The collèges and lycées around Bruyères-le-Châtel trail those around 58% of compared French towns on results
The brevet pass rate near Bruyères-le-Châtel is 79.4%, below both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 3 collèges and 3 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Bruyères-le-Châtel. Bruyères-le-Châtel grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #17 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).
What stands out about the schools near Bruyères-le-Châtel
Strong lycées, weaker collèges
Around Bruyères-le-Châtel, the lycées do better than those of 81% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 7%. 98% passed the general and technological bac (+2.4 pts against the expected rate), and 79.4% the brevet (−7.9 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée Edmond Michelet beats its expected rate
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 ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Bruyères-le-Châtel grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The lycées lift Bruyères-le-Châtel; the collèges hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Bruyères-le-Châtel with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 3 collèges (469 candidates) and 3 lycées (1,004). 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. A school can count for several towns.
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.
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 3 schools here, 0 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
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| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 schools within 5 km of Bruyères-le-Châtel
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.
3 collèges and 3 lycées within 5 km of Bruyères-le-Châtel
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. 3 collèges and 3 lycées are in the grade. 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.
Bruyères-le-Châtel and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruyères-le-Châtel 3 collèges · 3 lycées | C+ | 79% | 94% |
| Breuillet 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 1.5 mi | D− | 80% | —1 |
| Ollainville 4 collèges · 3 lycées · 1.7 mi | C+ | 77% | 94% |
| Égly 4 collèges · 3 lycées · 2.2 mi | C+ | 77% | 94% |
| Arpajon 5 collèges · 4 lycées · 2.7 mi | C+ | 78% | 95% |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon 3 collèges · 2 lycées · 2.9 mi | B− | 79% | 98% |
| La Norville 6 collèges · 5 lycées · 3.3 mi | C+ | 80% | 93% |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon has the best-graded schools nearby (B−). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
Questions about schools near Bruyères-le-Châtel
Are the schools near Bruyères-le-Châtel good?
They grade C+, better than those around 42% of compared French towns and #17 of 94 in Essonne. In 2025, 79.4% of the 469 candidates at the three collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−7.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.2% of 1,004 candidates passed the bac (+1 pt).
Which collège near Bruyères-le-Châtel does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Albert Camus (public, 3.1 mi): 87% of 165 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, −6 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 Bruyères-le-Châtel does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée Edmond Michelet (public, 2.8 mi): 97% of 361 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Bruyères-le-Châtel?
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 Bruyères-le-Châtel graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Bruyères-le-Châtel has 2 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.