Collège Maurice Calmel
Marans, Charente-Maritime
Schools around Marans B better than 58% of compared French towns
91% of 145 candidates at Collège Maurice Calmel passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (−1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 110.7, more advantaged than at 66% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Marans among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Maurice Calmel is marked.
Pass rate 91%
Higher than at 64% of them.
Value added −1 pt
Higher than at 49% 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 Charente-Maritime’s collèges
2025Among the 55 collèges in Charente-Maritime, Maurice Calmel sits near the middle on both counts: its pupils’ backgrounds are close to France’s average, and its pass rate is about what that predicts.
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 Maurice Calmel, 91% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 92%. The difference, −1 pt, is its value added: its pupils do about as well as 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 Collège Maurice Calmel
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Marans
Cost of living in Marans →Houses €1,819/m² · Apartments €2,100/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
2 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Marans, Charente-Maritime
Questions about Collège Maurice Calmel
Is Collège Maurice Calmel a good school?
In 2025, 91% of its 145 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −1 pt: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Maurice Calmel?
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 Maurice Calmel?
110.7 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.