The collèges and lycées around Nîmes get lower results than those around 50% of compared French towns
Near Nîmes, 81.9% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 12 collèges and 13 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Nîmes. Nîmes grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #24 of 53 in Gard. 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 Nîmes, the lycées do better than those of 68% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 33%. 97% passed the general and technological bac (+0.9 pts against the expected rate), and 81.9% the brevet (as expected). School Grade ↓
Collège les Oliviers beats its expected rate
90% of 125 candidates passed the brevet at Collège les Oliviers in 2025, 13 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
4 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 62.1 at Collège Romain Rolland to 129.6 at Collège privé Saint-Stanislas. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Nîmes grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (81.9%, as expected)Better than 33% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.2%, +1 pt)Better than 68% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Nîmes; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 14 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 8 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 8 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 Nîmes with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 12 collèges (1,445 candidates) and 13 lycées (3,223). 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 20 schools here, 10 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 6 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège les OliviersBrevet · Public
79.2
90%
+13 pts
Collège privé ValsainteBrevet · Private
113.9
98%
+12 pts
Collège Romain RollandBrevet · Public
62.1
74%
+10 pts
Collège CapouchinéBrevet · Public
77.5
77%
+8 pts
Collège privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La SalleBrevet · Private
119.2
100%
+6 pts
Collège privé Saint-StanislasBrevet · Private
129.6
99%
+3 pts
Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Vincent de PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private
118.5
100%
+3 pts
Lycée privé Saint-StanislasBac, gen. & tech. · Private
121.5
100%
+3 pts
Lycée Albert CamusBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.1
97%
+3 pts
Lycée Philippe LamourBac, gen. & tech. · Public
102.9
96%
+2 pts
Lycée privé polyvalent Institut Emmanuel d'Alzon - site de NîmesBac, gen. & tech. · Private
124
98%
+1 pt
Collège Jules VerneBrevet · Public
71.6
68%
±0 pts
Lycée DhuodaBac, gen. & tech. · Public
105.2
95%
±0 pts
Lycée Alphonse DaudetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
116.7
96%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Ernest HemingwayBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.1
94%
−2 pts
Collège Mont DuplanBrevet · Public
96.2
82%
−5 pts
Collège Ada LovelaceBrevet · Public
82.5
63%
−5 pts
Collège Jean RostandBrevet · Public
99.7
80%
−8 pts
Collège FeuchèresBrevet · Public
93.5
71%
−12 pts
Collège RévolutionBrevet · Public
120.8
74%
−16 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 Nîmes
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 NîmesSize: 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 13 lycées within 5 km of Nîmes
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 13 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 Nîmes93 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Chapitre
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Hector Berlioz
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Vincent
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle La Placette
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Placette
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Stanislas
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jehanne des Lys
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Françoise Dolto
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marie Soboul
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Marie Durand
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Charles Martel
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Show all 93 primary schools
Ecole maternelle Charles Martel
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Talabot
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Rangueil
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Talabot
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Emmanuel d'Alzon
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Enclos Rey
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint-Baudile-Les-Carmes
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Mont Duplan
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pierre Semard
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Mont Duplan
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Jacques Prévert
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Macé
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Macé
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Pauline Kergomard
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée la Calandreta Aimat Serre
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Tour Magne
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Armand Barbès
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Valsainte
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Léo Rousson
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marguerite Long
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Marguerite Long
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Emile Gauzy
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Prosper Mérimée
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Prosper Mérimée
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Emile Gauzy
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Capouchiné
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Capouchiné
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Grézan
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire André Galan
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Marie Curie
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire René Char
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Cigale
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle la Cigale
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Carrière
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Joseph Lakanal
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle La Gazelle
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire André Chamson
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Léo Rousson
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Eau Bouillie
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Lakanal
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Marcelin
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Zay
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire La Planette
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole elementaire Paul Marcelin
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Castanet
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Georges Bruguier
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Gazelle
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Georges Bruguier
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Henri Wallon
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Henri Wallon
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Edouard Vaillant 2
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Edouard Vaillant
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Edouard Vaillant 1
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Gustave Courbet
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Moulin
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Gustave Courbet
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Moulin
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Combe des Oiseaux Castanet
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pont de Justice
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Pont de Justice
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole maternelle Yvette Panafieu
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole privée Palotchka (Ecole primaire privée)
Primary school · Private · 2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jacques Perotti
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Auguste Faucher
Primary school · Public · 2.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Samuel Paty
Primary school · Public · 2.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Samuel Paty
Primary school · Public · 2.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Albert Camus
Primary school · Public · 2.4 mi
Ecole privée Alexander Fleming (Ecole primaire privée)
Primary school · Private · 2.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Danièle Casanova
Primary school · Public · 2.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Mas des Gardies
Primary school · Public · 2.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean D'Ormesson
Primary school · Public · 2.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Edgar Tailhades
Primary school · Public · 2.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Edgar Tailhades
Primary school · Public · 2.6 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
Nîmes 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.
Bouillargues 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 B−, better than those around 50% of compared French towns and #24 of 53 in Gard. In 2025, 81.9% of the 1,445 candidates at the 12 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (as expected against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.2% of 3,223 candidates passed the bac (+1 pt).
Which collège near Nîmes does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège les Oliviers (public, 1.3 mi): 90% of 125 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +13 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 Nîmes does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Voltaire (public, 1.3 mi): 95% of 78 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 Nîmes?
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 Nîmes graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Nîmes has 93 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).
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