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Schools near Saint-Michel · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Saint-Michel outscore those around 55% of compared French towns

The brevet pass rate near Saint-Michel is 90.4%, above both Charente’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 9 collèges and 8 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Michel. Saint-Michel grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #14 of 23 in Charente. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

90%passed the brevet97%passed the bac#14of 23 in Charente
Within 5 km
9 + 8
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
90.4%
of 941 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
96.7%
of 1,092 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
79.9%
of 156 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 83.3%

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 · In brief

What stands out about the schools near Saint-Michel

40% · 69%of compared French towns are behind on lycées · on collèges+21points above the expected rate at Collège Michelle Pallet33%of collège candidates are at private schools67–130social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Strong collèges, weaker lycées

Around Saint-Michel, the lycées do better than those of 40% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 69%. 97% passed the general and technological bac (−1 pt against the expected rate), and 90.4% the brevet (+0.8 pts). School Grade ↓

Collège Michelle Pallet beats its expected rate

74% of 47 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Michelle Pallet in 2025, 21 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

2 of the 9 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 67.3 at Collège Michelle Pallet to 129.9 at Collège privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.

School Grade

Saint-Michel grades B for schools

Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (90.4%, +0.8 pts)Better than 69% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.6%, −1.8 pts)Better than 40% of compared French towns

The collèges lift Saint-Michel; the lycées hold it back.

Each of the 9 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Michelle Pallet: 74% · +21 ptsCollège Élisabeth et Robert Badinter: 80% · −7 ptsCollège Pierre Bodet: 86% · +1 ptCollège Jules Michelet: 87% · −6 ptsCollège Anatole France: 90% · +2 ptsCollège Jules Verne: 91% · −1 ptCollège Puygrelier: 93% · +2 ptsCollège privé Saint-Paul: 98% · +3 ptsCollège privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes: 99% · +2 pts
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée Guez de Balzac: 93% · −3 ptsLycée privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes: 98% · −1 ptLycée de l'image et du son: 98% · as expectedLycée Charles Augustin Coulomb: 98% · as expectedLycée privé Saint-Paul: 99% · as expected
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 84.4%Lycée professionnel Sillac: 71% · −13 ptsLycée professionnel Charles Augustin Coulomb: 78% · −8 ptsLycée professionnel privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes: 97% · +1 pt
The average French school of its kind
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Michel with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 9 collèges (941 candidates) and 8 lycées (1,248). 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. A school can count for several towns.

Results and background

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.

Collèges: brevet pass rate against social position index65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%60708090100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Puygrelier: 93%, IPS 103.6 · +2 ptsCollège Michelle Pallet: 74%, IPS 67.3 · +21 ptsCollège Pierre Bodet: 86%, IPS 95 · +1 ptCollège privé Saint-Paul: 98%, IPS 127.8 · +3 ptsCollège Jules Verne: 91%, IPS 115.4 · −1 ptCollège privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes: 99%, IPS 129.9 · +2 ptsCollège Élisabeth et Robert Badinter: 80%, IPS 101.6 · −7 ptsCollège Anatole France: 90%, IPS 106.5 · +2 ptsCollège Jules Michelet: 87%, IPS 111.4 · −6 ptsCollège Michelle PalletCollège Élisabeth et Robert…Collège Jules Michelet
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index85%90%95%100%100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolLycée privé Saint-Paul: 99%, IPS 128.9 · as expectedLycée privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes: 98%, IPS 128.8 · −1 ptLycée Guez de Balzac: 93%, IPS 115.6 · −3 ptsLycée de l'image et du son: 98%, IPS 114.9 · as expectedLycée Charles Augustin Coulomb: 98%, IPS 115.7 · as expectedLycée Guez de BalzacLycée privé Sainte-Marthe C…Lycée privé Saint-Paul
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

