Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Near Lodève, 90.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). 1 collège and 1 lycée with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Lodève. Lodève grades A− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #13 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).
90% of 124 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Paul Dardé in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Lodève with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 1 collège (124 candidates) and 1 lycée (255). 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.
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.
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. 1 collège and 1 lycée are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
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.
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodève 1 collège · 1 lycée | A− | 90% | 92% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 1 collège · 1 lycée · 9.1 mi | C− | 88% | 95% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 2 collèges · 1 lycée · 11 mi | B+ | 89% | 98% |
| Bédarieux 1 collège · 2 lycées · 11.4 mi | A− | 89% | 96% |
| Canet 0 collèges · 0 lycées · 12.3 mi | — | — | — |
| Gignac 2 collèges · 1 lycée · 12.9 mi | B+ | 89% | 98% |
| Aniane 1 collège · 0 lycées · 13.9 mi | D | 83% | —1 |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Lodève’s schools are graded at least as well as any neighbor’s.
They grade A−, better than those around 81% of compared French towns and #13 of 80 in Hérault. In 2025, 90.0% of the 124 candidates at the collège within 5 km passed the brevet (+4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.4% of 255 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
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.
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Lodève has 7 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 October 30, 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.