The collèges and lycées around Plan-de-Cuques outscore those around 52% of compared French towns
83.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Plan-de-Cuques, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (85.2%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). 9 collèges and 7 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Plan-de-Cuques. Plan-de-Cuques grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #47 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 Plan-de-Cuques
Around Plan-de-Cuques, the lycées do better than those of 68% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 33%. 95% passed the general and technological bac (+2.6 pts against the expected rate), and 83.8% the brevet (−1.4 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Sévigné beats its expected rate
99% of 184 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Sévigné in 2025, 5 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 10 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 70.7 at Collège Stéphane Mallarmé to 123.4 at Collège Sévigné. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Plan-de-Cuques grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (83.8%, −1.4 pts)Better than 33% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (92.3%, +1.8 pts)Better than 68% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Plan-de-Cuques; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 5 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 Plan-de-Cuques with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 9 collèges (1,356 candidates) and 7 lycées (1,433). 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 14 schools here, 7 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)
Collège SévignéBrevet · Private
123.4
99%
+5 pts
Lycée polyvalent Simone VeilBac, gen. & tech. · Public
95.1
97%
+4 pts
Lycée polyvalent Denis DiderotBac, gen. & tech. · Public
87.6
88%
+4 pts
Lycée polyvalent Antonin ArtaudBac, gen. & tech. · Public
97.2
94%
+3 pts
Collège Yves MontandBrevet · Public
121.3
94%
+2 pts
Collège André MalrauxBrevet · Public
109.4
89%
+2 pts
Collège Stéphane MallarméBrevet · Public
70.7
66%
+2 pts
Lycée SévignéBac, gen. & tech. · Private
123.8
100%
+1 pt
Lycée régional Monte-CristoBac, gen. & tech. · Public
126
98%
±0 pts
Collège André ChénierBrevet · Public
112.9
88%
−1 pt
Collège Jacques PrévertBrevet · Public
76.6
71%
−2 pts
Collège Jean GionoBrevet · Public
84.6
72%
−4 pts
Collège Olympe de GougesBrevet · Public
116.8
85%
−7 pts
Collège des CaillolsBrevet · Public
90.4
65%
−16 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 Plan-de-Cuques
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 Plan-de-CuquesSize: 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
10 collèges and 7 lycées within 5 km of Plan-de-Cuques
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. 9 collèges and 7 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges10 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Plan-de-Cuques6 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Li Pichounet
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire André Malraux 2
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire André Malraux 1
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole maternelle La Montade
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Robert Debré
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle l'Escarboucle
Primary school · Public · 2.5 mi
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
Plan-de-Cuques and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Marseille 4e has the best-graded schools nearby (B). 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 52% of compared French towns and #47 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025, 83.8% of the 1,356 candidates at the nine collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.3% of 1,433 candidates passed the bac (+1.8 pts).
Which collège near Plan-de-Cuques does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Sévigné (private, 2.7 mi): 99% of 184 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +5 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 Plan-de-Cuques does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent Simone Veil (public, 2.5 mi): 97% of 238 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Plan-de-Cuques?
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 Plan-de-Cuques graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Plan-de-Cuques has 6 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 4, 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.
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