Collège Blaise Pascal
Saint-Flour, Cantal
Schools around Saint-Flour A− better than 83% of compared French towns
Collège Blaise Pascal adds +8 pts to the pass rate expected from its pupils: more than 93% of French collèges.
- 99% of its 70 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 90% of French collèges.
- That is +8 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 8 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 99.2, less advantaged than at 62% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 1st of the 3 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Saint-Flour among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Blaise Pascal is marked.
Pass rate 99%
Higher than at 94% of them.
Value added +8 pts
Higher than at 94% 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 Cantal’s collèges
2025The 12 collèges in Cantal: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges Brassens | 98 | 100% | +11 pts |
| Collège des Portes du midi | 97.1 | 95% | +8 pts |
| Collège Blaise Pascal | 99.2 | 99% | +8 pts |
| Collège Jean Dauzié | 102.9 | 96% | +6 pts |
| Collège Gerbert | 114.3 | 100% | +4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph - La Présentation | 105.8 | 98% | +4 pts |
| Collège du Méridien | 103.2 | 95% | +3 pts |
| Collège Jeanne de la Treilhe | 115.9 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Collège La Vigière | 101.5 | 92% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 114.3 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Collège La Jordanne | 95.7 | 92% | −2 pts |
| Collège La Ponétie | 102.9 | 92% | −2 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 Blaise Pascal, 99% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 91%. The difference, +8 pts, is its value added: the school does more for its pupils than the pass rate alone shows.
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 Collège Blaise Pascal
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Saint-Flour
Cost of living in Saint-Flour →Houses €1,545/m² · Apartments €1,323/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
3 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Saint-Flour, Cantal
Questions about Collège Blaise Pascal
Is Collège Blaise Pascal a good school?
In 2025, 99% of its 70 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +8 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Blaise Pascal?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
What is the IPS of Collège Blaise Pascal?
99.2 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 8, 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.