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 14 schools here, 5 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Michelle PalletBrevet · Public67.374%+21 pts
Collège privé Saint-PaulBrevet · Private127.898%+3 pts
Collège PuygrelierBrevet · Public103.693%+2 pts
Collège privé Sainte-Marthe ChavagnesBrevet · Private129.999%+2 pts
Collège Anatole FranceBrevet · Public106.590%+2 pts
Collège Pierre BodetBrevet · Public9586%+1 pt
Lycée privé Saint-PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private128.999%±0 pts
Lycée de l'image et du sonBac, gen. & tech. · Public114.998%±0 pts
Lycée Charles Augustin CoulombBac, gen. & tech. · Public115.798%±0 pts
Collège Jules VerneBrevet · Public115.491%−1 pt
Lycée privé Sainte-Marthe ChavagnesBac, gen. & tech. · Private128.898%−1 pt
Lycée Guez de BalzacBac, gen. & tech. · Public115.693%−3 pts
Collège Jules MicheletBrevet · Public111.487%−6 pts
Collège Élisabeth et Robert BadinterBrevet · Public101.680%−7 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.

Map

The schools within 5 km of Saint-Michel

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.

Ecole primaire Louis Pasteur · PublicCollège Puygrelier · Public · 93% brevet · +2 ptsCollège Michelle Pallet · Public · 74% brevet · +21 ptsLycée professionnel Sillac · Public · 71% vocational bac · −13 ptsCollège Pierre Bodet · Public · 86% brevet · +1 ptCollège privé Saint-Paul · Private · 98% brevet · +3 ptsLycée privé Saint-Paul · Private · 99% general and technological bac · as expectedLycée privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes · Private · 98% general and technological bac · −1 ptLycée Guez de Balzac · Public · 93% general and technological bac · −3 ptsCollège Jules Verne · Public · 91% brevet · −1 ptLycée de l'image et du son · Public · 98% general and technological bac · as expectedLycée professionnel Charles Augustin Coulomb · Public · 78% vocational bac · −8 ptsLycée Charles Augustin Coulomb · Public · 98% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes · Private · 99% brevet · +2 ptsLycée professionnel privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes · Private · 97% vocational bac · +1 ptCollège Élisabeth et Robert Badinter · Public · 80% brevet · −7 ptsCollège Anatole France · Public · 90% brevet · +2 ptsCollège Jules Michelet · Public · 87% brevet · −6 ptsSaint-Michel© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Saint-MichelSize: candidates2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.

The schools

9 collèges and 8 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Michel

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. 9 collèges and 8 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Saint-Michel1 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire Louis Pasteur
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi

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.

Neighbors

Saint-Michel and the towns around it

Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.

Fléac: A− for schoolsLa Couronne: B for schoolsAngoulême: B− for schoolsSaint-Yrieix-sur-Charente: B for schoolsGond-Pontouvre: B− for schoolsSoyaux: B− for schoolsFléacLa CouronneAngoulêmeSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteGond-PontouvreSoyauxSaint-Michel
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Saint-Michel
9 collèges · 8 lycées		B90%95%
Fléac
3 collèges · 3 lycées · 2.2 mi		A−93%92%
La Couronne
4 collèges · 3 lycées · 2.2 mi		B84%96%
Angoulême
12 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.4 mi		B−89%94%
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
10 collèges · 9 lycées · 2.5 mi		B91%94%
Gond-Pontouvre
11 collèges · 10 lycées · 3.6 mi		B−88%94%
Soyaux
11 collèges · 11 lycées · 4 mi		B−88%93%

Fléac has the best-graded schools nearby (A−). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.

How to read these numbers

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.

How the School Grade works in France →

Questions about schools near Saint-Michel

Are the schools near Saint-Michel good?

They grade B, better than those around 55% of compared French towns and #14 of 23 in Charente. In 2025, 90.4% of the 941 candidates at the nine collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+0.8 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.6% of 1,248 candidates passed the bac (−1.8 pts).

Which collège near Saint-Michel does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Michelle Pallet (public, 1.1 mi): 74% of 47 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +21 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 Saint-Michel does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Marthe Chavagnes (private, 2.6 mi): 97% of 39 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Michel?

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 Saint-Michel graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Michel has 1 primary school (an école maternelle or élémentaire), 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 October 30, 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.