At Collège Octave Gachon, 81% passed the brevet, −8 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 90% of French collèges.
- 81% of its 42 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 24% of French collèges.
- That is −8 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 8 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 102, less advantaged than at 55% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It is in no town’s School Grade: that takes a published pass rate and value added.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Octave Gachon is marked.
Pass rate 81%
Higher than at 27% of them.
Value added −8 pts
Higher than at 13% 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 Creuse’s collèges
2025The 9 collèges in Creuse: 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 Jacques Grancher | 108.9 | 95% | +7 pts |
| Collège Martin Nadaud | 100.3 | 96% | +7 pts |
| Collège Benjamin Bord | 99 | 89% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jules Marouzeau | 110.4 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Louis Durand | 102.2 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean Picart le Doux | 95.2 | 75% | −3 pts |
| Collège Raymond Loewy | 96.9 | 82% | −3 pts |
| Collège Eugène Jamot | 104.3 | 83% | −6 pts |
| Collège Octave Gachon | 102 | 81% | −8 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 102, close to the French average of 105.2: neither more nor less advantaged than most.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Octave Gachon, 81% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 89%. The difference, −8 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 Octave Gachon
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Parsac
Cost of living in Parsac →Houses €806/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Map
Directions ↗Parsac, Creuse
Questions about Collège Octave Gachon
Is Collège Octave Gachon a good school?
In 2025, 81% of its 42 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −8 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Octave Gachon?
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 Octave Gachon?
102 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.