The collèges and lycées around Castelnau-le-Lez outscore those around 72% of compared French towns
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Castelnau-le-Lez, close to Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). 15 collèges and 10 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Castelnau-le-Lez. Castelnau-le-Lez grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #27 of 80 in Hérault. 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 · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Castelnau-le-Lez
Around Castelnau-le-Lez, the lycées do better than those of 81% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 56%. 97% passed the general and technological bac (+2.2 pts against the expected rate), and 90.0% the brevet (−1.5 pts). School Grade ↓
Section d'enseignement général et technologique du Lycée agricole Frédéric Bazille - Agropolis beats its expected rate
99% of 153 candidates passed the general and technological bac at Section d'enseignement général et technologique du Lycée agricole Frédéric Bazille - Agropolis in 2025, 36 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
5 of the 17 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 79.5 at Collège Gérard Philipe to 149.5 at Collège privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Castelnau-le-Lez grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (90.0%, −1.5 pts)Better than 56% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.8%, +1.3 pts)Better than 81% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Castelnau-le-Lez; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 17 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 10 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)
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 Castelnau-le-Lez with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 15 collèges (2,081 candidates) and 10 lycées (3,485). 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. 3 schools have results but no value added published, so they are listed, not graded. 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 index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
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 24 schools here, 9 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 8 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Section d'enseignement général et technologique du Lycée agricole Frédéric Bazille - AgropolisBac, gen. & tech. · Public
Cité scolaire Françoise Combes (collège)Bac, gen. & tech. · Public
123.1
98%
+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Georges FrêcheBac, gen. & tech. · Public
119.9
98%
+2 pts
Collège ClemenceauBrevet · Public
105.5
88%
+1 pt
Lycée privé polyvalent NeversBac, gen. & tech. · Private
143.1
100%
+1 pt
Lycée privé Notre-Dame de la MerciBac, gen. & tech. · Private
145.1
100%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Georges PompidouBac, gen. & tech. · Public
131.4
98%
±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Jean MermozBac, gen. & tech. · Public
107
95%
±0 pts
Lycée JoffreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
128.2
97%
±0 pts
Lycée Georges ClemenceauBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.7
94%
−1 pt
Collège François MitterrandBrevet · Public
134.4
94%
−2 pts
Collège Pierre Mendès FranceBrevet · Public
128.1
93%
−2 pts
Collège privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la SalleBrevet · Private
149.5
96%
−2 pts
Collège Jeu de MailBrevet · Public
106.4
87%
−4 pts
Collège JoffreBrevet · Public
117.9
86%
−5 pts
Collège les AiguerellesBrevet · Public
95.7
80%
−5 pts
Collège de la Voie DomitienneBrevet · Public
121
84%
−7 pts
Collège Gérard PhilipeBrevet · Public
79.5
59%
−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 Castelnau-le-Lez
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.
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Castelnau-le-LezSize: 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
17 collèges and 11 lycées within 5 km of Castelnau-le-Lez
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. 15 collèges and 10 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges17 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Castelnau-le-Lez12 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Jean de La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Jean Moulin
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Internationale privée Castelnau le lez
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Rose de France
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Mario Roustan
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Madiba
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Puck et Ribambelle
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Jacques Chirac
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle les Petits Princes
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée La Maison des Enfants - Le Village
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Vert Parc
Primary school · Public · 0.8 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
Castelnau-le-Lez and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Jacou 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
They grade B+, better than those around 72% of compared French towns and #27 of 80 in Hérault. In 2025, 90.0% of the 2,081 candidates at the 15 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.5 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.8% of 3,485 candidates passed the bac (+1.3 pts).
Which collège near Castelnau-le-Lez does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Port Marianne (public, 2.3 mi): 90% of 63 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 Castelnau-le-Lez does best?
Against the expected rate, Section d'enseignement général et technologique du Lycée agricole Frédéric Bazille - Agropolis (public, 2.3 mi): 99% of 153 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +36 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Castelnau-le-Lez?
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 Castelnau-le-Lez graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Castelnau-le-Lez has 12 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).
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