The collèges and lycées around Valence get lower results than those around 74% of compared French towns
10 collèges and 11 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Valence. The bac pass rate near Valence is 91.7%, below Drôme’s towns (93.3%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). Valence grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #15 of 32 in Drôme. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.
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).
76% of 85 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Émile Loubet in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
3 of the 10 collèges within 5 km are private, under contract with the state: they teach the national curriculum and their pupils sit the same brevet. They count 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 86.1 at Collège Paul Valéry to 128.4 at Collège Saint-Victor. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Valence grades C for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (86.4%, −2.5 pts)Better than 36% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (91.7%, −2.5 pts)Better than 26% of compared French towns
Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 7 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)
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 Valence with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 10 collèges (1,307 candidates) and 11 lycées (2,055). 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. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is listed, not graded. 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 index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
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 17 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 7 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Émile LoubetBrevet · Public
88.4
76%
+4 pts
Collège privé Sainte-AnneBrevet · Private
118
97%
+2 pts
Lycée général privé Saint-VictorBac, gen. & tech. · Private
130.3
100%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-VictorBrevet · Private
128.4
98%
+1 pt
Collège Charles de GaulleBrevet · Public
112.9
92%
+1 pt
Institution Notre-DameBac, gen. & tech. · Private
128.8
99%
±0 pts
Lycée général Camille VernetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
116
96%
−1 pt
Lycée technologique privé MontplaisirBac, gen. & tech. · Private
118.4
97%
−1 pt
Lycée général Émile LoubetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
119.3
96%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Algoud-LaffemasBac, gen. & tech. · Public
112.6
93%
−1 pt
Collège Notre-DameBrevet · Private
119.5
93%
−2 pts
Collège Marcel PagnolBrevet · Public
93
84%
−2 pts
Collège Jean ZayBrevet · Public
94
80%
−3 pts
Lycée général et technologique les trois SourcesBac, gen. & tech. · Public
100.2
90%
−3 pts
Collège Paul ValéryBrevet · Public
86.1
80%
−4 pts
Collège Gérard GaudBrevet · Public
93.1
81%
−4 pts
Collège Camille VernetBrevet · Public
100.4
68%
−20 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 Valence
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.
CollègeLycéePrimary school in ValenceSize: 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
10 collèges and 12 lycées within 5 km of Valence
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. 10 collèges and 11 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges10 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Valence45 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Montaigne
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Kergomard-Récamier
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Montaigne
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Saint Apollinaire
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Renan
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Berthelot
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle La Bruyere
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Notre-Dame
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole Louis Pergaud
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Archimbaud
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Chauffour
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Show all 45 primary schools
Ecole primaire Sainte Marie
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Albert Bayet
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole Albert Bayet
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Saint Félix
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole publique Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire André Abel
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Albert Camus
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Archimbaud
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Romain Rolland
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle d'application Condorcet
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Condorcet
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Lagrange
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole Kevork Arabian
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Léo Lagrange
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jules Michelet
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
ECOLE MATERNELLE MICHELET
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole Pierre Rigaud
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Rigaud
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire privée Montessori à petits pas
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Ninon Vallin
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Valeurs et réussite
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Seignobos
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole Charles Seignobos
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire Laprat
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire Célestin Freinet
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Freinet
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Jules Vallès
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole Pierre Brossolette
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole Jules Vallès
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Buisson
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole Ferdinand Buisson
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole publique Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 1.8 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
Valence and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Saint-Péray has the best-graded schools nearby (C+). 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
They grade C, better than those around 26% of compared French towns and #15 of 32 in Drôme. In 2025, 86.4% of the 1,307 candidates at the 10 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.5 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 91.7% of 2,055 candidates passed the bac (−2.5 pts).
Which collège near Valence does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Émile Loubet (public, 0.8 mi): 76% of 85 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 Valence does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée général privé Saint-Victor (private, 0.7 mi): 100% of 117 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Valence?
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 Valence graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Valence has 45 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.