The collèges and lycées around Saint-Just outscore those around 75% of compared French towns
Near Saint-Just, 95.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). 5 collèges and 2 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Just. Saint-Just grades A− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #22 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 about the schools near Saint-Just
Collège Fréderic Mistral beats its expected rate
92% of 153 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Fréderic Mistral in 2025, 10 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 81.1 at Collège Fréderic Mistral to 115.1 at Collège privé Sainte-Thérèse. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Saint-Just grades A− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Just with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 5 collèges (640 candidates) and 2 lycées (731). 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.
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.
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 2 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fréderic MistralBrevet · Public | 81.1 | 92% | +10 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-ThérèseBrevet · Private | 115.1 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège Roger ContrepasBrevet · Public | 95.3 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège AmbrussumBrevet · Public | 104.5 | 85% | −2 pts |
| Collège de la Petite CamargueBrevet · Public | 110.4 | 87% | −3 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.
The schools within 5 km of Saint-Just
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.
5 collèges and 2 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Just
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.
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.
Saint-Just and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Just 5 collèges · 2 lycées | A− | 89% | 95% |
| Lunel 5 collèges · 2 lycées · 1.6 mi | A− | 89% | 95% |
| Lunel-Viel 4 collèges · 2 lycées · 1.9 mi | A− | 89% | 95% |
| Lansargues 3 collèges · 1 lycée · 2.1 mi | A | 92% | 96% |
| Marsillargues 4 collèges · 2 lycées · 2.8 mi | A− | 90% | 95% |
| Mudaison 3 collèges · 0 lycées · 3.9 mi | B+ | 93% | —1 |
| Saint-Brès 3 collèges · 0 lycées · 4.2 mi | C | 88% | —1 |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Lansargues has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
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.
Questions about schools near Saint-Just
Are the schools near Saint-Just good?
They grade A−, better than those around 75% of compared French towns and #22 of 80 in Hérault. In 2025, 88.9% of the 640 candidates at the five collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+1.2 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 95.4% of 731 candidates passed the bac (+1.1 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Just does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Fréderic Mistral (public, 1.1 mi): 92% of 153 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +10 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-Just does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent Louis Feuillade (public, 1.1 mi): 97% of 303 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 Saint-Just?
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-Just graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Just has 1 primary school (an école maternelle or élémentaire), 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.