Lycée Léon Gontran Damas
Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana
Schools around Remire-Montjoly B− better than 51% of compared French towns
Lycée Léon Gontran Damas teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 95% of French lycées with the general & technological bac (IPS 91.4), and 88% passed the general & technological bac.
- 88% of its 340 candidates passed the general & technological bac in 2025, higher than at 4% of French lycées with the general & technological bac.
- That is +2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 91.4, less advantaged than at 95% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 1st of the 3 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of Remire-Montjoly (every graded town within 5 km).
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Léon Gontran Damas is marked.
Pass rate 88%
Higher than at 6% of them.
Value added +2 pts
Higher than at 93% 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 lycées
2025The 12 lycées with the general & technological bac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Lumina Sophie | 75.8 | 86% | +10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léopold Elfort | 83.6 | 90% | +7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Bertène Juminer | 81.8 | 88% | +6 pts |
| Lycée Félix Éboué | 84.2 | 88% | +3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Raymond Tarcy | 83.2 | 84% | +3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Gaston Monnerville | 92.4 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Léon Gontran Damas | 91.4 | 88% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Melkior et Garré | 94.4 | 89% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Sainte-Thérèse | 137.5 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Externat Saint-Joseph de Cluny | 123.7 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges Othily | 83 | 79% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Lama-Prévot | 117.6 | 93% | −1 pt |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Léon Gontran Damas, 88% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 86%. The difference, +2 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 Lycée Léon Gontran Damas
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Remire-Montjoly
Cost of living in Remire-Montjoly →Houses €3,090/m² · Apartments €3,162/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
7 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana
Questions about Lycée Léon Gontran Damas
What is the IPS of Lycée Léon Gontran Damas?
91.4 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 Lycée Léon Gontran Damas a good school?
In 2025, 88% of its 340 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +2 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée Léon Gontran Damas?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
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 9, 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.