The collèges and lycées around Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente get better results than those around 57% of compared French towns
90.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, above both Charente’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 10 collèges and 9 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente. Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #11 of 23 in Charente. 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).
What stands out about the schools near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Strong collèges, weaker lycées
Around Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, the lycées do better than those of 41% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 71%. 96% passed the general and technological bac (−0.9 pts against the expected rate), and 90.7% the brevet (+1.1 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 10 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.
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente grades B for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The collèges lift Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente; the lycées hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 10 collèges (972 candidates) and 9 lycées (1,427). 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.
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.
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 15 schools here, 5 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michelle PalletBrevet · Public | 67.3 | 74% | +21 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-PaulBrevet · Private | 127.8 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège Anatole FranceBrevet · Public | 106.5 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Marthe ChavagnesBrevet · Private | 129.9 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège PuygrelierBrevet · Public | 103.6 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Pierre BodetBrevet · Public | 95 | 86% | +1 pt |
| Lycée privé Saint-PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 128.9 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Marguerite de ValoisBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 106.4 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée de l'image et du sonBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 114.9 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jules VerneBrevet · Public | 115.4 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Marthe ChavagnesBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 128.8 | 98% | −1 pt |
| Collège Marguerite de ValoisBrevet · Public | 84.2 | 79% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Guez de BalzacBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 115.6 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Collège René CassinBrevet · Public | 102.9 | 87% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jules MicheletBrevet · Public | 111.4 | 87% | −6 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 schools within 5 km of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
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.
10 collèges and 9 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
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. 10 collèges and 9 lycées are in the grade. 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.
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 10 collèges · 9 lycées | B | 91% | 94% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 11 collèges · 10 lycées · 1.8 mi | B− | 88% | 94% |
| Fléac 3 collèges · 3 lycées · 1.9 mi | A− | 93% | 92% |
| Angoulême 12 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.2 mi | B− | 89% | 94% |
| Saint-Michel 9 collèges · 8 lycées · 2.5 mi | B | 90% | 95% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 11 collèges · 12 lycées · 3.2 mi | B− | 89% | 93% |
| Soyaux 11 collèges · 11 lycées · 3.6 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.
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.
Questions about schools near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Are the schools near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente good?
They grade B, better than those around 57% of compared French towns and #11 of 23 in Charente. In 2025, 90.7% of the 972 candidates at the 10 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+1.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.2% of 1,427 candidates passed the bac (−1.6 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Michelle Pallet (public, 1.7 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-Yrieix-sur-Charente does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Joseph L'Amandier (private, 1.4 mi): 97% of 66 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-Yrieix-sur-Charente?
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-Yrieix-sur-Charente graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente has 4 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.