The collèges and lycées around Saint-Jean-de-Védas outscore those around 54% of compared French towns
13 collèges and 4 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Jean-de-Védas. Saint-Jean-de-Védas grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #47 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 Saint-Jean-de-Védas
86% of 167 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Simone Veil in 2025, 12 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
5 of the 13 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 71.7 at Collège Arthur Rimbaud to 139.1 at Collège privé Saint-François-Régis. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Saint-Jean-de-Védas grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (87.8%, +1.4 pts)Better than 63% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.8%, as expected)Better than 44% of compared French towns
Each of the 13 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 2 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 Saint-Jean-de-Védas with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 13 collèges (1,748 candidates) and 4 lycées (1,562). 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 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 16 schools here, 5 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.
Collège privé Sainte-Marie La SalleBrevet · Private
138.3
100%
+2 pts
Collège privé la ProvidenceBrevet · Private
121
98%
+2 pts
Collège Louis GermainBrevet · Public
112.9
93%
+1 pt
Collège Arthur RimbaudBrevet · Public
71.7
71%
+1 pt
Collège ClemenceauBrevet · Public
105.5
88%
+1 pt
Lycée privé Notre-Dame de la MerciBac, gen. & tech. · Private
145.1
100%
+1 pt
Collège Marcel PagnolBrevet · Public
83.1
79%
±0 pts
Collège privé Saint-RochBrevet · Private
114.6
94%
±0 pts
Lycée Georges ClemenceauBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.7
94%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Jules GuesdeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
111.6
93%
−2 pts
Collège Croix d'ArgentBrevet · Public
86.7
75%
−3 pts
Collège FontcarradeBrevet · Public
85.3
81%
−3 pts
Collège Charles RayBrevet · Public
116.3
88%
−4 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 Saint-Jean-de-Védas
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 Saint-Jean-de-VédasSize: 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
13 collèges and 4 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Jean-de-Védas
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. 13 collèges and 4 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges13 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Jean-de-Védas9 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Georges Rascol
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Jean-Baptiste
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Anita Gil
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Jean d'Ormesson
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Alain Cabrol
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle René Cassin
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole privée de la Grâce
Primary school · Private · 1 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
Saint-Jean-de-Védas and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 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 54% of compared French towns and #47 of 80 in Hérault. In 2025, 87.8% of the 1,748 candidates at the 13 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+1.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.8% of 1,562 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Saint-Jean-de-Védas does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Simone Veil (public, 3 mi): 86% of 167 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +12 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 Saint-Jean-de-Védas does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Jules Ferry (public, 2.2 mi): 90% of 118 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Jean-de-Védas?
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 Saint-Jean-de-Védas graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Jean-de-Védas has 9 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 9, 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.
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