Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule
Caen, Calvados
Schools around Caen C+ better than 36% of compared French towns
At Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule, 84% passed the vocational bac, −9 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 89% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- 84% of its 119 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 43% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- That is −9 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 9 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 109.5, more advantaged than at 92% of French lycées with the vocational bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 16th of the 17 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 11 towns, Caen among them (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Sainte-Ursule is marked.
Pass rate 84%
Higher than at 47% of them.
Value added −9 pts
Higher than at 13% 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 Calvados’s lycées
2025The 19 lycées with the vocational bac in Calvados: 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 professionnel de l'Oasis | 97.2 | 100% | +7 pts |
| Lycée Albert Sorel | 92 | 92% | +7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de Nazareth | 110.1 | 97% | +6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Arcisse de Caumont | 86.6 | 93% | +5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de la Fidélité | 103.6 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Institut Lemonnier | 112.6 | 95% | +4 pts |
| Lycée Jules Verne | 86.4 | 85% | +4 pts |
| Lycée Laplace - Dumont d'Urville | 92.7 | 86% | +3 pts |
| Lycée Paul Cornu | 92.2 | 92% | +3 pts |
| Lycée Charles Tellier | 95.5 | 88% | +1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Victor Lépine | 89.4 | 88% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Joseph | 101.8 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean Jooris | 88.9 | 79% | −5 pts |
| Lycée François Rabelais | 94.9 | 82% | −7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz | 86.7 | 81% | −8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule | 109.7 | 84% | −9 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Guillaume le Conquérant | 85.1 | 75% | −12 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Frémont les Rosiers | 95.6 | 78% | −12 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Camille Claudel | 82.5 | 73% | −14 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 Sainte-Ursule, 84% of candidates passed the vocational bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 93%. The difference, −9 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 polyvalent Sainte-Ursule
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Caen
Cost of living in Caen →Houses €3,500/m² · Apartments €2,880/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
38 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Caen, Calvados
Questions about Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule
Is Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule a good school?
In 2025, 84% of its 119 candidates passed the vocational bac (the average French school: 84.4%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −9 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule?
109.5 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.