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B−School Grade
Schools near Bourges · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Bourges get lower results than those around 51% of compared French towns

8 collèges and 10 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Bourges. Bourges grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #5 of 14 in Cher. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

87%passed the brevet98%passed the bac#5of 14 in Cher
Within 5 km
8 + 10
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
86.7%
of 1,084 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
97.6%
of 1,212 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
80.3%
of 467 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 Bourges

+4points above the expected rate at Collège privé Sainte-Marie20%of collège candidates are at private schools84–129social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Collège privé Sainte-Marie beats its expected rate

98% of 219 candidates passed the brevet at Collège privé Sainte-Marie in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

1 of the 8 collèges within 5 km is private, under contract with the state: it teaches the national curriculum and its pupils sit the same brevet. It counts 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 83.9 at Collège le Grand Meaulnes to 129.2 at Collège privé Sainte-Marie. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

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

School Grade

Bourges grades B− for schools

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

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (86.7%, −1 pt)Better than 45% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (92.8%, −1.4 pts)Better than 54% of compared French towns
Each of the 8 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège le Grand Meaulnes: 67% · +4 ptsCollège Jean Renoir: 83% · −2 ptsCollège Jules Verne: 84% · −2 ptsCollège Émile Littré: 85% · −6 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 85% · +4 ptsCollège Saint-Exupéry: 87% · −5 ptsCollège Louis Armand: 87% · −4 ptsCollège privé Sainte-Marie: 98% · +4 pts
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin: 97% · +1 ptLycée Jacques Coeur: 97% · as expectedLycée Henri Alain-Fournier: 97% · as expectedLycée Marguerite de Navarre: 98% · as expectedLycée privé Sainte-Marie: 99% · +1 pt
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%Average French school 84.4%Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz: 73% · −10 ptsLycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin: 75% · −9 ptsLycée professionnel Vauvert: 81% · −7 ptsLycée professionnel Jean de Berry: 82% · +1 ptLycée professionnel Jacques Coeur: 88% · −2 ptsLycée polyvalent privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle: 91% · +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 Bourges with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 8 collèges (1,084 candidates) and 10 lycées (1,679). 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 index60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%708090100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolCollège privé Sainte-Marie: 98%, IPS 129.2 · +4 ptsCollège Émile Littré: 85%, IPS 111.8 · −6 ptsCollège Saint-Exupéry: 87%, IPS 107.5 · −5 ptsCollège le Grand Meaulnes: 67%, IPS 83.9 · +4 ptsCollège Jean Renoir: 83%, IPS 104.6 · −2 ptsCollège Jules Verne: 84%, IPS 85.2 · −2 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 85%, IPS 84.4 · +4 ptsCollège Louis Armand: 87%, IPS 112.1 · −4 ptsCollège Émile LittréCollège Saint-ExupéryCollège privé Sainte-Marie
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index85%90%95%100%100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolLycée privé Sainte-Marie: 99%, IPS 129.9 · +1 ptLycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin: 97%, IPS 113 · +1 ptLycée Jacques Coeur: 97%, IPS 112.9 · as expectedLycée Marguerite de Navarre: 98%, IPS 118.1 · as expectedLycée Henri Alain-Fournier: 97%, IPS 107.6 · as expectedLycée privé Sainte-MarieLycée polyvalent Pierre-Émi…
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 13 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 5 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège privé Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private129.298%+4 pts
Collège le Grand MeaulnesBrevet · Public83.967%+4 pts
Collège Victor HugoBrevet · Public84.485%+4 pts
Lycée privé Sainte-MarieBac, gen. & tech. · Private129.999%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile MartinBac, gen. & tech. · Public11397%+1 pt
Lycée Jacques CoeurBac, gen. & tech. · Public112.997%±0 pts
Lycée Marguerite de NavarreBac, gen. & tech. · Public118.198%±0 pts
Lycée Henri Alain-FournierBac, gen. & tech. · Public107.697%±0 pts
Collège Jean RenoirBrevet · Public104.683%−2 pts
Collège Jules VerneBrevet · Public85.284%−2 pts
Collège Louis ArmandBrevet · Public112.187%−4 pts
Collège Saint-ExupéryBrevet · Public107.587%−5 pts
Collège Émile LittréBrevet · Public111.885%−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.

