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Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré

Lycée (ages 15–18)PublicGeneral & technological bacVocational bac

Palaiseau, Essonne

Schools around Palaiseau C+ better than 43% of compared French towns

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General & technological bac
149 candidates
passed in 2025 · the average French school: 96.0%
Vocational bac
110 candidates
passed in 2025 · the average French school: 84.4%
Value added
+3 pts
below expectedas expectedabove expected
98% passed; 95% was expected from its pupils
Family background (IPS)
115.3
French lycées with the general & technological bac average 117.8. Shown, never graded
The gist

Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré has the best value added of the 11 lycées within 5 km: 98% passed the general & technological bac in 2025.

  • 98% of its 149 candidates passed the general & technological bac in 2025, higher than at 55% of French lycées with the general & technological bac.
  • That is +3 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 3 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
  • 86% of its 110 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 51% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
  • That is −3 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 3 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
  • Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 115.3, less advantaged than at 53% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
  • Its value added ranks 1st of the 11 lycées within 5 km.
  • It counts in the School Grade of 11 towns, Palaiseau among them (every graded town within 5 km).

Results

DEPP · 2025 session

Each bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Henri Poincaré is marked.

Pass rate 98%

Higher than at 67% of them.

60%70%80%90%100%Average school 96%Henri Poincaré 98%

Value added +3 pts

Higher than at 96% of them: the shaded bars.

-20-1001020As expected 0Henri Poincaré +3 pts
Passed98%
of 149 candidates
Expected from pupils like these95%
the ministry’s estimate for pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks
Vocational bac

Each bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Henri Poincaré is marked.

Pass rate 86%

Higher than at 55% of them.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%Average school 84.4%Henri Poincaré 86%

Value added −3 pts

Higher than at 36% of them: the shaded bars.

-20-1001020As expected 0Henri Poincaré −3 pts
Passed86%
of 110 candidates
Expected from pupils like these89%
the ministry’s estimate for pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks

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 Essonne’s lycées

2025

The 43 lycées with the general & technological bac in Essonne: 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.

65%72%79%86%93%100%100110120130140150Pupils’ family background (IPS) →Pass rate →Henri Poincaré
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added
Lycée Edmond Michelet118.197%+3 pts
Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré115.398%+3 pts
Lycée René Cassin124.898%+2 pts
Lycée Clément Ader9989%+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Alexandre Denis123.899%+2 pts
Lycée Nikola Tesla120.497%+2 pts
Lycée Jeanne d'Arc132.7100%+2 pts
Lycée Fustel de Coulanges121.497%+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Parc de Vilgénis117.494%+2 pts
Lycée Léonard de Vinci10393%+2 pts
Lycée Institution Saint Vincent de Paul138.2100%+2 pts
Lycée Saint-Charles133.2100%+1 pt
Lycée Jean Pierre Timbaud109.693%+1 pt
Lycée Jeanne d'Arc140.3100%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Saint-Pierre144.9100%+1 pt
Lycée François Joseph Talma118.796%+1 pt
Lycée Robert Doisneau103.795%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame de Sion135.599%+1 pt
Lycée privé du cours secondaire d'Orsay148.6100%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Saint-Martin143.5100%+1 pt
Lycée Albert Einstein106.394%+1 pt
Lycée Jean-Baptiste Corot - Le château115.297%+1 pt
Lycée du Sacré-Coeur144.3100%+1 pt
Lycée Saint-Louis Saint-Clément138.2100%+1 pt
Lycée l'Essouriau111.996%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Saint-Léon137.698%±0 pts
Lycée de la vallée de Chevreuse147.398%±0 pts
Lycée Jules Verne139.698%±0 pts
Lycée Marguerite Yourcenar105.493%±0 pts
Lycée Blaise Pascal15099%±0 pts
Lycée international Palaiseau Paris-Saclay144.6100%±0 pts
Lycée Jacques Prévert116.595%−1 pt
Lycée Gaspard Monge103.489%−1 pt
Lycée Geoffroy- Saint-Hilaire109.591%−2 pts
Lycée Parc des Loges100.390%−2 pts
Lycée Marie Laurencin116.294%−2 pts
Lycée Georges Brassens94.386%−3 pts
Lycée Maurice Eliot104.988%−4 pts
Lycée Rosa Parks110.688%−4 pts
Lycée François Truffaut10385%−5 pts
Lycée Marcel Pagnol101.485%−6 pts
Lycée Camille Claudel128.592%−6 pts
Lycée polyvalent Pierre Mendès France91.165%−16 pts

Who goes here

DEPP · 2024–25

Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 115.3, close to the French average of 117.8: neither more nor less advantaged than most.

How to judge it

Value added, in plain words

Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.

At Henri Poincaré, 98% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 95%. The difference, +3 pts, is its value added: the school does more for its pupils than the pass rate alone shows.

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 nearby

Living near Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré

What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.

Homes in Palaiseau

Cost of living in Palaiseau →
€4,000/m²
median price per m², 1,047 sales

Houses €4,571/m² · Apartments €3,777/m²

DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.

Collèges and lycées within 5 km

29 others
1 km2.5 km5 kmNHenri Poincaré
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

Circles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.

Map

Directions ↗

Palaiseau, Essonne

Questions about Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré

Is Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré a good school?

In 2025, 98% of its 149 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +3 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.

How do pupils get a place at Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré?

State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.

What is the IPS of Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré?

115.3 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.

Official recordMinistry directory ↗UAI 0912251C

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.