The collèges and lycées around La Ferté-Alais get lower results than those around 59% of compared French towns
At the collèges within 5 km of La Ferté-Alais, 83.8% passed the brevet, above Essonne’s towns (81.7%) but below compared French towns (87.5%). 3 collèges and 1 lycée with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of La Ferté-Alais. La Ferté-Alais grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #20 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 La Ferté-Alais
Strong lycées, weaker collèges
Around La Ferté-Alais, the lycées do better than those of 73% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 14%. 99% passed the general and technological bac (+2 pts against the expected rate), and 83.8% the brevet (−7 pts). School Grade ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
La Ferté-Alais grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The lycées lift La Ferté-Alais; the collèges hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of La Ferté-Alais with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 3 collèges (374 candidates) and 1 lycée (250). 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 2 2 points or more below.
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| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 110 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Collège Léonard de VinciBrevet · Public | 109.6 | 83% | −6 pts |
| Collège Robert DoisneauBrevet · Public | 117.6 | 80% | −14 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 La Ferté-Alais
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 1 lycée within 5 km of La Ferté-Alais
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 1 lycée 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.
La Ferté-Alais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-Alais 3 collèges · 1 lycée | C+ | 84% | 91% |
| Cerny 2 collèges · 1 lycée · 1.4 mi | B− | 86% | 91% |
| Itteville 4 collèges · 1 lycée · 2.9 mi | C+ | 82% | 91% |
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 3.3 mi | D− | 78% | —1 |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 1 collège · 0 lycées · 3.4 mi | D | 83% | —1 |
| Saint-Vrain 4 collèges · 0 lycées · 4.2 mi | D− | 82% | —1 |
| Champcueil 1 collège · 0 lycées · 4.8 mi | C | 87% | —1 |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Cerny 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 La Ferté-Alais
Are the schools near La Ferté-Alais good?
They grade C+, better than those around 41% of compared French towns and #20 of 94 in Essonne. In 2025, 83.8% of the 374 candidates at the three collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−7 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 91.1% of 250 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near La Ferté-Alais does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Albert Camus (public, 0.6 mi): 88% of 138 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, −1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
How do children get a place at a collège near La Ferté-Alais?
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 La Ferté-Alais graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. La Ferté-Alais has 3 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 November 4, 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.