de Ventadour
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Privas
Cost of living in Privas →Houses €2,011/m² · Apartments €1,284/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 ↗Privas, Ardèche
Questions about Collège Bernard de Ventadour
Is Collège Bernard de Ventadour a good school?
In 2025, 88% of its 229 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −2 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Bernard de Ventadour?
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 Bernard de Ventadour?
106.2 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.
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.