Photo: Benoit-caen · CC BY-SA 4.0The collèges and lycées around Cormelles-le-Royal get lower results than those around 73% of compared French towns
17 collèges and 13 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Cormelles-le-Royal. Cormelles-le-Royal grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #33 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).
What stands out about the schools near Cormelles-le-Royal
Collège Stephen Hawking beats its expected rate
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
5 of the 18 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.
Cormelles-le-Royal grades C for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Cormelles-le-Royal with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 17 collèges (2,011 candidates) and 13 lycées (2,897). 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.
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.
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 24 schools here, 5 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 13 2 points or more below.
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| 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 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 Laplace - Dumont d'UrvilleBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 120.5 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Collège Villey DesmeseretsBrevet · Public | 109.3 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège Léopold Sédar SenghorBrevet · Public | 106 | 89% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Augustin FresnelBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 114 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Lycée François de MalherbeBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 126.7 | 95% | −3 pts |
| Collège Sacré-CoeurBrevet · Private | 114 | 90% | −4 pts |
| Collège Henri BrunetBrevet · Public | 108 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège Gisèle GuillemotBrevet · Public | 94.1 | 76% | −5 pts |
| Collège HastingsBrevet · Public | 115.6 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Émile ZolaBrevet · Public | 101.2 | 77% | −7 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.
The schools within 5 km of Cormelles-le-Royal
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.
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
18 collèges and 13 lycées within 5 km of Cormelles-le-Royal
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. 17 collèges and 13 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
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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.
Cormelles-le-Royal and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cormelles-le-Royal 17 collèges · 13 lycées | C | 86% | 93% |
| Ifs 13 collèges · 10 lycées · 1.1 mi | C | 89% | 93% |
| Mondeville 16 collèges · 15 lycées · 1.3 mi | C | 87% | 93% |
| Fleury-sur-Orne 16 collèges · 13 lycées · 1.9 mi | C+ | 89% | 93% |
| Caen 18 collèges · 19 lycées · 2.4 mi | C+ | 88% | 93% |
| Giberville 8 collèges · 5 lycées · 2.7 mi | C− | 79% | 91% |
| Louvigny 15 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.9 mi | C+ | 91% | 94% |
Louvigny has the best-graded schools nearby (C+). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
Questions about schools near Cormelles-le-Royal
Are the schools near Cormelles-le-Royal good?
They grade C, better than those around 27% of compared French towns and #33 of 50 in Calvados. In 2025, 86.2% of the 2,011 candidates at the 17 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.1% of 2,897 candidates passed the bac (−1.9 pts).
Which collège near Cormelles-le-Royal does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Stephen Hawking (public, 1.2 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 Cormelles-le-Royal does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Institut Lemonnier (private, 2.5 mi): 95% of 111 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Cormelles-le-Royal?
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 Cormelles-le-Royal graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Cormelles-le-Royal has 3 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.