Collège Boris Vian
Retournac, Haute-Loire
Schools around Retournac A better than 89% of compared French towns
92% of 65 candidates at Collège Boris Vian passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is +4 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 4 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 101, less advantaged than at 58% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of Retournac (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Boris Vian is marked.
Pass rate 92%
Higher than at 68% of them.
Value added +4 pts
Higher than at 83% 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 Haute-Loire’s collèges
2025The 23 collèges in Haute-Loire: 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 Saint-Martin | 107.5 | 100% | +9 pts |
| Collège Saint-Louis | 114.4 | 100% | +8 pts |
| Collège Saint-Gabriel | 103 | 95% | +8 pts |
| Collège du Mont Bar | 105.7 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Julien | 104.6 | 95% | +6 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc | 112.8 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Régis - Saint-Michel | 115.5 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame du Château | 111.2 | 98% | +4 pts |
| Collège Jules Vallès | 99.9 | 94% | +4 pts |
| Collège Boris Vian | 101 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège La Chartreuse | 112.2 | 97% | +2 pts |
| Collège le Sacré-Coeur | 98.4 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Le Monteil | 110 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jules Romains | 112.3 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Faye | 116.2 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Collège La Fayette | 96.7 | 91% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jacques de Compostelle - site Saint-Joseph | 114.3 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Laurent Eynac | 106.6 | 92% | −1 pt |
| Collège Marguerite Thomas | 93.3 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Collège Roger Ruel | 109.3 | 92% | −2 pts |
| Collège Jean Monnet | 101 | 89% | −2 pts |
| Collège des Gorges de la Loire | 105 | 90% | −4 pts |
| Collège Lafayette | 101 | 83% | −4 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 101, close to the French average of 105.2: neither more nor less advantaged than most.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Boris Vian, 92% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 88%. The difference, +4 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 Boris Vian
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Retournac
Cost of living in Retournac →Houses €1,556/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Map
Directions ↗Retournac, Haute-Loire
Questions about Collège Boris Vian
Is Collège Boris Vian a good school?
In 2025, 92% of its 65 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +4 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Boris Vian?
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 Boris Vian?
101 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 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.