Collège Voltaire
Ussel, Corrèze
Schools around Ussel B better than 61% of compared French towns
83% of 131 candidates at Collège Voltaire passed the brevet in 2025, below the average French school (86.9%).
- That is −4 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 4 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 97.8, less advantaged than at 66% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of Ussel (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Voltaire is marked.
Pass rate 83%
Higher than at 34% of them.
Value added −4 pts
Higher than at 31% 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 Corrèze’s collèges
2025The 22 collèges in Corrèze: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Moulin | 71.5 | 84% | +13 pts |
| Collège Gaucelm Faidit | 100.7 | 94% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jacques Chirac | 104.9 | 90% | +1 pt |
| Collège Simone Veil | 101.1 | 92% | ±0 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame Jeanne-d'Arc - ensemble scolaire Edmond Michelet | 131.4 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Maurice Rollinat | 99.9 | 86% | −1 pt |
| Collège André Fargeas | 105 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean Lurçat | 101.4 | 89% | −2 pts |
| Collège Albert Thomas | 99.5 | 82% | −2 pts |
| Collège Eugène Freyssinet | 103.9 | 86% | −2 pts |
| Collège Victor Hugo | 97 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège Anna de Noailles | 105 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Léon Dautrement | 112.3 | 89% | −3 pts |
| Collège Armande Baudry | 104.7 | 86% | −3 pts |
| Collège Georges Cabanis | 109.3 | 85% | −4 pts |
| Collège Voltaire | 97.8 | 83% | −4 pts |
| Collège privé Bossuet - ensemble scolaire Edmond Michelet | 122.1 | 86% | −8 pts |
| Collège de la Triouzoune | 115.1 | 85% | −8 pts |
| Collège Mathilde Marthe Faucher | 110.9 | 81% | −9 pts |
| Collège Amédée Bisch | 108 | 79% | −11 pts |
| Collège d'Arsonval | 107.7 | 78% | −13 pts |
| Collège Georges Clemenceau | 111.1 | 78% | −13 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 Voltaire, 83% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 87%. The difference, −4 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than 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 Collège Voltaire
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Ussel
Cost of living in Ussel →Houses €1,209/m² · Apartments €925/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
3 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Ussel, Corrèze
Questions about Collège Voltaire
Is Collège Voltaire a good school?
In 2025, 83% of its 131 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −4 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Voltaire?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
What is the IPS of Collège Voltaire?
97.8 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.