The collèges and lycées around Bègles get lower results than those around 58% of compared French towns
Near Bègles, 90.7% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). 19 collèges and 24 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Bègles. Bègles grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #55 of 93 in Gironde. 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).
89% of 115 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Pablo Neruda in 2025, 7 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
6 of the 20 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 92.7 at Collège Pablo Neruda to 148.2 at Collège privé Saint-Genès La Salle - site de Bordeaux. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Bègles grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (90.7%, −2.3 pts)Better than 54% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.6%, −1.7 pts)Better than 34% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Bègles; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 20 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 16 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 14 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 Bègles with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 19 collèges (2,569 candidates) and 24 lycées (5,089). 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 34 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 19 2 points or more below.
Collège privé Saint-Genès La Salle - site de BordeauxBrevet · Private
148.2
99%
+1 pt
Collège CheverusBrevet · Public
123
96%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent de GascogneBac, gen. & tech. · Public
121.6
98%
+1 pt
Lycée privé Sainte-Marie BastideBac, gen. & tech. · Private
137.5
100%
+1 pt
Lycée privé Saint-Genès La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
148.5
100%
±0 pts
Lycée François MagendieBac, gen. & tech. · Public
140.3
99%
±0 pts
Collège Francisco GoyaBrevet · Public
121
94%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Václav HavelBac, gen. & tech. · Public
119
96%
−1 pt
Lycée privé Le Mirail - le lycée du matinBac, gen. & tech. · Private
128.6
96%
−1 pt
Lycée privé Sainte-Famille SaintongeBac, gen. & tech. · Private
130.2
95%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Gustave EiffelBac, gen. & tech. · Public
124.2
95%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Victor LouisBac, gen. & tech. · Public
121.6
95%
−2 pts
Collège Victor LouisBrevet · Public
107.5
85%
−3 pts
Collège Léonard LenoirBrevet · Public
110.8
85%
−3 pts
Collège Fontaines de MonjousBrevet · Public
127.2
92%
−3 pts
Lycée Nicolas BrémontierBac, gen. & tech. · Public
129.6
94%
−3 pts
Lycée privé Albert Le GrandBac, gen. & tech. · Private
135.8
96%
−3 pts
Lycée Michel MontaigneBac, gen. & tech. · Public
134.3
96%
−3 pts
Collège Aliénor d'AquitaineBrevet · Public
120.7
86%
−4 pts
Collège privé Le MirailBrevet · Private
131.5
91%
−4 pts
Collège Henri BrissonBrevet · Public
133.5
91%
−4 pts
Collège Alain FournierBrevet · Public
142.9
93%
−4 pts
Collège Alfred MauguinBrevet · Public
116.8
87%
−5 pts
Collège Marcellin BerthelotBrevet · Public
124.7
87%
−6 pts
Collège privé Notre-DameBrevet · Private
134
89%
−6 pts
Lycée polyvalent Alfred KastlerBac, gen. & tech. · Public
121.2
90%
−6 pts
Lycée François MauriacBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115
91%
−6 pts
Collège Niki de Saint PhalleBrevet · Public
104.7
81%
−9 pts
Collège Nelson MandelaBrevet · Public
93.1
66%
−13 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 Bègles
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 BèglesSize: 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
20 collèges and 25 lycées within 5 km of Bègles
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. 19 collèges and 24 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges20 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Bègles16 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Boileau
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Ferdinand Buisson
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Gambetta
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Ferdinand Buisson
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Roger Salengro
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Zay
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Joliot-Curie
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Vaillant-Couturier
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie de La Ferrade
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle La Ferrade
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
ECOLE MATERNELLE MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Show all 16 primary schools
Ecole primaire Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Prévert
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Saint Maurice
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marcel Sembat
Primary school · Public · 1.1 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
Bègles and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Latresne 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 C+, better than those around 42% of compared French towns and #55 of 93 in Gironde. In 2025, 90.7% of the 2,569 candidates at the 19 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.3 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.6% of 5,089 candidates passed the bac (−1.7 pts).
Which collège near Bègles does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Pablo Neruda (public, 0.7 mi): 89% of 115 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +7 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 Bègles does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Émile Combes (public, 0.5 mi): 91% of 65 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Bègles?
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 Bègles graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Bègles has 16 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.