The collèges and lycées around Aix-en-Provence get better results than those around 72% of compared French towns
At the lycées within 5 km of Aix-en-Provence, 97.2% passed the bac, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 11 collèges and 11 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Aix-en-Provence. Aix-en-Provence grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #14 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.
The town’s figures are weighted by candidates across the schools within 5 km; the comparison is the median of compared French towns (those with an overall grade).
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Aix-en-Provence
Around Aix-en-Provence, the lycées do better than those of 84% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 54%. 99% passed the general and technological bac (+0.8 pts against the expected rate), and 90.8% the brevet (−2.4 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Marie beats its expected rate
100% of 41 candidates passed the general and technological bac at Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Marie in 2025, 3 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
4 of the 11 collèges within 5 km are private, under contract with the state: they teach the national curriculum and their pupils sit the same brevet. They count in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 81 at Collège Muriel Hurtis (anciennement Jas de Bouffan) to 150 at Collège du Sacré-Coeur. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Aix-en-Provence grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (90.8%, −2.4 pts)Better than 54% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (97.2%, +1 pt)Better than 84% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Aix-en-Provence; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 11 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 10 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 7 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)
The average French school of its kind
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Aix-en-Provence with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 11 collèges (1,559 candidates) and 11 lycées (2,895). Each school’s pass rate and value added are compared with every French school of its kind, then weighted by candidates; collèges and lycées count equally. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is listed, not graded. A school can count for several towns.
Results and background
Which schools do better than their pupils’ backgrounds suggest
The line is the typical French school for each social position index; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot’s color is the ministry’s value added.
Collèges: brevet pass rate against social position index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Schools whose pupils come from better-off homes usually get higher pass rates. The ministry’s value added already allows for that, and for pupils’ ages: of the 20 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Lycée polyvalent Sainte-MarieBac, gen. & tech. · Private
129.7
100%
+3 pts
Collège Gisèle HalimiBrevet · Public
112
93%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
146.2
100%
+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent privé CélonyBac, gen. & tech. · Private
126.3
100%
+2 pts
Collège André CampraBrevet · Public
119.2
92%
+1 pt
Collège Sainte-Catherine de SienneBrevet · Private
144.4
98%
+1 pt
Collège La NativitéBrevet · Private
145.6
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Sainte-Catherine de SienneBac, gen. & tech. · Private
143.5
100%
+1 pt
Lycée La NativitéBac, gen. & tech. · Private
146.6
100%
+1 pt
Lycée du Sacré-CoeurBac, gen. & tech. · Private
145.4
100%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent VauvenarguesBac, gen. & tech. · Public
126.7
98%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Émile ZolaBac, gen. & tech. · Public
125.1
98%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Saint-ÉloiBac, gen. & tech. · Private
137.1
98%
±0 pts
Lycée Paul CézanneBac, gen. & tech. · Public
123.7
97%
±0 pts
Collège du Sacré-CoeurBrevet · Private
150
98%
−1 pt
Collège Arc de MeyranBrevet · Public
111.3
89%
−1 pt
Collège Rocher du DragonBrevet · Public
124.1
89%
−3 pts
Collège Nina SIMONEBrevet · Public
118.2
87%
−4 pts
Collège Auguste MignetBrevet · Public
127.9
84%
−9 pts
Collège Muriel Hurtis (anciennement Jas de Bouffan)Brevet · Public
81
67%
−13 pts
IPS: DEPP’s social position index, 2024–25, from parents’ occupations (France’s average pupil ≈ 100). It describes; it doesn’t grade. Value added: the school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Aix-en-Provence
The dashed circle is 5 km (3 miles) from the town’s point, the center of where its residents live; the black outline is the commune.
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Aix-en-ProvenceSize: candidates2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
The schools
11 collèges and 12 lycées within 5 km of Aix-en-Provence
Each with its 2025 result and its value added: how far its pass rate is above or below what the ministry expected from its pupils. 11 collèges and 11 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges11 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Results: DEPP, brevet (IVAC) and bac (IVAL) 2025. Not in the grade: a school with results but no value added published (often a small one). Primary schools: the commune’s own, from the school directory.
Neighbors
Aix-en-Provence and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Venelles has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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The brevet. The diplôme national du brevet, taken at 15 at the end of collège: written exams in French, maths, history-geography, sciences and an oral, with the year’s coursework. We use the share of candidates who pass.
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The bac. The baccalauréat at 18: general and technological in most lycées, vocational in lycées professionnels. Each is compared only with schools of its own kind.
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Value added. The ministry’s own measure (IVAC for collèges, IVAL for lycées): a school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ social background and age. It is half of each school’s score in the grade.
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Social position index (IPS). A summary of pupils’ family backgrounds from parents’ occupations, about 100 for the average French pupil. Shown for context; never graded.
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Within 5 km. French families don’t pick a school by the town’s name: a collège serves a catchment set by the département, a lycée one set by the académie. So the grade uses the schools within 5 km of where the town’s residents live, and neighboring towns can share them.
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Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
They grade B+, better than those around 72% of compared French towns and #14 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025, 90.8% of the 1,559 candidates at the 11 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 97.2% of 2,895 candidates passed the bac (+1 pt).
Which collège near Aix-en-Provence does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Gisèle Halimi (public, 0.6 mi): 93% of 126 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
Which lycée near Aix-en-Provence does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Marie (private, 0.8 mi): 100% of 41 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Aix-en-Provence?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), which the département council sets; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation). Lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment. Private schools under contract admit pupils themselves.
Are primary schools in Aix-en-Provence graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Aix-en-Provence has 74 primary schools (écoles maternelles and élémentaires), listed above.
Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS) by school, 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · INSEE, Filosofi 200 m grid (the town’s point) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.