Lycée privé Sainte-Marie
Bourges, Cher
Schools around Bourges B− better than 49% of compared French towns
Lycée privé Sainte-Marie has the best value added of the 10 lycées within 5 km: 99% passed the general & technological bac in 2025.
- 99% of its 193 candidates passed the general & technological bac in 2025, higher than at 67% of French lycées with the general & technological bac.
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (+1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 129.9, more advantaged than at 78% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 1st of the 10 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Bourges 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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Sainte-Marie is marked.
Pass rate 99%
Higher than at 80% of them.
Value added +1 pt
Higher than at 82% 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 Sainte-Marie, 99% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 98%. 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 Lycée privé Sainte-Marie
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 privé Sainte-Marie
Is Lycée privé Sainte-Marie a good school?
In 2025, 99% of its 193 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +1 pt: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée privé Sainte-Marie?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Lycée privé Sainte-Marie?
129.9 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.