Collège privé Saint-Joseph
Cognac, Charente
Schools around Cognac B+ better than 72% of compared French towns
Collège privé Saint-Joseph teaches pupils from more advantaged homes than at 90% of French collèges (IPS 128.4).
- 96% of its 82 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 79% of French collèges.
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (±0 pts against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 128.4, more advantaged than at 90% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 3rd of the 4 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 4 towns, Cognac among them (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Saint-Joseph is marked.
Pass rate 96%
Higher than at 83% of them.
Value added ±0 pts
Higher than at 56% 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’s collèges
2025The 35 collèges in Charente: 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 Michelle Pallet | 67.3 | 74% | +21 pts |
| Collège Romain Rolland | 73.7 | 65% | +11 pts |
| Collège Val de Charente | 90 | 92% | +8 pts |
| Collège Jean de la Quintinie | 89.5 | 92% | +5 pts |
| Collège privé Anne-Marie Martel | 103 | 96% | +5 pts |
| Collège Maurice Genevoix | 103.6 | 89% | +4 pts |
| Collège Jean Lartaut | 103.7 | 90% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Paul | 127.8 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège Eugène Delacroix | 104.1 | 97% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes | 129.9 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège Anatole France | 106.5 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Collège Élisée Mousnier | 111.5 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Félix Gaillard | 98.1 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Puygrelier | 103.6 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Pierre Bodet | 95 | 86% | +1 pt |
| Collège François Mitterrand | 105.2 | 91% | +1 pt |
| Collège Louis Pasteur | 92.1 | 89% | ±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph | 128.4 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Alfred Renoleau | 96 | 90% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jules Verne | 115.4 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Collège Noël-Noël | 96.4 | 83% | −1 pt |
| Collège privé catholique Sainte-Marie | 116.2 | 85% | −2 pts |
| Collège Marguerite de Valois | 84.2 | 79% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean Moulin | 98.4 | 83% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean Rostand | 104.3 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Collège privé du Sacré-Coeur | 112.5 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Henri Martin | 103.1 | 85% | −3 pts |
| Collège René Cassin | 102.9 | 87% | −4 pts |
| Collège Norbert Casteret | 112.8 | 89% | −4 pts |
| Collège Claudie Haigneré | 96.7 | 82% | −5 pts |
| Collège Font-Belle | 103.2 | 90% | −5 pts |
| Collège Jules Michelet | 111.4 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Claude Boucher | 89.1 | 77% | −7 pts |
| Collège Élisabeth et Robert Badinter | 101.6 | 80% | −7 pts |
| Collège Pierre Mendès France | 111 | 84% | −9 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Saint-Joseph, 96% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 96%. The difference, ±0 pts, 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 privé Saint-Joseph
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Cognac
Cost of living in Cognac →Houses €1,688/m² · Apartments €1,617/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
6 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Cognac, Charente
Questions about Collège privé Saint-Joseph
What is the IPS of Collège privé Saint-Joseph?
128.4 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.
Is Collège privé Saint-Joseph a good school?
In 2025, 96% of its 82 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is ±0 pts: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège privé Saint-Joseph?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
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.