Map

The schools within 5 km of Bourges

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 élémentaire Nicolas Leblanc · PublicEcole maternelle Nicolas Leblanc · PublicEcole primaire privée Saint Etienne · PrivateEcole primaire cour Chertier · PublicEcole primaire privée Saint Dominique · PrivateEcole primaire Bouillet · PublicEcole maternelle Auron-Fernault · PublicEcole élémentaire publique Beaumont Carolus · PublicEcole élémentaire Auron · PublicEcole maternelle Jean Baffier · PublicEcole élémentaire Georges, Aimé Chavanaz · PublicEcole maternelle Georges, Aimé Chavanaz · PublicEcole primaire d'application Lydie Lescarmontier · PublicEcole maternelle Suzanne Herbiniere Lebert · PublicEcole primaire Les Barbottes · PublicEcole élémentaire Paul Arnault · PublicEcole primaire publique d'application Barbès · PublicEcole maternelle le grand Meaulnes · PublicEcole élémentaire le grand Meaulnes · PublicEcole primaire Marcel Sembat · PublicEcole primaire privée Sainte Marthe · PrivateEcole maternelle Jules Ferry · PublicEcole élémentaire Jules Ferry · PublicEcole maternelle Maryse Bastié · PublicEcole maternelle Paul Arnault · PublicEcole élémentaire Marcel Plaisant · PublicEcole élémentaire Hedy Lamarr · PublicEcole maternelle Hedy Lamarr · PublicEcole élémentaire Maryse Bastié · PublicEcole maternelle Louise Michel · PublicEcole primaire Joséphine Baker · PublicEcole élémentaire Jean Macé · PublicEcole maternelle Jean Macé · PublicEcole primaire Lucie Aubrac · PublicEcole primaire Camille Claudel · PublicEcole maternelle Anne Sylvestre · PublicEcole élémentaire Aragon-Prévert · PublicCollège privé Sainte-Marie · Private · 98% brevet · +4 ptsLycée privé Sainte-Marie · Private · 99% general and technological bac · +1 ptCollège Émile Littré · Public · 85% brevet · −6 ptsLycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin · Public · 97% general and technological bac · +1 ptLycée Jacques Coeur · Public · 97% general and technological bac · as expectedLycée professionnel Jacques Coeur · Public · 88% vocational bac · −2 ptsLycée Marguerite de Navarre · Public · 98% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège Saint-Exupéry · Public · 87% brevet · −5 ptsLycée professionnel Vauvert · Public · 81% vocational bac · −7 ptsLycée professionnel Jean de Berry · Public · 82% vocational bac · +1 ptCollège le Grand Meaulnes · Public · 67% brevet · +4 ptsLycée Henri Alain-Fournier · Public · 97% general and technological bac · as expectedLycée polyvalent privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle · Private · 91% vocational bac · +1 ptCollège Jean Renoir · Public · 83% brevet · −2 ptsLycée professionnel Jean Mermoz · Public · 73% vocational bac · −10 ptsCollège Jules Verne · Public · 84% brevet · −2 ptsCollège Victor Hugo · Public · 85% brevet · +4 ptsCollège Louis Armand · Public · 87% brevet · −4 ptsBourges© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in BourgesSize: 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

