Collège Émile Combes
Bordeaux, Gironde
Schools around Bordeaux B− better than 47% of compared French towns
Nearly every candidate at Collège Émile Combes passes, as expected for pupils from more advantaged homes than at 96% of French collèges (IPS 140.8).
- 97% of its 120 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 83% of French collèges.
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (±0 pts against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 140.8, more advantaged than at 96% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 16th of the 36 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 5 towns, Bordeaux among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Émile Combes, 97% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 97%. The difference, ±0 pts, is its value added: its pupils do about as well as similar pupils elsewhere.
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Émile Combes is marked.
Pass rate 97%
Higher than at 86% of them.
Value added ±0 pts
Higher than at 56% 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 Gironde’s collèges
2025The 134 collèges in Gironde: 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 privé Anglade Langalerie | 102.2 | 100% | +12 pts |
| Collège Casimir Fidèle | 72.7 | 89% | +11 pts |
| Collège Jules Chambrelent | 108.8 | 97% | +8 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Jean | 108.9 | 96% | +8 pts |
| Collège Pablo Neruda | 92.7 | 89% | +7 pts |
| Collège Paul Esquinance | 96.4 | 93% | +7 pts |
| Collège Monséjour | 114.4 | 96% | +6 pts |
| Collège Blanqui | 84.4 | 88% | +6 pts |
| Collège Pierre Martin | 98.6 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège Eugène Atget | 105.2 | 94% | +5 pts |
| Collège Jean Verdier | 112.1 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Jean-Joseph Lataste | 120.3 | 100% | +4 pts |
| Collège Capeyron | 103.6 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège Gérard Philipe | 100.6 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame-Sévigné | 129.9 | 100% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc Saint-Romain | 119.4 | 94% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Seurin | 145.1 | 100% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Marie Bastide | 137.3 | 100% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Lestonnac | 131.4 | 100% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Claire | 122.3 | 97% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph | 132.8 | 100% | +3 pts |
| Collège François Mauriac | 100.6 | 97% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Anne | 142.7 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean Moulin | 112.7 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Olympe de Gouges | 112.6 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean Jaurès | 86.3 | 78% | +2 pts |
| Collège Les Lesques | 90.2 | 83% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc Assomption | 144.1 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean Zay | 109.2 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège privé Assomption Sainte-Clotilde | 143.1 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Collège Cheverus | 123 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Genès La Salle - site de Bordeaux | 148.2 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Collège privé Albert Le Grand | 139.7 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Collège privé Sainte-Marie Grand Lebrun | 150.1 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Georges Rayet | 108.6 | 92% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jean Aviotte | 95.6 | 87% | +1 pt |
| Collège Camille Claudel | 125.1 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Collège Élise Deroche | 104 | 91% | +1 pt |
| Collège privé STAM Saint-André Sainte-Marie | 125.9 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jean Monnet | 90.6 | 92% | +1 pt |
| Collège Élie Faure | 87.2 | 82% | +1 pt |
| Collège Max Linder | 107.9 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Collège Panchon d'Arsac | 107 | 91% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-André | 128 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Émile Combes | 140.8 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Chante Cigale | 115.3 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 99.6 | 91% | ±0 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame | 110.4 | 90% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Les Eyquems | 119.6 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Pierre de Belleyme | 89.7 | 81% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Wangari Maathai | 117.6 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège François Mauriac | 121.3 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Hastignan | 120.9 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Collège du Val de Saye | 93.1 | 86% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Val des Pins | 116.7 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Francisco Goya | 121 | 94% | −1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph de Tivoli | 147 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Collège Ausone | 117.6 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean Cocteau | 112.7 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Collège François Mitterrand | 96.2 | 81% | −1 pt |
