Collège Aretha Franklin
Marciac, Gers
Schools around Marciac A better than 90% of compared French towns
96% of 50 candidates at Collège Aretha Franklin passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is +2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 118.1, more advantaged than at 79% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of Marciac (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Aretha Franklin is marked.
Pass rate 96%
Higher than at 83% of them.
Value added +2 pts
Higher than at 72% of them: the shaded bars.
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 Gers’s collèges
2025The 21 collèges in Gers: 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.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Rostand - site de Eauze | 89.4 | 82% | +9 pts |
| Collège Saint-Exupéry | 94.1 | 93% | +6 pts |
| Collège Oratoire Sainte-Marie | 121.8 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Christophe | 119.4 | 93% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph | 116.9 | 95% | +4 pts |
| Collège Françoise Héritier | 120 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège François Belleforest | 108.5 | 93% | +3 pts |
| Collège Aretha Franklin | 118.1 | 96% | +2 pts |
| Collège Simone Veil | 104.8 | 96% | +2 pts |
| Collège Gabriel Seailles | 106.5 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame le Clos fleuri | 144.9 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Sadi Carnot | 102.7 | 86% | −1 pt |
| Collège Édouard Lartet | 109.2 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Collège de l'Astarac | 105.8 | 92% | −2 pts |
| Collège d'Artagnan | 95.9 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Collège du Fezensaguet | 114.1 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Collège Mathalin | 104.1 | 90% | −4 pts |
| Collège Maréchal Lannes | 104.4 | 89% | −4 pts |
| Collège Louise Michel | 118.9 | 91% | −5 pts |
| Collège Hubert Reeves | 99.1 | 77% | −11 pts |
| Collège Salinis | 108.7 | 81% | −12 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25The social position index (IPS) sums up pupils’ family backgrounds from their parents’ occupations. Around 100 is typical; higher means more advantaged homes (from about 50 to 160). Shown, never graded.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Aretha Franklin, 96% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 94%. The difference, +2 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 near Collège Aretha Franklin
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Marciac
Cost of living in Marciac →Houses €1,668/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Map
Directions ↗Marciac, Gers
Questions about Collège Aretha Franklin
Is Collège Aretha Franklin a good school?
In 2025, 96% of its 50 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +2 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Aretha Franklin?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
What is the IPS of Collège Aretha Franklin?
118.1 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.
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.