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Schools near Balaruc-les-Bains · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Balaruc-les-Bains get better results than those around 57% of compared French towns

5 collèges and 2 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Balaruc-les-Bains. The brevet pass rate near Balaruc-les-Bains is 84.8%, below both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Balaruc-les-Bains grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #46 of 80 in Hérault. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

85%passed the brevet100%passed the bac#46of 80 in Hérault
Within 5 km
5 + 2
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
84.8%
of 586 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
100.0%
of 123 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
84.0%
of 91 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 Balaruc-les-Bains

81% · 30%of compared French towns are behind on lycées · on collèges+3points above the expected rate at Collège Victor Hugo20%of collège candidates are at private schools76–122social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Strong lycées, weaker collèges

Around Balaruc-les-Bains, the lycées do better than those of 81% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 30%. 100% passed the general and technological bac (+2 pts against the expected rate), and 84.8% the brevet (−2.9 pts). School Grade ↓

Collège Victor Hugo beats its expected rate

79% of 82 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Victor Hugo in 2025, 3 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

1 of the 5 collèges within 5 km is private, under contract with the state: it teaches the national curriculum and its pupils sit the same brevet. It counts 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 75.5 at Collège Jean Moulin to 122.4 at Collège privé Saint-Joseph. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

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

School Grade

Balaruc-les-Bains grades B for schools

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

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (84.8%, −2.9 pts)Better than 30% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.2%, as expected)Better than 81% of compared French towns

The lycées lift Balaruc-les-Bains; the collèges hold it back.

Each of the 5 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%Average French school 86.9%Collège Jean Moulin: 70% · −4 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 79% · +3 ptsCollège Simone de Beauvoir: 82% · −11 ptsCollège privé Saint-Joseph: 92% · −4 ptsCollège Via Domitia: 92% · +1 pt
The lycée: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph: 100% · +2 pts
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)80%85%90%95%Average French school 84.4%Lycée Charles de Gaulle: 84% · −2 ptsLycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph: 92% · no value added published
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 Balaruc-les-Bains with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 5 collèges (586 candidates) and 2 lycées (214). 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 index65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%708090100110120130Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Jean Moulin: 70%, IPS 75.5 · −4 ptsCollège Simone de Beauvoir: 82%, IPS 108.1 · −11 ptsCollège Victor Hugo: 79%, IPS 84.7 · +3 ptsCollège privé Saint-Joseph: 92%, IPS 122.4 · −4 ptsCollège Via Domitia: 92%, IPS 110.7 · +1 ptCollège Simone de BeauvoirCollège Jean MoulinCollège privé Saint-Joseph
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 5 schools here, 1 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Victor HugoBrevet · Public84.779%+3 pts
Collège Via DomitiaBrevet · Public110.792%+1 pt
Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public75.570%−4 pts
Collège privé Saint-JosephBrevet · Private122.492%−4 pts
Collège Simone de BeauvoirBrevet · Public108.182%−11 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 Balaruc-les-Bains

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 Lou Planas · PublicEcole maternelle Robinson · PublicEcole élémentaire Le Petit Prince · PublicEcole maternelle Georges Sand · PublicCollège Jean Moulin · Public · 70% brevet · −4 ptsLycée Charles de Gaulle · Public · 84% vocational bac · −2 ptsCollège Simone de Beauvoir · Public · 82% brevet · −11 ptsCollège Victor Hugo · Public · 79% brevet · +3 ptsCollège privé Saint-Joseph · Private · 92% brevet · −4 ptsLycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph · Private · 100% general and technological bac · +2 ptsCollège Via Domitia · Public · 92% brevet · +1 ptBalaruc-les-BainsCollège Jean MoulinLycée Charles de GaulleCollège Simone de BeauvoirCollège privé Saint-JosephCollège Via Domitia© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Balaruc-les-BainsSize: 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

5 collèges and 2 lycées within 5 km of Balaruc-les-Bains

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. 5 collèges and 2 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Balaruc-les-Bains4 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Lou Planas
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Robinson
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Le Petit Prince
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Georges Sand
Primary school · Public · 0.7 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

Balaruc-les-Bains and the towns around it

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

Balaruc-le-Vieux: C+ for schoolsSète: B− for schoolsPoussan: A− for schoolsFrontignan: D− for schoolsGigean: A− for schoolsMèze: B− for schoolsBalaruc-le-VieuxSètePoussanFrontignanGigeanMèzeBalaruc-les-Bains
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Balaruc-les-Bains
5 collèges · 2 lycées		B85%93%
Balaruc-le-Vieux
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 1 mi		C+87%—1
Sète
4 collèges · 4 lycées · 2.8 mi		B−83%94%
Poussan
1 collège · 0 lycées · 2.9 mi		A−92%—1
Frontignan
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 3 mi		D−80%—1
Gigean
1 collège · 0 lycées · 3.8 mi		A−92%—1
Mèze
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 4.8 mi		B−90%—1

1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.

Poussan has the best-graded schools nearby (A−). 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 Balaruc-les-Bains

Are the schools near Balaruc-les-Bains good?

They grade B, better than those around 57% of compared French towns and #46 of 80 in Hérault. In 2025, 84.8% of the 586 candidates at the five collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.2% of 214 candidates passed the bac (as expected).

Which collège near Balaruc-les-Bains does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Victor Hugo (public, 2.7 mi): 79% of 82 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +3 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 Balaruc-les-Bains does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph (private, 3 mi): 100% of 123 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Balaruc-les-Bains?

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 Balaruc-les-Bains graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Balaruc-les-Bains has 4 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.