Lycée Pierre Bayle
Sedan, Ardennes
Schools around Sedan C− better than 15% of compared French towns
Lycée Pierre Bayle teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 93% of French lycées with the general & technological bac (IPS 96.5), and 91% passed the general & technological bac.
- 91% of its 246 candidates passed the general & technological bac in 2025, higher than at 10% of French lycées with the general & technological bac.
- That is −4 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 4 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 96.5, less advantaged than at 93% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 2nd of the 4 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 5 towns, Sedan 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; Pierre Bayle is marked.
Pass rate 91%
Higher than at 13% of them.
Value added −4 pts
Higher than at 8% 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 lycées
2025The 11 lycées with the general & technological bac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Mabillon | 121.1 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Sévigné | 105.1 | 94% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Paul | 122.9 | 98% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Chanzy | 114 | 96% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Monge | 89.2 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Paul Verlaine | 111.1 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Moulin | 93.8 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Lycée Pierre Bayle | 96.5 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent François Bazin | 105.3 | 90% | −5 pts |
| Lycée Vauban | 93.3 | 85% | −6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Masaryk | 107.1 | 91% | −6 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Pierre Bayle, 91% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 95%. The difference, −4 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 Lycée Pierre Bayle
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Sedan
Cost of living in Sedan →Houses €1,383/m² · Apartments €869/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
8 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Sedan, Ardennes
Questions about Lycée Pierre Bayle
What is the IPS of Lycée Pierre Bayle?
96.5 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.
Is Lycée Pierre Bayle a good school?
In 2025, 91% of its 246 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −4 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée Pierre Bayle?
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.