Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz
Béziers, Hérault
Schools around Béziers B− better than 47% of compared French towns
Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 90% of French lycées with the vocational bac (IPS 79.2), and 78% passed the vocational bac.
- 78% of its 125 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 23% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (−1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 79.2, less advantaged than at 90% of French lycées with the vocational bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 5th of the 5 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Béziers among them (every graded town within 5 km).
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Jean Mermoz is marked.
Pass rate 78%
Higher than at 26% of them.
Value added −1 pt
Higher than at 48% 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 Hérault’s lycées
2025The 27 lycées with the vocational bac in Hérault: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Jules Guesde | 74.9 | 92% | +13 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Fernand Léger | 94.5 | 92% | +9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis Feuillade | 85.9 | 91% | +7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Charles Alliès | 92.4 | 93% | +7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Mermoz | 85.3 | 88% | +6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Jaurès | 92.1 | 94% | +6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Moulin | 84 | 90% | +5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Simone Veil | 101.2 | 95% | +5 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Nevers | 121.6 | 99% | +4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marc Bloch | 86.3 | 86% | +4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jules Ferry | 87 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie | 89.2 | 83% | +2 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent La Merci Littoral | 113.6 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Sacré-Coeur | 111.7 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Jacques Brel | 91.4 | 91% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges Pompidou | 98.5 | 87% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Auguste Loubatières | 89.2 | 84% | −1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz | 79.3 | 78% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Champollion | 102 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Turgot | 112.3 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Charles de Gaulle | 87.6 | 84% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Joseph Vallot | 91.7 | 85% | −3 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph Pierre Rouge | 118.9 | 90% | −5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Léonard de Vinci | 85.2 | 70% | −5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges Frêche | 101.9 | 86% | −6 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre Mendès France | 85.5 | 74% | −7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Victor Hugo | 91.1 | 81% | −9 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Jean Mermoz, 78% of candidates passed the vocational bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 79%. The difference, −1 pt, is its value added: its pupils do about as well as 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 Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Béziers
Cost of living in Béziers →Houses €2,269/m² · Apartments €1,641/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
13 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Béziers, Hérault
Questions about Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz
What is the IPS of Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz?
79.2 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.
Is Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz a good school?
In 2025, 78% of its 125 candidates passed the vocational bac (the average French school: 84.4%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −1 pt: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée professionnel Jean Mermoz?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
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 4, 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.