Collège Victor Hugo
Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées
Schools around Tarbes B− better than 46% of compared French towns
91% of 135 candidates at Collège Victor Hugo 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 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 118.3, more advantaged than at 79% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 7th of the 9 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 10 towns, Tarbes among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Victor Hugo is marked.
Pass rate 91%
Higher than at 64% of them.
Value added −4 pts
Higher than at 31% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées’s collèges
2025The 21 collèges in Hautes-Pyrénées: 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 Peyramale Saint-Joseph | 101.4 | 100% | +11 pts |
| Collège Blanche Odin | 113.4 | 98% | +7 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Garaison | 111.8 | 96% | +6 pts |
| Collège Jean Jaurès | 101.4 | 94% | +5 pts |
| Collège Massey | 91.1 | 94% | +5 pts |
| Collège Maréchal Foch | 113.9 | 99% | +4 pts |
| Collège Desaix | 89.9 | 88% | +4 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc | 121.7 | 99% | +4 pts |
| Collège de la Barousse | 107 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège du Val d'Arros | 110.3 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Collège Pierre Mendès France | 99.7 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Collège Beaulieu | 108.2 | 88% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Pradeau-La Sède | 114.5 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège climatique René Billères | 114.8 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Collège La Serre de Sarsan | 93.3 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Collège Paul Éluard | 90.4 | 83% | −3 pts |
| Collège Voltaire | 100.3 | 88% | −3 pts |
| Collège Gaston Fébus | 102.7 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Victor Hugo | 118.3 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Pyrénées | 91.2 | 80% | −5 pts |
| Collège Paul Valéry | 105 | 84% | −6 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 Victor Hugo, 91% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 95%. The difference, −4 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than similar pupils elsewhere.
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 Victor Hugo
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Tarbes
Cost of living in Tarbes →Houses €1,670/m² · Apartments €1,424/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
19 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées
Questions about Collège Victor Hugo
Is Collège Victor Hugo a good school?
In 2025, 91% of its 135 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −4 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Victor Hugo?
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 Victor Hugo?
118.3 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.