The collèges and lycées around Limoges trail those around 75% of compared French towns on results
At the collèges within 5 km of Limoges, 82.0% passed the brevet, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (85.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 15 collèges and 16 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Limoges. Limoges grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #12 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. 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 Limoges, the lycées do better than those of 46% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 15%. 96% passed the general and technological bac (as expected against the expected rate), and 82.0% the brevet (−5.2 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Jean beats its expected rate
97% of 30 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Jean in 2025, 29 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
4 of the 16 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 70.4 at Collège Pierre de Ronsard to 138.4 at Collège privé Ozanam. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Limoges grades C for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (82.0%, −5.2 pts)Better than 15% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (92.8%, −0.9 pts)Better than 46% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Limoges; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 16 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 8 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 10 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 Limoges with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 15 collèges (1,805 candidates) and 16 lycées (2,622). 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 23 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 11 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège privé BeaupeyratBrevet · Private
130.3
99%
+6 pts
Collège privé Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private
128.8
100%
+3 pts
Collège Auguste RenoirBrevet · Public
98.1
86%
+3 pts
Collège privé Saint-JeanBrevet · Private
132.8
100%
+3 pts
Collège privé OzanamBrevet · Private
138.4
98%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent TurgotBac, gen. & tech. · Public
122.3
98%
+1 pt
Lycée privé Saint-JeanBac, gen. & tech. · Private
137.3
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Léonard LimosinBac, gen. & tech. · Public
123.6
98%
±0 pts
Lycée Gay-LussacBac, gen. & tech. · Public
118.2
98%
±0 pts
Lycée privé BeaupeyratBac, gen. & tech. · Private
130.8
98%
±0 pts
Lycée Raoul DautryBac, gen. & tech. · Public
111.1
97%
±0 pts
Lycée Auguste RenoirBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.7
95%
−1 pt
Collège Jean RebierBrevet · Public
112.4
90%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Suzanne ValadonBac, gen. & tech. · Public
98.6
90%
−3 pts
Collège Guy de MaupassantBrevet · Public
89.4
80%
−6 pts
Collège Bernart de VentadourBrevet · Public
100.1
80%
−6 pts
Collège André MauroisBrevet · Public
87.6
69%
−7 pts
Collège Albert CalmetteBrevet · Public
99.6
78%
−8 pts
Collège Maurice GenevoixBrevet · Public
104.2
80%
−8 pts
Collège Firmin RozBrevet · Public
85.3
66%
−9 pts
Collège Léonard LimosinBrevet · Public
117.4
79%
−12 pts
Collège Léon BlumBrevet · Public
105.3
69%
−17 pts
Collège Pierre de RonsardBrevet · Public
70.4
39%
−24 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 Limoges
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 LimogesSize: 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
16 collèges and 16 lycées within 5 km of Limoges
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. 15 collèges and 16 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges16 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
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
Limoges and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Feytiat has the best-graded schools nearby (C+). 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 25% of compared French towns and #12 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025, 82.0% of the 1,805 candidates at the 15 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−5.2 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.8% of 2,622 candidates passed the bac (−0.9 pts).
Which collège near Limoges does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège privé Beaupeyrat (private, 0.8 mi): 99% of 103 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +6 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 Limoges does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Jean (private, 1.3 mi): 97% of 30 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +29 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Limoges?
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 Limoges graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Limoges has 56 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.
