Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier
Bourges, Cher
Schools around Bourges B− better than 49% of compared French towns
97% of 259 candidates at Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier passed the general & technological bac in 2025, above the average French school (96.0%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (±0 pts against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 107.6, less advantaged than at 74% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 5th of the 10 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 3 towns, Bourges among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Henri Alain-Fournier is marked.
Pass rate 97%
Higher than at 55% of them.
Value added ±0 pts
Higher than at 59% 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 Cher’s lycées
2025The 8 lycées with the general & technological bac in Cher: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin | 113 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Marie | 129.9 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier | 107.6 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Marguerite de Navarre | 118.1 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Jacques Coeur | 112.9 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Édouard Vaillant | 101.6 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri Brisson | 106.4 | 92% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Moulin | 105.9 | 90% | −5 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 Henri Alain-Fournier, 97% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 97%. 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 Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Bourges
Cost of living in Bourges →Houses €1,746/m² · Apartments €1,554/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
17 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Bourges, Cher
Questions about Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier
Is Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier a good school?
In 2025, 97% of its 259 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is ±0 pts: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
What is the IPS of Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier?
107.6 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.