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Photo: Mattdeje · CC0At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon, 77.9% passed the brevet, below both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 8 collèges and 5 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #28 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 Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon, the lycées do better than those of 70% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 7%. 96% passed the general and technological bac (+1.9 pts against the expected rate), and 77.9% the brevet (−6.8 pts). School Grade ↓
86% of 57 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Moreau in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
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 Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon; the collèges hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 8 collèges (1,281 candidates) and 5 lycées (1,528). 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 12 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 7 2 points or more below.
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MoreauBrevet · Private | 122.4 | 86% | +4 pts |
| 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 |
| Lycée Jean Pierre TimbaudBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 109.6 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Collège Pablo NerudaBrevet · Public | 103.8 | 80% | −3 pts |
| Collège Paul ÉluardBrevet · Public | 101.3 | 77% | −5 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 114 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public | 100.3 | 73% | −8 pts |
| Collège Paul FortBrevet · Public | 106.8 | 77% | −9 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. 8 collèges and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 8 collèges · 5 lycées | C | 78% | 93% |
| La Norville 6 collèges · 5 lycées · 1 mi | C+ | 80% | 93% |
| Arpajon 5 collèges · 4 lycées · 1.1 mi | C+ | 78% | 95% |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 12 collèges · 7 lycées · 1.1 mi | C+ | 81% | 93% |
| Ollainville 4 collèges · 3 lycées · 1.6 mi | C+ | 77% | 94% |
| Linas 12 collèges · 6 lycées · 1.9 mi | C | 81% | 92% |
| Égly 4 collèges · 3 lycées · 1.9 mi | C+ | 77% | 94% |
Arpajon 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 35% of compared French towns and #28 of 94 in Essonne. In 2025, 77.9% of the 1,281 candidates at the eight collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−6.8 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.1% of 1,528 candidates passed the bac (+1 pt).
Against the expected rate, Collège Moreau (private, 2.7 mi): 86% of 57 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +4 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, 1.1 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. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon has 8 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.