Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The brevet pass rate near Arpajon is 77.8%, below both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 5 collèges and 4 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Arpajon. Arpajon grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #18 of 94 in Essonne. 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).
Around Arpajon, the lycées do better than those of 82% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 6%. 98% passed the general and technological bac (+2.3 pts against the expected rate), and 77.8% the brevet (−7.6 pts). School Grade ↓
97% of 361 candidates passed the general and technological bac at Lycée Edmond Michelet in 2025, 3 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
1 of the 6 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 ↓
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 90.8 at Collège Roland Garros to 138.3 at Collège Jeanne d'Arc. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The lycées lift Arpajon; the collèges hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Arpajon with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 5 collèges (733 candidates) and 4 lycées (1,068). 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.
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.
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 8 schools here, 2 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 5 2 points or more below.
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Edmond MicheletBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 118.1 | 97% | +3 pts |
| Lycée René CassinBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 124.8 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 140.3 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Pablo NerudaBrevet · Public | 103.8 | 80% | −3 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 114 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public | 100.3 | 73% | −8 pts |
| Collège La Fontaine aux BergersBrevet · Public | 116.1 | 78% | −10 pts |
| Collège Roland GarrosBrevet · Public | 90.8 | 70% | −11 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.
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.
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
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. 5 collèges and 4 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
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.
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arpajon 5 collèges · 4 lycées | C+ | 78% | 95% |
| La Norville 6 collèges · 5 lycées · 0.7 mi | C+ | 80% | 93% |
| Égly 4 collèges · 3 lycées · 0.9 mi | C+ | 77% | 94% |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 8 collèges · 5 lycées · 1.1 mi | C | 78% | 93% |
| Ollainville 4 collèges · 3 lycées · 1.1 mi | C+ | 77% | 94% |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 12 collèges · 7 lycées · 2.1 mi | C+ | 81% | 93% |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel 3 collèges · 3 lycées · 2.7 mi | C+ | 79% | 94% |
Bruyères-le-Châtel has the best-graded schools nearby (C+). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
They grade C+, better than those around 42% of compared French towns and #18 of 94 in Essonne. In 2025, 77.8% of the 733 candidates at the five collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−7.6 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.5% of 1,068 candidates passed the bac (+1 pt).
Against the expected rate, Collège Pablo Neruda (public, 3.1 mi): 80% of 132 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, −3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
Against the expected rate, Lycée Edmond Michelet (public, 0.1 mi): 97% of 361 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
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.
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Arpajon has 6 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.