The collèges and lycées around Colombes get lower results than those around 83% of compared French towns
At the lycées within 5 km of Colombes, 89.3% passed the bac, below both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 65 collèges and 35 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Colombes. Colombes grades C− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added. 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).
What stands out about the schools near Colombes
Collège Claude Monet beats its expected rate
74% of 115 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Claude Monet in 2025, 16 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
14 of the 66 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 70.9 at Collège Claude Monet to 161.3 at Collège Saint-Dominique. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Colombes grades C− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Colombes with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 65 collèges (9,285 candidates) and 35 lycées (8,248). 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.
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.
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 90 schools here, 11 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 51 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude MonetBrevet · Public | 70.9 | 74% | +16 pts |
| Collège Marguerite DurasBrevet · Public | 85 | 86% | +9 pts |
| Collège Guy MôquetBrevet · Public | 84.1 | 85% | +6 pts |
| Collège Sébastienne GuyotBrevet · Public | 82.9 | 78% | +5 pts |
| Lycée René AuffrayBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 97.8 | 91% | +5 pts |
| Collège André MalrauxBrevet · Public | 86.2 | 77% | +3 pts |
| Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauBrevet · Public | 83.8 | 81% | +3 pts |
| Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private | 133 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège Sainte-GenevièveBrevet · Private | 154.9 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Sainte-GenevièveBrevet · Private | 132.5 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Bienheureux Charles de FoucauldBrevet · Private | 150.9 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private | 153.6 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Paul Vaillant-CouturierBrevet · Public | 85.7 | 76% | +1 pt |
| Collège Alfred de VignyBrevet · Public | 117.7 | 94% | +1 pt |
| Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private | 155.9 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège ChambertinBrevet · Private | 143.7 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-GenevièveBrevet · Private | 158.8 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Saint-DominiqueBrevet · Private | 161.3 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-ThérèseBrevet · Private | 151.4 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 154.7 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée MontalembertBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 154.2 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent La TrinitéBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 149.4 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège CarnotBrevet · Public | 94.3 | 78% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Les BouvetsBrevet · Public | 111.7 | 88% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-JustinBrevet · Private | 151.9 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Pierre Saint-JeanBrevet · Private | 151 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private | 155.8 | 100% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Albert CamusBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 136.4 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Paulette NardalBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 92.7 | 91% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Saint-DominiqueBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 160.7 | 100% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Saint-JosephBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 132.6 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Sainte-Marie de NeuillyBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 154.8 | 100% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Gabriel PériBrevet · Public | 88.9 | 78% | −1 pt |
| Collège Lucie AubracBrevet · Public | 82.6 | 72% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Auguste RenoirBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 109.8 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Sainte-GenevièveBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 155.7 | 99% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Julie-Victoire DaubiéBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 89.9 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Lycée La Folie Saint-JamesBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 138.6 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Frédéric et Irène Joliot CurieBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 97.2 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 137.8 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Collège Vincent Van GoghBrevet · Public | 93 | 78% | −2 pts |
| Collège Louis PasteurBrevet · Public | 144.7 | 94% | −2 pts |
| Collège Victor HugoBrevet · Public | 94.7 | 80% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Guy de MaupassantBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 96.7 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Lucie AubracBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 127 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Lycée GaliléeBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 98.5 | 90% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Louis PasteurBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 150.5 | 97% | −2 pts |
