The collèges and lycées around Caen get lower results than those around 64% of compared French towns
18 collèges and 19 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Caen. Caen grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #29 of 50 in Calvados. 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).
86% of 80 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Stephen Hawking in 2025, 8 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
6 of the 19 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 80.8 at Collège Nelson Mandela to 136.8 at Collège Saint-Joseph. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Caen grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (88.0%, −1.4 pts)Better than 48% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.4%, −2 pts)Better than 31% of compared French towns
Each of the 19 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 14 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 9 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 Caen with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 18 collèges (2,122 candidates) and 19 lycées (3,950). 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. 2 schools have results but no value added published, so they are 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 29 schools here, 7 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 12 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Stephen HawkingBrevet · Public
88
86%
+8 pts
Collège Saint-PierreBrevet · Private
134.8
100%
+4 pts
Collège Saint-PaulBrevet · Private
133.3
99%
+3 pts
Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public
117.1
95%
+3 pts
Collège Guillaume de NormandieBrevet · Public
82.7
76%
+3 pts
Collège PasteurBrevet · Public
134.6
98%
+2 pts
Lycée général et technologique Institut LemonnierBac, gen. & tech. · Private
126.3
98%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
136.8
98%
+1 pt
Institution Saint-PierreBrevet · Private
133.9
97%
+1 pt
Lycée Sainte-MarieBac, gen. & tech. · Private
136.9
100%
+1 pt
Collège Fernand LechanteurBrevet · Public
95.8
88%
±0 pts
Lycée Charles de GaulleBac, gen. & tech. · Public
125
98%
±0 pts
Lycée privé Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Private
142.2
99%
±0 pts
CaenSup Sainte-UrsuleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
116.8
97%
±0 pts
Collège Jacques MonodBrevet · Public
109.2
90%
−1 pt
Lycée Laplace - Dumont d'UrvilleBac, gen. & tech. · Public
120.5
97%
−1 pt
Lycée Victor HugoBac, gen. & tech. · Public
134.5
98%
−1 pt
Collège Villey DesmeseretsBrevet · Public
109.3
87%
−2 pts
Lycée Augustin FresnelBac, gen. & tech. · Public
114
95%
−2 pts
Lycée François de MalherbeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
126.7
95%
−3 pts
Lycée Salvador AllendeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.1
93%
−3 pts
Collège Henri BrunetBrevet · Public
108
86%
−4 pts
Collège Sacré-CoeurBrevet · Private
114
90%
−4 pts
Collège Gisèle GuillemotBrevet · Public
94.1
76%
−5 pts
Collège HastingsBrevet · Public
115.6
87%
−6 pts
Lycée Jean RostandBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.9
89%
−7 pts
Collège Pierre VarignonBrevet · Public
87.6
70%
−12 pts
Collège DunoisBrevet · Public
86.9
69%
−15 pts
Collège Nelson MandelaBrevet · Public
80.8
59%
−19 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 Caen
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 CaenSize: 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
19 collèges and 20 lycées within 5 km of Caen
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. 18 collèges and 19 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges19 · 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
Caen and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Bretteville-sur-Odon 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 C+, better than those around 36% of compared French towns and #29 of 50 in Calvados. In 2025, 88.0% of the 2,122 candidates at the 18 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.4% of 3,950 candidates passed the bac (−2 pts).
Which collège near Caen does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Stephen Hawking (public, 1.8 mi): 86% of 80 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +8 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 Caen does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de la Fidélité (private, 1.9 mi): 100% of 54 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +5 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Caen?
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 Caen graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Caen has 38 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 October 30, 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.