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Collège le Lac

Collège (ages 11–15)Public

Sedan, Ardennes

Schools around Sedan C− better than 15% of compared French towns

Brevet (DNB)
43 candidates
passed in 2025 · the average French school: 86.9%
Value added
−6 pts
below expectedas expectedabove expected
63% passed; 69% was expected from its pupils
Family background (IPS)
69.5
French collèges average 105.2. Shown, never graded
The gist

At Collège le Lac, 63% passed the brevet, −6 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 83% of French collèges.

  • 63% of its 43 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 1% of French collèges.
  • That is −6 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 6 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
  • Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 69.5, less advantaged than at 99% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
  • Its value added ranks 3rd of the 4 collèges within 5 km.
  • It counts in the School Grade of 6 towns, Sedan among them (every graded town within 5 km).

Results

DEPP · 2025 session

Each bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; le Lac is marked.

Pass rate 63%

Higher than at almost none of them.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%Average school 86.9%le Lac 63%

Value added −6 pts

Higher than at 21% of them: the shaded bars.

-20-1001020As expected 0le Lac −6 pts
Passed63%
of 43 candidates
Expected from pupils like these69%
the ministry’s estimate for pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages

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

2025

The 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.

60%68%76%84%92%100%708090100110120130Pupils’ family background (IPS) →Pass rate →Élisabeth de NassauTurenneMabillonle Lac
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added
Collège Léo Lagrange66.273%+12 pts
Collège Vauban92.995%+9 pts
Collège Salengro66.271%+8 pts
Collège Rouget-de-Lisle86.687%+5 pts
Collège de Raucourt9293%+4 pts
Collège Élisabeth de Nassau92.987%+3 pts
Collège Notre Dame127.499%+2 pts
Collège Marie-Hélène Cardot94.783%+2 pts
Collège Jean Rogissart80.588%+2 pts
Collège Mabillon112.597%+2 pts
Collège Pasteur85.181%+2 pts
Collège Éva Thomé98.985%±0 pts
Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle117.995%±0 pts
Collège les Deux Vallées86.980%−1 pt
Collège Signy l'Abbaye-Chaumont Porcien9485%−2 pts
Collège Jeanne Mélin84.583%−3 pts
Collège Bayard85.978%−3 pts
Collège Paul Drouot93.586%−3 pts
Collège Arthur Rimbaud107.989%−4 pts
Collège du Val de Meuse10283%−5 pts
Collège du Blanc Marais98.482%−5 pts
Collège Charles Bruneau95.482%−5 pts
Collège le Lac69.563%−6 pts
Collège multisite Asfeld-Chateau Porcien100.878%−8 pts
Collège Turenne82.870%−8 pts
Collège multisite Signy le petit-Liart89.370%−9 pts
Collège de la Retourne11282%−10 pts
Collège George Sand84.369%−10 pts
Collège Jean Macé10678%−11 pts
Collège Fred Scamaroni87.673%−11 pts
Collège Jules Leroux92.677%−11 pts
Collège Vallière94.574%−17 pts
Collège Robert de Sorbon96.569%−19 pts

Who goes here

DEPP · 2024–25

The 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.

Collège pupils69.5
France 105.2 · Ardennes 93.3
France’s average schoolArdennes’s average
How to judge it

Value added, in plain words

Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.

At le Lac, 63% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 69%. The difference, −6 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 nearby

Living near Collège le Lac

What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.

€960/m²
median price per m², 573 sales

Houses €1,383/m² · Apartments €869/m²

DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.

Collèges and lycées within 5 km

8 others
1 km2.5 km5 kmNle Lac
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

Circles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.

Sedan, Ardennes

Questions about Collège le Lac

Is Collège le Lac a good school?

In 2025, 63% of its 43 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −6 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.

How do pupils get a place at Collège le Lac?

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 le Lac?

69.5 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.

Official recordMinistry directory ↗UAI 0080826E

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.