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B−School Grade
Schools near Tarbes · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Tarbes get lower results than those around 54% of compared French towns

9 collèges and 11 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Tarbes. Tarbes grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #10 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

89%passed the brevet96%passed the bac#10of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées
Within 5 km
9 + 11
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
88.7%
of 946 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
96.2%
of 880 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
87.3%
of 458 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 83.3%

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).

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about the schools near Tarbes

+5points above the expected rate at Collège Massey26%of collège candidates are at private schools90–122social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Collège Massey beats its expected rate

94% of 47 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Massey in 2025, 5 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

2 of the 9 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 89.9 at Collège Desaix to 121.7 at Collège Jeanne d'Arc. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.

School Grade

Tarbes grades B− for schools

Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (88.7%, −1.5 pts)Better than 49% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.2%, −1.6 pts)Better than 44% of compared French towns
Each of the 9 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Pyrénées: 80% · −5 ptsCollège Paul Éluard: 83% · −3 ptsCollège Paul Valéry: 84% · −6 ptsCollège Desaix: 88% · +4 ptsCollège Voltaire: 88% · −3 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 91% · −4 ptsCollège Pradeau-La Sède: 93% · as expectedCollège Massey: 94% · +5 ptsCollège Jeanne d'Arc: 99% · +4 pts
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée technologique privé Pradeau-La Sède Saint-Pierre: 90% · −4 ptsLycée général Théophile Gautier: 95% · −3 ptsLycée général et technologique Jean Dupuy: 97% · −1 ptLycée général et technologique Marie Curie: 97% · as expectedLycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc: 100% · +1 pt
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)80%85%90%95%Average French school 84.4%Lycée professionnel Sixte Vignon : Lycée des métiers de l'habitat, des énergies et de l'automobile: 80% · −7 ptsLycée professionnel Jean Dupuy: 84% · −2 ptsLycée professionnel privé Vincent de Paul: 86% · −6 ptsLycée professionnel Lautréamont: 88% · −2 ptsLycée polyvalent Reffye: 90% · −2 ptsLycée professionnel privé Saint-Pierre - Pradeau-La Sède: 94% · +1 pt
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 Tarbes with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 9 collèges (946 candidates) and 11 lycées (1,338). 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 index70%75%80%85%90%95%100%8090100110120130Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Pradeau-La Sède: 93%, IPS 114.5 · as expectedCollège Jeanne d'Arc: 99%, IPS 121.7 · +4 ptsCollège Massey: 94%, IPS 91.1 · +5 ptsCollège Desaix: 88%, IPS 89.9 · +4 ptsCollège Pyrénées: 80%, IPS 91.2 · −5 ptsCollège Paul Éluard: 83%, IPS 90.4 · −3 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 91%, IPS 118.3 · −4 ptsCollège Voltaire: 88%, IPS 100.3 · −3 ptsCollège Paul Valéry: 84%, IPS 105 · −6 ptsCollège Paul ValéryCollège MasseyCollège Pyrénées
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index85%90%95%100%100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolLycée technologique privé Pradeau-La Sède Saint-Pierre: 90%, IPS 113.4 · −4 ptsLycée général Théophile Gautier: 95%, IPS 117.8 · −3 ptsLycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc: 100%, IPS 125.7 · +1 ptLycée général et technologique Jean Dupuy: 97%, IPS 118.9 · −1 ptLycée général et technologique Marie Curie: 97%, IPS 112.6 · as expectedLycée technologique privé P…Lycée général Théophile Gau…Lycée général privé Jeanne …
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 14 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 7 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège MasseyBrevet · Public91.194%+5 pts
Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private121.799%+4 pts
Collège DesaixBrevet · Public89.988%+4 pts
Lycée général privé Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Private125.7100%+1 pt
Collège Pradeau-La SèdeBrevet · Private114.593%±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique Marie CurieBac, gen. & tech. · Public112.697%±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique Jean DupuyBac, gen. & tech. · Public118.997%−1 pt
Collège Paul ÉluardBrevet · Public90.483%−3 pts
Collège VoltaireBrevet · Public100.388%−3 pts
Lycée général Théophile GautierBac, gen. & tech. · Public117.895%−3 pts
Collège Victor HugoBrevet · Public118.391%−4 pts
Lycée technologique privé Pradeau-La Sède Saint-PierreBac, gen. & tech. · Private113.490%−4 pts
Collège PyrénéesBrevet · Public91.280%−5 pts
Collège Paul ValéryBrevet · Public10584%−6 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 Tarbes

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.