| Lycée AgoraBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 117.2 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Collège Henri WallonBrevet · Public | 83.4 | 70% | −3 pts |
| Collège Édouard VaillantBrevet · Public | 95.5 | 79% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean JaurèsBrevet · Public | 115.1 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Collège Irène Joliot-CurieBrevet · Public | 80.2 | 72% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Paul LapieBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 126.7 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges Braque - Lycée des métiers de l'intelligence économique et du managementBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 94.2 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Léonard de VinciBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 120.1 | 91% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean-Baptiste ClémentBrevet · Public | 87.4 | 74% | −4 pts |
| Collège François TruffautBrevet · Public | 129.7 | 92% | −4 pts |
| Collège VoltaireBrevet · Public | 100.1 | 79% | −4 pts |
| Collège André MauroisBrevet · Public | 133.8 | 92% | −4 pts |
| Collège Les AmandiersBrevet · Public | 139.5 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Les BruyèresBrevet · Public | 137.7 | 91% | −5 pts |
| Collège Les RenardièresBrevet · Public | 113.9 | 86% | −5 pts |
| Collège Maréchal LeclercBrevet · Public | 120.5 | 86% | −5 pts |
| Collège Théophile GautierBrevet · Public | 136.6 | 90% | −5 pts |
| Lycée Newton-EnreaBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 93.2 | 82% | −5 pts |
| Collège Les ValléesBrevet · Public | 134.5 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jean MermozBrevet · Public | 135.7 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Paul ÉluardBrevet · Public | 96.2 | 73% | −6 pts |
| Lycée Jean JaurèsBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 91.3 | 77% | −6 pts |
| Collège Georges SeuratBrevet · Public | 116 | 84% | −7 pts |
| Collège Georges PompidouBrevet · Public | 130.2 | 86% | −7 pts |
| Collège Eugénie CottonBrevet · Public | 82.8 | 67% | −7 pts |
| Collège Évariste GaloisBrevet · Public | 76.8 | 76% | −7 pts |
| Collège ArianeBrevet · Public | 92.6 | 76% | −7 pts |
| Collège Guy de MaupassantBrevet · Public | 116 | 84% | −7 pts |
| Collège LakanalBrevet · Public | 124.8 | 84% | −8 pts |
| Collège Robert PaparembordeBrevet · Public | 114.1 | 80% | −8 pts |
| Collège DantonBrevet · Public | 128.1 | 87% | −8 pts |
| Collège Gay-LussacBrevet · Public | 98.6 | 72% | −9 pts |
| Collège PasteurBrevet · Public | 88 | 69% | −9 pts |
| Collège Les Champs PhilippeBrevet · Public | 121.1 | 84% | −10 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 90.9 | 73% | −10 pts |
| Collège RépubliqueBrevet · Public | 88.7 | 70% | −10 pts |
| Collège Jean JaurèsBrevet · Public | 91.7 | 65% | −10 pts |
| Collège Louis BlériotBrevet · Public | 122.9 | 79% | −11 pts |
| Collège André DoucetBrevet · Public | 89.6 | 67% | −11 pts |
| Collège Jean MacéBrevet · Public | 95.5 | 71% | −11 pts |
| Collège Moulin JolyBrevet · Public | 91.6 | 66% | −12 pts |
| Collège Auguste RenoirBrevet · Public | 96.2 | 68% | −16 pts |
| Lycée Fernand et Nadia LégerBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 89.2 | 68% | −16 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.
The schools within 5 km of Colombes
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.
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
66 collèges and 35 lycées within 5 km of Colombes
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. 65 collèges and 35 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Show all 66 collèges
Show all 35 lycées
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.
Colombes and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombes 65 collèges · 35 lycées | C− | 84% | 89% |
| La Garenne-Colombes 68 collèges · 39 lycées · 1 mi | C− | 85% | 90% |
| Bois-Colombes 69 collèges · 43 lycées · 1.1 mi | C− | 85% | 90% |
| Courbevoie 72 collèges · 46 lycées · 1.6 mi | C | 87% | 93% |
| Bezons 51 collèges · 23 lycées · 1.7 mi | C− | 83% | 89% |
| Asnières-sur-Seine 75 collèges · 46 lycées · 1.7 mi | C | 87% | 91% |
| Argenteuil 47 collèges · 25 lycées · 1.9 mi | D | 82% | 87% |
Asnières-sur-Seine has the best-graded schools nearby (C). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
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.
Questions about schools near Colombes
Are the schools near Colombes good?
They grade C−, better than those around 17% of compared French towns. In 2025, 84.0% of the 9,285 candidates at the 65 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−3.2 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 89.3% of 8,248 candidates passed the bac (−1.5 pts).
Which collège near Colombes does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Claude Monet (public, 2.6 mi): 74% of 115 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +16 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 Colombes does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Daniel Balavoine (public, 1.1 mi): 86% of 86 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +9 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Colombes?
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 Colombes graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Colombes has 40 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.