Collège Paul Kapel
Cayenne, French Guiana
Schools around Cayenne B better than 60% of compared French towns
Collège Paul Kapel adds +33 pts to the pass rate expected from its pupils: more than almost all of French collèges.
- 83% of its 144 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 30% of French collèges.
- That is +33 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 33 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 81.6, less advantaged than at 92% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 1st of the 3 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of Cayenne (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Paul Kapel is marked.
Pass rate 83%
Higher than at 34% of them.
Value added +33 pts
Higher than at almost all 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 French Guiana’s collèges
2025The 16 collèges in French Guiana: 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 Just Hyasine | 80 | 88% | +36 pts |
| Collège Paul Kapel | 81.6 | 83% | +33 pts |
| Collège privé Cécile Cheviet | 95.4 | 95% | +31 pts |
| Collège Chlore Constant | 69.4 | 53% | +21 pts |
| Collège Henri Agarande (Kourou I) | 81.9 | 76% | +18 pts |
| Collège Victor Schoelcher (Kourou II) | 83.5 | 79% | +18 pts |
| Collège Justin Catayée (Cayenne V) | 68.6 | 64% | +17 pts |
| Collège La Canopée -Matoury I | 85.5 | 80% | +17 pts |
| Collège Joseph Ho Ten You | 86.8 | 88% | +16 pts |
| Collège Antoine Sylvère Felix | 96.8 | 78% | +15 pts |
| Collège Eugénie Tell-Eboué (Saint-Laurent I) | 83.6 | 67% | +14 pts |
| Collège Omeba Tobo (Kourou III) | 84.7 | 87% | +12 pts |
| Collège Externat Saint-Joseph de Cluny | 120 | 96% | +8 pts |
| Collège Arsène Bouyer D'Angoma (Saint-Laurent V) | 70.9 | 48% | +8 pts |
| Collège Auguste Dédé | 113 | 89% | +5 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Thérèse | 136.7 | 96% | +4 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 Paul Kapel, 83% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 50%. The difference, +33 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 Paul Kapel
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Cayenne
Cost of living in Cayenne →Houses €2,590/m² · Apartments €2,703/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
14 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Cayenne, French Guiana
Questions about Collège Paul Kapel
Is Collège Paul Kapel a good school?
In 2025, 83% of its 144 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +33 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Paul Kapel?
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 Paul Kapel?
81.6 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.