Ecole élémentaire Victor Hugo · PublicEcole maternelle Berthelot · PublicEcole primaire privée Pradeau-La Sède · PrivateEcole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc · PrivateEcole primaire publique Théophile Gautier · PublicEcole primaire privée hors contrat Sainte Bernadette · PrivateEcole primaire privée Saint-Joseph · PrivateEcole primaire Voltaire · PublicECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT · PublicEcole primaire publique Jean Moulin · PublicEcole élémentaire Paul Bert · PublicEcole maternelle Henri IV · PublicEcole maternelle Frédéric Mistral · PublicEcole élémentaire Jean Jacques Rousseau · PublicEcole élémentaire Henri IV · PublicEcole maternelle Michelet · PublicEcole primaire privée Sainte-Thérèse · PrivateEcole élémentaire Jules Verne · PublicEcole maternelle Pablo Néruda · PublicEcole primaire La Sendère · PublicEcole primaire Arago-Macé · PublicECOLE PRIMAIRE DEBUSSY-WALLON · PublicECOLE PRIMAIRE ANATOLE - FRANCE · PublicEcole maternelle Louise Michel · PublicLycée technologique privé Pradeau-La Sède Saint-Pierre · Private · 90% general and technological bac · −4 ptsCollège Pradeau-La Sède · Private · 93% brevet · as expectedLycée général Théophile Gautier · Public · 95% general and technological bac · −3 ptsCollège Jeanne d'Arc · Private · 99% brevet · +4 ptsLycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc · Private · 100% general and technological bac · +1 ptCollège Massey · Public · 94% brevet · +5 ptsLycée général et technologique Jean Dupuy · Public · 97% general and technological bac · −1 ptLycée polyvalent Reffye · Public · 90% vocational bac · −2 ptsLycée professionnel Jean Dupuy · Public · 84% vocational bac · −2 ptsCollège Desaix · Public · 88% brevet · +4 ptsCollège Pyrénées · Public · 80% brevet · −5 ptsLycée professionnel privé Vincent de Paul · Private · 86% vocational bac · −6 ptsLycée professionnel privé Saint-Pierre - Pradeau-La Sède · Private · 94% vocational bac · +1 ptLycée professionnel Lautréamont · Public · 88% vocational bac · −2 ptsLycée général et technologique Marie Curie · Public · 97% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège Paul Éluard · Public · 83% brevet · −3 ptsCollège Victor Hugo · Public · 91% brevet · −4 ptsCollège Voltaire · Public · 88% brevet · −3 ptsLycée professionnel Sixte Vignon : Lycée des métiers de l'habitat, des énergies et de l'automobile · Public · 80% vocational bac · −7 ptsCollège Paul Valéry · Public · 84% brevet · −6 ptsTarbes© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in TarbesSize: 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

9 collèges and 11 lycées within 5 km of Tarbes

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. 9 collèges and 11 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Lycées11 · ages 15 to 18, bac · best value added first
Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc
Lycée, general and technological · Private · 0.3 mi
+1 pt
100% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
51 candidatesIPS 125.7
Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Pierre - Pradeau-La Sède
Vocational lycée · Private · 0.7 mi
+1 pt
94% passed the vocational bac, 2025
63 candidatesIPS 107.5
Lycée général et technologique Marie Curie
Lycée, general and technological · Public · 0.8 mi
as expected
97% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
369 candidatesIPS 112.6
Lycée général et technologique Jean Dupuy
Lycée, general and technological · Public · 0.4 mi
−1 pt
97% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
217 candidatesIPS 118.9
Lycée polyvalent Reffye
Vocational lycée · Public · 0.4 mi
−2 pts
90% passed the vocational bac, 2025
126 candidatesIPS 92.3
Lycée professionnel Jean Dupuy
Vocational lycée · Public · 0.4 mi
−2 pts
84% passed the vocational bac, 2025
77 candidatesIPS 95.3
Lycée professionnel Lautréamont
Vocational lycée · Public · 0.7 mi
−2 pts
88% passed the vocational bac, 2025
89 candidatesIPS 94.2
Lycée général Théophile Gautier
Lycée, general and technological · Public · 0.2 mi
−3 pts
95% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
171 candidatesIPS 117.8
Lycée technologique privé Pradeau-La Sède Saint-Pierre
Lycée, general and technological · Private · 0.2 mi
−4 pts
90% passed the general and technological bac, 2025
72 candidatesIPS 113.4
Lycée professionnel privé Vincent de Paul
Vocational lycée · Private · 0.6 mi
−6 pts
86% passed the vocational bac, 2025
29 candidatesIPS 92
Lycée professionnel Sixte Vignon : Lycée des métiers de l'habitat, des énergies et de l'automobile
Vocational lycée · Public · 1.2 mi
−7 pts
80% passed the vocational bac, 2025
74 candidatesIPS 89.5
Primary schools in Tarbes24 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Victor Hugo
Primary school · Public · 0 mi
Ecole maternelle Berthelot
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Pradeau-La Sède
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Théophile Gautier
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée hors contrat Sainte Bernadette
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint-Joseph
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Voltaire
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jean Moulin
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paul Bert
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Henri IV
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Show all 24 primary schools
Ecole maternelle Frédéric Mistral
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Jacques Rousseau
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Henri IV
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Michelet
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte-Thérèse
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Pablo Néruda
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire La Sendère
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Arago-Macé
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
ECOLE PRIMAIRE DEBUSSY-WALLON
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANATOLE - FRANCE
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 1.3 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

Tarbes and the towns around it

Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.

Aureilhan: B− for schoolsSéméac: B− for schoolsBordères-sur-l'Échez: B− for schoolsSoues: B− for schoolsOdos: B for schoolsIbos: C+ for schoolsAureilhanSéméacBordères-sur-l'ÉchezSouesOdosIbosTarbes
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Tarbes
9 collèges · 11 lycées		B−89%93%
Aureilhan
9 collèges · 11 lycées · 1.6 mi		B−89%93%
Séméac
9 collèges · 11 lycées · 1.8 mi		B−89%93%
Bordères-sur-l'Échez
7 collèges · 11 lycées · 2.1 mi		B−90%93%
Soues
8 collèges · 11 lycées · 2.5 mi		B−89%93%
Odos
7 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.7 mi		B90%94%
Ibos
3 collèges · 6 lycées · 3 mi		C+86%92%

Odos has the best-graded schools nearby (B). 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.

How the School Grade works in France →

Questions about schools near Tarbes

Are the schools near Tarbes good?

They grade B−, better than those around 46% of compared French towns and #10 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. In 2025, 88.7% of the 946 candidates at the nine collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.5 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.2% of 1,338 candidates passed the bac (−1.6 pts).

Which collège near Tarbes does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Massey (public, 0.4 mi): 94% of 47 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +5 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 Tarbes does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc (private, 0.3 mi): 100% of 51 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Tarbes?

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 Tarbes graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Tarbes has 24 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 9, 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.