8 collèges and 10 lycées within 5 km of Bourges

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. 8 collèges and 10 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Lycées10 · ages 15 to 18, bac · best value added first
Lycée privé Sainte-Marie
Lycée, general and technological · Private · 0.5 mi
+1 pt
99% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
193 candidatesIPS 129.9
Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin
Lycée, general and vocational · Public · 0.6 mi
+1 pt
97% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
115 candidatesVocational bac 75%IPS 113
Lycée professionnel Jean de Berry
Vocational lycée · Public · 1.2 mi
+1 pt
82% passed the vocational bac, 2025
33 candidatesIPS 86
Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
Vocational lycée · Private · 1.4 mi
+1 pt
91% passed the vocational bac, 2025
65 candidatesIPS 100.2
Lycée Jacques Coeur
Lycée, general and technological · Public · 0.8 mi
as expected
97% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
315 candidatesIPS 112.9
Lycée Marguerite de Navarre
Lycée, general and technological · Public · 0.9 mi
as expected
98% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
330 candidatesIPS 118.1
Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier
Lycée, general and technological · Public · 1.3 mi
as expected
97% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
259 candidatesIPS 107.6
Lycée professionnel Jacques Coeur
Vocational lycée · Public · 0.8 mi
−2 pts
88% passed the vocational bac, 2025
60 candidatesIPS 95.8
Lycée professionnel Vauvert
Vocational lycée · Public · 1.1 mi
−7 pts
81% passed the vocational bac, 2025
106 candidatesIPS 91.1
Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz
Vocational lycée · Public · 1.5 mi
−10 pts
73% passed the vocational bac, 2025
115 candidatesIPS 83.1
Primary schools in Bourges37 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Nicolas Leblanc
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Nicolas Leblanc
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Etienne
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire cour Chertier
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Dominique
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire Bouillet
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Auron-Fernault
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Beaumont Carolus
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Auron
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Baffier
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Georges, Aimé Chavanaz
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Georges, Aimé Chavanaz
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Show all 37 primary schools
Ecole primaire d'application Lydie Lescarmontier
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Suzanne Herbiniere Lebert
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Les Barbottes
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paul Arnault
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique d'application Barbès
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle le grand Meaulnes
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire le grand Meaulnes
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Marcel Sembat
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marthe
Primary school · Private · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Maryse Bastié
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Arnault
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marcel Plaisant
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Hedy Lamarr
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Hedy Lamarr
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Maryse Bastié
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire Joséphine Baker
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Macé
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Macé
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire Lucie Aubrac
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole primaire Camille Claudel
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Anne Sylvestre
Primary school · Public · 2.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Aragon-Prévert
Primary school · Public · 2.8 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

Bourges and the towns around it

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

Saint-Doulchard: B− for schoolsTrouy: C− for schoolsLa Chapelle-Saint-Ursin: C+ for schoolsSaint-Germain-du-Puy: C− for schoolsSaint-Martin-d'Auxigny: not gradedMehun-sur-Yèvre: D for schoolsSaint-DoulchardTrouyLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinSaint-Germain-du-PuySaint-Martin-d'AuxignyMehun-sur-YèvreBourges
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Bourges
8 collèges · 10 lycées		B−87%93%
Saint-Doulchard
7 collèges · 9 lycées · 2.2 mi		B−87%93%
Trouy
1 collège · 0 lycées · 3.8 mi		C−83%—1
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin
1 collège · 2 lycées · 3.9 mi		C+87%94%
Saint-Germain-du-Puy
2 collèges · 2 lycées · 4 mi		C−85%75%
Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
0 collèges · 0 lycées · 8.1 mi		———
Mehun-sur-Yèvre
1 collège · 0 lycées · 9.4 mi		D82%—1

1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.

Saint-Doulchard has the best-graded schools nearby (B−). 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 Bourges

Are the schools near Bourges good?

They grade B−, better than those around 49% of compared French towns and #5 of 14 in Cher. In 2025, 86.7% of the 1,084 candidates at the eight collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1 pt against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.8% of 1,679 candidates passed the bac (−1.4 pts).

Which collège near Bourges does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège privé Sainte-Marie (private, 0.4 mi): 98% of 219 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +4 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 Bourges does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée privé Sainte-Marie (private, 0.5 mi): 99% of 193 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Bourges?

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 Bourges graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Bourges has 37 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 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.