Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph
Besançon, Doubs
Schools around Besançon C better than 35% of compared French towns
Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph teaches pupils from more advantaged homes than at 91% of French lycées with the vocational bac (IPS 108.1).
- 88% of its 40 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 59% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- That is −2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 108.1, more advantaged than at 91% of French lycées with the vocational bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 7th of the 10 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 6 towns, Besançon 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.
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Saint-Joseph is marked.
Pass rate 88%
Higher than at 64% of them.
Value added −2 pts
Higher than at 41% 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 Doubs’s lycées
2025The 15 lycées with the vocational bac in Doubs: 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 professionnel Toussaint Louverture | 87.6 | 93% | +6 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Condé | 88 | 94% | +4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Famille | 100.9 | 94% | +4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jouffroy d'Abbans | 80.9 | 84% | +3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Bénigne | 99.9 | 96% | +3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Claude Nicolas Ledoux | 106.1 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Xavier Marmier | 87.7 | 92% | +1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel les Huisselets | 85.8 | 86% | −1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre-Adrien Pâris | 90.4 | 82% | −2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph | 108 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Germaine Tillion | 82 | 76% | −3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Tristan Bernard | 85.2 | 84% | −4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Nelson Mandela | 76.5 | 76% | −6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jules Haag | 85.4 | 74% | −7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Edgar Faure | 98.5 | 73% | −11 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Saint-Joseph, 88% of candidates passed the vocational bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 90%. The difference, −2 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 Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Besançon
Cost of living in Besançon →Houses €2,765/m² · Apartments €2,161/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 ↗Besançon, Doubs
Questions about Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph
What is the IPS of Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph?
108.1 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.
Is Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph a good school?
In 2025, 88% of its 40 candidates passed the vocational bac (the average French school: 84.4%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −2 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
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.