The collèges and lycées around Cenon get lower results than those around 79% of compared French towns
The bac pass rate near Cenon is 90.6%, below both Gironde’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 21 collèges and 18 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Cenon. Cenon grades C− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #75 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).
Around Cenon, the lycées do better than those of 9% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 43%. 93% passed the general and technological bac (−3.8 pts against the expected rate), and 86.5% the brevet (−1.4 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Casimir Fidèle beats its expected rate
89% of 113 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Casimir Fidèle in 2025, 11 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
5 of the 22 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 72.7 at Collège Casimir Fidèle to 138.5 at Collège Cassignol. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Cenon grades C− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (86.5%, −1.4 pts)Better than 43% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (90.6%, −3.5 pts)Better than 9% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Cenon; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 22 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 11 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 9 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 Cenon with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 21 collèges (2,246 candidates) and 18 lycées (4,055). 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. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is 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 32 schools here, 6 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 21 2 points or more below.
Lycée polyvalent les IrisBac, gen. & tech. · Public
107.3
90%
−5 pts
Collège Édouard VaillantBrevet · Public
95.4
80%
−6 pts
Collège privé Notre-DameBrevet · Private
134
89%
−6 pts
Lycée François MauriacBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115
91%
−6 pts
Collège Georges LapierreBrevet · Public
82.8
73%
−7 pts
Lycée Élie FaureBac, gen. & tech. · Public
101
87%
−7 pts
Lycée Saint-LouisBac, gen. & tech. · Public
104.6
89%
−7 pts
Collège Jacques EllulBrevet · Public
99.4
72%
−10 pts
Lycée Jean CondorcetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
89.2
79%
−11 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 Cenon
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 CenonSize: 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
22 collèges and 18 lycées within 5 km of Cenon
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. 21 collèges and 18 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges22 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Cenon16 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire Les Cavailles
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire René Cassagne
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Alain Fournier
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Anatole France
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Van Gogh
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Camille Maumey
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Camille Maumey
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Charles Perrault
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Léon Blum
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Alphonse Daudet
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Show all 16 primary schools
Ecole primaire Jules Guesde
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc du Cypressat
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Gambetta
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Michelet
Primary school · Public · 0.9 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
Cenon and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Bouliac has the best-graded schools nearby (B). 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 21% of compared French towns and #75 of 93 in Gironde. In 2025, 86.5% of the 2,246 candidates at the 21 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 90.6% of 4,055 candidates passed the bac (−3.5 pts).
Which collège near Cenon does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Casimir Fidèle (public, 3 mi): 89% of 113 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +11 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 Cenon does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Jacques Brel (public, 1.6 mi): 86% of 125 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Cenon?
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 Cenon graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Cenon 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.