Collège Jeanne Mélin
Carignan, Ardennes
Schools around Carignan C− better than 20% of compared French towns
83% of 69 candidates at Collège Jeanne Mélin passed the brevet in 2025, below the average French school (86.9%).
- 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 84.5, less advantaged than at 89% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Carignan among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Jeanne Mélin is marked.
Pass rate 83%
Higher than at 34% of them.
Value added −3 pts
Higher than at 37% 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 Ardennes’s collèges
2025The 33 collèges in Ardennes: 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 Léo Lagrange | 66.2 | 73% | +12 pts |
| Collège Vauban | 92.9 | 95% | +9 pts |
| Collège Salengro | 66.2 | 71% | +8 pts |
| Collège Rouget-de-Lisle | 86.6 | 87% | +5 pts |
| Collège de Raucourt | 92 | 93% | +4 pts |
| Collège Élisabeth de Nassau | 92.9 | 87% | +3 pts |
| Collège Notre Dame | 127.4 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège Marie-Hélène Cardot | 94.7 | 83% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean Rogissart | 80.5 | 88% | +2 pts |
| Collège Mabillon | 112.5 | 97% | +2 pts |
| Collège Pasteur | 85.1 | 81% | +2 pts |
| Collège Éva Thomé | 98.9 | 85% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle | 117.9 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Collège les Deux Vallées | 86.9 | 80% | −1 pt |
| Collège Signy l'Abbaye-Chaumont Porcien | 94 | 85% | −2 pts |
| Collège Jeanne Mélin | 84.5 | 83% | −3 pts |
| Collège Bayard | 85.9 | 78% | −3 pts |
| Collège Paul Drouot | 93.5 | 86% | −3 pts |
| Collège Arthur Rimbaud | 107.9 | 89% | −4 pts |
| Collège du Val de Meuse | 102 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège du Blanc Marais | 98.4 | 82% | −5 pts |
| Collège Charles Bruneau | 95.4 | 82% | −5 pts |
| Collège le Lac | 69.5 | 63% | −6 pts |
| Collège multisite Asfeld-Chateau Porcien | 100.8 | 78% | −8 pts |
| Collège Turenne | 82.8 | 70% | −8 pts |
| Collège multisite Signy le petit-Liart | 89.3 | 70% | −9 pts |
| Collège de la Retourne | 112 | 82% | −10 pts |
| Collège George Sand | 84.3 | 69% | −10 pts |
| Collège Jean Macé | 106 | 78% | −11 pts |
| Collège Fred Scamaroni | 87.6 | 73% | −11 pts |
| Collège Jules Leroux | 92.6 | 77% | −11 pts |
| Collège Vallière | 94.5 | 74% | −17 pts |
| Collège Robert de Sorbon | 96.5 | 69% | −19 pts |
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.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Jeanne Mélin, 83% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 86%. The difference, −3 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 Jeanne Mélin
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Carignan
Cost of living in Carignan →Houses €1,265/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Map
Directions ↗Carignan, Ardennes
Questions about Collège Jeanne Mélin
Is Collège Jeanne Mélin a good school?
In 2025, 83% of its 69 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −3 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Jeanne Mélin?
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 Jeanne Mélin?
84.5 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.
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.