The collèges and lycées around Brest get better results than those around 85% of compared French towns
97.2% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Brest, close to Finistère’s towns (96.9%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). 12 collèges and 15 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Brest. Brest grades A for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #32 of 63 in Finistère. 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).
91% of 58 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Saint-Pol Roux in 2025, 9 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
6 of the 14 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 74.6 at Collège Joséphine Baker to 134.4 at Collège Sainte-Anne. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Brest grades A for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (93.9%, +2.4 pts)Better than 85% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (97.2%, +0.7 pts)Better than 81% of compared French towns
Each of the 14 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 13 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 6 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 Brest with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 12 collèges (1,206 candidates) and 15 lycées (3,053). 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. 2 schools have results but no value added published, so they are 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 24 schools here, 7 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Saint-Pol RouxBrevet · Public
101.6
91%
+9 pts
Collège de l'IroiseBrevet · Public
102.4
95%
+8 pts
Collège Penn Ar C'hleuzBrevet · Public
91.3
95%
+6 pts
Collège La Croix Rouge La SalleBrevet · Private
109.8
96%
+4 pts
Collège Sainte-AnneBrevet · Private
134.4
100%
+2 pts
Collège JavouheyBrevet · Private
114.9
98%
+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent La Croix Rouge La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
120.7
100%
+2 pts
Collège de l'HarteloireBrevet · Public
118.4
93%
+1 pt
Collège Joséphine BakerBrevet · Public
74.6
68%
+1 pt
Lycée Sainte-AnneBac, gen. & tech. · Private
140.8
100%
+1 pt
Lycée de l'HarteloireBac, gen. & tech. · Public
123.3
97%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent VaubanBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.7
99%
+1 pt
Lycée Jules LesvenBac, gen. & tech. · Public
108.8
97%
+1 pt
Lycée Fénelon - EstranBac, gen. & tech. · Private
120.6
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Charles de Foucauld - EstranBac, gen. & tech. · Private
134.7
100%
+1 pt
Collège La Fontaine MargotBrevet · Public
85.3
87%
±0 pts
Collège Saint-VincentBrevet · Private
118.5
96%
±0 pts
Lycée La Pérouse - KerichenBac, gen. & tech. · Public
125.5
99%
±0 pts
Collège Charles de Foucauld - EstranBrevet · Private
128.1
95%
−1 pt
Lycée JavouheyBac, gen. & tech. · Private
118.8
97%
−1 pt
Lycée de l'IroiseBac, gen. & tech. · Public
127.6
98%
−1 pt
Collège les Quatre MoulinsBrevet · Public
101.2
88%
−2 pts
Lycée Amiral Ronarc'hBac, gen. & tech. · Public
126.5
96%
−2 pts
Lycée Dupuy de LômeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
104.8
92%
−3 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 Brest
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 BrestSize: 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
14 collèges and 15 lycées within 5 km of Brest
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. 12 collèges and 15 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges14 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Brest58 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire publique Simone Veil
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Simone Veil
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire publique Langevin - Freinet
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Louis
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée de la Providence
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique Lucie et Raymond Aubrac
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle privée de l'Ange Gardien
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique Auguste Dupouy
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Yves
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire publique Kerichen
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire publique Kerinou
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Guérin
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
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Ecole maternelle publique Alice Abarnou
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire privée La Croix Rouge
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Vauban
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Paul Dukas
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Quéliverzan
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jean Macé
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame des Carmes
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Immaculée Conception
Primary school · Private · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire publique Sanquer
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jacquard
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire privée Javouhey
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Kerhallet
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique La Pointe
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Les Hauts de Penfeld
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Diwan
Primary school · Private · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée du Dauphiné
Primary school · Private · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire publique Pilier Rouge
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Les Hauts de Penfeld
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Kerangoff
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire publique Quizac
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire publique Ferdinand Buisson
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Laurent
Primary school · Private · 1.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Le Forestou
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire publique Pen ar Streat
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire publique Quatre Moulins
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Kermaria
Primary school · Private · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jean Rostand
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame de Kerbonne
Primary school · Private · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire publique Petit Paris
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Jean-Baptiste
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Stella Maris
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique Le Questel
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle privée Saint André
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Charles de Foucauld
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie
Primary school · Private · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Kerbernard
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée HC Notre-Dames des Flots
Primary school · Private · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jacques Kerhoas
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jean de La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole primaire publique Paul Eluard
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Kerisbian
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Kerargaouyat
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Vincent
Primary school · Private · 2.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jacques Prévert
Primary school · Public · 2.5 mi
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
Brest and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Gouesnou has the best-graded schools nearby (A). 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 A, better than those around 85% of compared French towns and #32 of 63 in Finistère. In 2025, 93.9% of the 1,206 candidates at the 12 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 97.2% of 3,053 candidates passed the bac (+0.7 pts).
Which collège near Brest does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Saint-Pol Roux (public, 2.1 mi): 91% of 58 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +9 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 Brest does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Javouhey (private, 1 mi): 100% of 58 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +7 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Brest?
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 Brest graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Brest has 58 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.