| Collège La Garosse | 99.9 | 82% | −1 pt |
| Collège Léonard de Vinci | 134.5 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean Auriac | 107.1 | 86% | −2 pts |
| Collège Ausone | 102.6 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Collège Cassignol | 138.5 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Collège Alice Milliat | 83.1 | 73% | −2 pts |
| Collège François Mitterrand | 112 | 91% | −2 pts |
| Collège Montesquieu | 125.7 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Collège de Lacanau | 115.5 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège Les Dagueys | 96.3 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège Montaigne | 85.8 | 75% | −2 pts |
| Collège Gisèle Halimi | 99 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège Joséphine Baker | 115.7 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Collège Robert Barrière | 97.8 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège Léo Drouyn | 106.9 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège Chambéry | 113.7 | 92% | −2 pts |
| Collège Claude Massé | 95.2 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Collège André Lahaye | 121.9 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Elme | 135.2 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Collège Léonard Lenoir | 110.8 | 85% | −3 pts |
| Collège Anatole France | 111.7 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean Zay | 90.1 | 85% | −3 pts |
| Collège Fontaines de Monjous | 127.2 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Collège Émile Zola | 121.4 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Collège privé Rambaud | 132.4 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Collège Émile Durkheim | 106.6 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Victor Louis | 107.5 | 85% | −3 pts |
| Collège Henri Dheurle | 105.2 | 90% | −3 pts |
| Collège Gaston Flament | 114.5 | 90% | −3 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Louis Sainte-Thérèse | 123.7 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Alain Fournier | 142.9 | 93% | −4 pts |
| Collège Aliénor d'Aquitaine | 120.7 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège privé Le Mirail | 131.5 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Paul-Émile Victor | 105.6 | 89% | −4 pts |
| Collège Rosa Bonheur | 104.3 | 85% | −4 pts |
| Collège Cantelande | 133.4 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Albert Camus | 107.2 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège Andrée Chedid | 114.2 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Aliénor d'Aquitaine | 126.8 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Noès | 131.6 | 92% | −4 pts |
| Collège Henri Brisson | 133.5 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Emmanuel Dupaty | 110.9 | 84% | −5 pts |
| Collège Canterane | 104.8 | 82% | −5 pts |
| Collège Aliénor d'Aquitaine | 88.4 | 76% | −5 pts |
| Collège Alfred Mauguin | 116.8 | 87% | −5 pts |
| Collège Toulouse Lautrec | 107.5 | 85% | −5 pts |
| Collège François Mauriac | 130.5 | 90% | −5 pts |
| Collège Bourran | 110.1 | 87% | −5 pts |
| Collège Georges Brassens | 105 | 87% | −5 pts |
| Collège Georges Mandel | 99.3 | 80% | −5 pts |
| Collège Marcellin Berthelot | 124.7 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Édouard Vaillant | 95.4 | 80% | −6 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame | 134 | 89% | −6 pts |
| Collège de l'Estey | 123.5 | 89% | −6 pts |
| Collège Georges Lapierre | 82.8 | 73% | −7 pts |
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc | 105.2 | 80% | −7 pts |
| Collège Manon Cormier | 90.6 | 74% | −8 pts |
| Collège Sébastien Vauban | 91.8 | 80% | −8 pts |
| Collège Marguerite Duras | 91.7 | 80% | −8 pts |
| Collège Porte du Médoc | 111.8 | 81% | −8 pts |
| Collège Alouette | 126.4 | 86% | −8 pts |
| Collège de Saint-Selve | 116.7 | 85% | −8 pts |
| Collège Marie Bartette | 110.4 | 82% | −9 pts |
| Collège Lucie Aubrac | 102 | 84% | −9 pts |
| Collège Éléonore de Provence | 105.6 | 82% | −9 pts |
| Collège Niki de Saint Phalle | 104.7 | 81% | −9 pts |
| Collège Jacques Ellul | 99.4 | 72% | −10 pts |
| Collège Simone Veil | 104.1 | 82% | −10 pts |
| Collège Jacques Prévert | 100 | 82% | −11 pts |
| Collège François Mauriac | 110 | 77% | −11 pts |
| Collège Aliénor d'Aquitaine | 115.4 | 83% | −11 pts |
| Collège Henri de Navarre | 83.8 | 66% | −13 pts |
| Collège Nelson Mandela | 93.1 | 66% | −13 pts |
| Collège Philippe Madrelle | 101.2 | 69% | −19 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.
Living near Collège Émile Combes
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Bordeaux
Cost of living in Bordeaux →Houses €4,938/m² · Apartments €4,192/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
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Map
Directions ↗Bordeaux, Gironde
Questions about Collège Émile Combes
What is the IPS of Collège Émile Combes?
140.8 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.
Is Collège Émile Combes a good school?
In 2025, 97% of its 120 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is ±0 pts: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Émile Combes?
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).
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.