The collèges and lycées around Kourou outscore those around 60% of compared French towns
4 collèges and 2 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Kourou. Near Kourou, 81.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below compared French towns (92.9%). Kourou grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #3 of 7 in French Guiana. 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 Kourou, the lycées do better than those of 18% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 97%. 90% passed the general and technological bac (+2 pts against the expected rate), and 80.5% the brevet (+16.9 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Victor Schoelcher (Kourou II) beats its expected rate
79% of 129 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Victor Schoelcher (Kourou II) in 2025, 18 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Kourou grades B for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (80.5%, +16.9 pts)Better than 97% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (81.4%, as expected)Better than 18% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Kourou; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 4 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
The lycée: % 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 Kourou with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 4 collèges (395 candidates) and 2 lycées (496). 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. 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
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 4 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 0 2 points or more below.
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School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Victor Schoelcher (Kourou II)Brevet · Public
83.5
79%
+18 pts
Collège Henri Agarande (Kourou I)Brevet · Public
81.9
76%
+18 pts
Collège Joseph Ho Ten YouBrevet · Public
86.8
88%
+16 pts
Collège Omeba Tobo (Kourou III)Brevet · Public
84.7
87%
+12 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 Kourou
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 KourouSize: 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
4 collèges and 2 lycées within 5 km of Kourou
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. 4 collèges and 2 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges4 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Kourou19 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Roland Lucile
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Roland Lucile
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Olive palmot
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Solange Patient
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Solange Patient
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Maximilien Saba
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Emile Nézes
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Emile Nézes
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Maximilien Saba
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Eustase Rimane
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Eustase Rimane
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Michel Lohier
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
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Ecole maternelle Michel Lohier
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Raymond Cresson
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Raymond Cresson
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Savane
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Savane
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Olivier Compas
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Olivier Compas
Primary school · Public · 1.4 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
Kourou and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Macouria has the best-graded schools nearby (A+).
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 B, better than those around 60% of compared French towns and #3 of 7 in French Guiana. In 2025, 80.5% of the 395 candidates at the four collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+16.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 81.4% of 496 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Kourou does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Victor Schoelcher (Kourou II) (public, 0.5 mi): 79% of 129 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +18 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
How do children get a place at a collège near Kourou?
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 Kourou graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Kourou has 19 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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