The collèges and lycées around Palaiseau trail those around 57% of compared French towns on results
84.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Palaiseau, above Essonne’s towns (81.7%) but below compared French towns (87.5%). 18 collèges and 10 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Palaiseau. Palaiseau grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #16 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 Palaiseau, the lycées do better than those of 66% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 23%. 97% passed the general and technological bac (+0.6 pts against the expected rate), and 84.8% the brevet (−4.5 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée professionnel Gustave Eiffel beats its expected rate
90% of 119 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel Gustave Eiffel in 2025, 10 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
5 of the 19 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 85.6 at Collège Blaise Pascal to 150.2 at Collège privé du cours secondaire d'Orsay. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Palaiseau grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (84.8%, −4.5 pts)Better than 23% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.5%, as expected)Better than 66% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Palaiseau; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 19 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 9 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 4 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 Palaiseau with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 18 collèges (2,505 candidates) and 10 lycées (2,182). 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 27 schools here, 6 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 15 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Blaise PascalBrevet · Public
85.6
80%
+6 pts
Lycée polyvalent Henri PoincaréBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.3
98%
+3 pts
Collège privé du cours secondaire d'OrsayBrevet · Private
150.2
100%
+2 pts
Lycée Institution Saint Vincent de PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private
138.2
100%
+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Parc de VilgénisBac, gen. & tech. · Public
117.4
94%
+2 pts
Lycée Fustel de CoulangesBac, gen. & tech. · Public
121.4
97%
+2 pts
Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private
143.9
99%
+1 pt
Collège Alain FournierBrevet · Public
141.3
96%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Saint-MartinBac, gen. & tech. · Private
143.5
100%
+1 pt
Lycée privé du cours secondaire d'OrsayBac, gen. & tech. · Private
148.6
100%
+1 pt
Lycée international Palaiseau Paris-SaclayBac, gen. & tech. · Public
144.6
100%
±0 pts
Lycée Blaise PascalBac, gen. & tech. · Public
150
99%
±0 pts
Collège Institution Saint Vincent de PaulBrevet · Private
137.9
95%
−2 pts
Collège Gérard PhilipeBrevet · Public
94.4
77%
−3 pts
Collège Pablo PicassoBrevet · Public
102.8
85%
−3 pts
Collège Louis PasteurBrevet · Public
93.9
76%
−3 pts
Collège Alexandre FlemingBrevet · Public
141.8
92%
−4 pts
Collège Denis DiderotBrevet · Public
106
80%
−5 pts
Collège Anne FrankBrevet · Public
109
76%
−5 pts
Lycée Camille ClaudelBac, gen. & tech. · Public
128.5
92%
−6 pts
Collège Joseph BaraBrevet · Public
121.3
81%
−7 pts
Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public
129.7
86%
−8 pts
Collège César FranckBrevet · Public
123.1
82%
−9 pts
Collège Saint-NicolasBrevet · Private
134.4
81%
−9 pts
Collège Jules VerneBrevet · Public
122.7
82%
−10 pts
Collège Émile ZolaBrevet · Public
133.6
83%
−10 pts
Collège Charles PéguyBrevet · Public
130
85%
−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.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Palaiseau
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 PalaiseauSize: 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
19 collèges and 10 lycées within 5 km of Palaiseau
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. 18 collèges and 10 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges19 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
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
Palaiseau and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Palaiseau’s schools are graded at least as well as any neighbor’s. 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 43% of compared French towns and #16 of 94 in Essonne. In 2025, 84.8% of the 2,505 candidates at the 18 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−4.5 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.5% of 2,182 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Palaiseau does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Blaise Pascal (public, 2.9 mi): 80% of 133 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 Palaiseau does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Gustave Eiffel (public, 3 mi): 90% of 119 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +10 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Palaiseau?
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 Palaiseau graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Palaiseau has 22 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.