Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
89.9% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Lisieux, below both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 4 collèges and 4 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Lisieux. Lisieux grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #25 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).
Around Lisieux, the lycées do better than those of 7% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 76%. 91% passed the general and technological bac (−4.9 pts against the expected rate), and 89.8% the brevet (+2.7 pts). School Grade ↓
84% of 51 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Pierre Simon de Laplace in 2025, 14 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
1 of the 4 collèges within 5 km is private, under contract with the state: it teaches the national curriculum and its pupils sit the same brevet. It counts in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 81.8 at Collège Pierre Simon de Laplace to 118.1 at Collège Notre-Dame. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The collèges lift Lisieux; the lycées hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Lisieux with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 4 collèges (423 candidates) and 4 lycées (535). 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.
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 7 schools here, 2 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Simon de LaplaceBrevet · Public | 81.8 | 84% | +14 pts |
| Collège Notre-DameBrevet · Private | 118.1 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège Marcel GambierBrevet · Public | 109 | 88% | ±0 pts |
| Collège MicheletBrevet · Public | 91.2 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Marcel GambierBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 113.4 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Paul CornuBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 100.5 | 86% | −7 pts |
| Institution FrémontBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 124.4 | 90% | −8 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 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.
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. 4 collèges and 4 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
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.
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisieux 4 collèges · 4 lycées | C+ | 90% | 90% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 1 collège · 0 lycées · 9.4 mi | D− | 75% | —1 |
| Pont-l'Évêque 1 collège · 0 lycées · 10.1 mi | A− | 92% | —1 |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 1 collège · 0 lycées · 13.6 mi | D | 80% | —1 |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 14.1 mi | C− | 85% | —1 |
| Beuzeville 1 collège · 0 lycées · 14.5 mi | B | 86% | —1 |
| Vimoutiers 1 collège · 0 lycées · 15.2 mi | D | 83% | —1 |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Pont-l'Évêque has the best-graded schools nearby (A−).
They grade C+, better than those around 39% of compared French towns and #25 of 50 in Calvados. In 2025, 89.8% of the 423 candidates at the four collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.7 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 89.9% of 535 candidates passed the bac (−3.9 pts).
Against the expected rate, Collège Pierre Simon de Laplace (public, 0.6 mi): 84% of 51 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +14 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
Against the expected rate, Lycée Marcel Gambier (public, 0.5 mi): 94% of 200 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, −3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
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.
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Lisieux has 10 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.