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Schools near Saint-Doulchard · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Saint-Doulchard get better results than those around 51% of compared French towns

7 collèges and 9 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Doulchard. Saint-Doulchard grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #4 of 14 in Cher. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

87%passed the brevet98%passed the bac#4of 14 in Cher
Within 5 km
7 + 9
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
87.2%
of 951 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
80.1%
of 434 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-Doulchard

+4points above the expected rate at Collège Victor Hugo23%of collège candidates are at private schools84–129social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Collège Victor Hugo beats its expected rate

85% of 99 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Victor Hugo in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

1 of the 7 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

Saint-Doulchard grades B− for schools

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

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (87.2%, −0.9 pts)Better than 48% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.0%, −1.5 pts)Better than 54% of compared French towns
Each of the 7 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 Jules Verne: 84% · −2 ptsCollège Émile Littré: 85% · −6 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 85% · +4 ptsCollège Louis Armand: 87% · −4 ptsCollège Saint-Exupéry: 87% · −5 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 Henri Alain-Fournier: 97% · as expectedLycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile Martin: 97% · +1 ptLycée Jacques Coeur: 97% · as expectedLycée Marguerite de Navarre: 98% · as expectedLycée privé Sainte-Marie: 99% · +1 pt
Each of the 5 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 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 Saint-Doulchard with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 7 collèges (951 candidates) and 9 lycées (1,646). 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 Louis Armand: 87%, IPS 112.1 · −4 ptsCollège Émile Littré: 85%, IPS 111.8 · −6 ptsCollège Saint-Exupéry: 87%, IPS 107.5 · −5 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 85%, IPS 84.4 · +4 ptsCollège le Grand Meaulnes: 67%, IPS 83.9 · +4 ptsCollège privé Sainte-Marie: 98%, IPS 129.2 · +4 ptsCollège Jules Verne: 84%, IPS 85.2 · −2 ptsCollège Émile LittréCollège Saint-Exupéry
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index85%90%95%100%100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolLycée Marguerite de Navarre: 98%, IPS 118.1 · as expectedLycée Henri Alain-Fournier: 97%, IPS 107.6 · as expectedLycée 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 privé Sainte-MarieLycée polyvalent Pierre-Émi…Lycée Marguerite de Navarre
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 12 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Victor HugoBrevet · Public84.485%+4 pts
Collège le Grand MeaulnesBrevet · Public83.967%+4 pts
Collège privé Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private129.298%+4 pts
Lycée privé Sainte-MarieBac, gen. & tech. · Private129.999%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Émile MartinBac, gen. & tech. · Public11397%+1 pt
Lycée Marguerite de NavarreBac, gen. & tech. · Public118.198%±0 pts
Lycée Henri Alain-FournierBac, gen. & tech. · Public107.697%±0 pts
Lycée Jacques CoeurBac, gen. & tech. · Public112.997%±0 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 Saint-Doulchard

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 les Verdins · PublicEcole maternelle les Verdins · PublicEcole primaire le Bourg · PublicEcole maternelle Paradis · PublicEcole élémentaire Paradis · PublicCollège Louis Armand · Public · 87% brevet · −4 ptsLycée Marguerite de Navarre · Public · 98% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège Émile Littré · Public · 85% brevet · −6 ptsLycée polyvalent privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle · Private · 91% vocational bac · +1 ptCollège Saint-Exupéry · Public · 87% brevet · −5 ptsLycée professionnel Vauvert · Public · 81% vocational bac · −7 ptsCollège Victor Hugo · Public · 85% brevet · +4 ptsCollège le Grand Meaulnes · Public · 67% brevet · +4 ptsLycée Henri Alain-Fournier · Public · 97% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège privé Sainte-Marie · Private · 98% brevet · +4 ptsLycée privé Sainte-Marie · Private · 99% general and technological bac · +1 ptLycée professionnel Jean Mermoz · Public · 73% vocational bac · −10 ptsCollège Jules Verne · Public · 84% brevet · −2 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 ptsSaint-Doulchard© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Saint-DoulchardSize: 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

7 collèges and 9 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Doulchard

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

Primary schools in Saint-Doulchard5 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire les Verdins
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle les Verdins
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire le Bourg
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Paradis
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paradis
Primary school · Public · 0.6 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-Doulchard and the towns around it

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

Bourges: B− for schoolsLa Chapelle-Saint-Ursin: C+ for schoolsTrouy: C− for schoolsSaint-Germain-du-Puy: C− for schoolsSaint-Martin-d'Auxigny: not gradedMehun-sur-Yèvre: D for schoolsBourgesLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinTrouySaint-Germain-du-PuySaint-Martin-d'AuxignyMehun-sur-YèvreSaint-Doulchard
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Saint-Doulchard
7 collèges · 9 lycées		B−87%93%
Bourges
8 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.2 mi		B−87%93%
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin
1 collège · 2 lycées · 3.4 mi		C+87%94%
Trouy
1 collège · 0 lycées · 5 mi		C−83%—1
Saint-Germain-du-Puy
2 collèges · 2 lycées · 5.5 mi		C−85%75%
Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
0 collèges · 0 lycées · 6.9 mi		———
Mehun-sur-Yèvre
1 collège · 0 lycées · 7.3 mi		D82%—1

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

Saint-Doulchard’s schools are graded at least as well as any neighbor’s. 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-Doulchard

Are the schools near Saint-Doulchard good?

They grade B−, better than those around 51% of compared French towns and #4 of 14 in Cher. In 2025, 87.2% of the 951 candidates at the seven collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−0.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.0% of 1,646 candidates passed the bac (−1.5 pts).

Which collège near Saint-Doulchard does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Victor Hugo (public, 2 mi): 85% of 99 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 Saint-Doulchard does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (private, 1.9 mi): 91% of 65 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-Doulchard?

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-Doulchard graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Doulchard has 5 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.