Lycée Paul Valéry
Sète, Hérault
Schools around Sète B− better than 48% of compared French towns
99% of 169 candidates at Lycée Paul Valéry passed the general & technological bac in 2025, above the average French school (96.0%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (+1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 118.4, more advantaged than at 55% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 2nd of the 4 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of Sète (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Paul Valéry is marked.
Pass rate 99%
Higher than at 80% of them.
Value added +1 pt
Higher than at 82% 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
2025Among the 30 lycées with the general & technological bac in Hérault, Paul Valéry sits near the middle on both counts: its pupils’ backgrounds are close to France’s average, and its pass rate is about what that predicts.
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 118.4, close to the French average of 117.8: neither more nor less advantaged than most.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Paul Valéry, 99% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 98%. 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 Paul Valéry
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Sète
Cost of living in Sète →Houses €4,742/m² · Apartments €3,362/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
8 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Sète, Hérault
Questions about Lycée Paul Valéry
Is Lycée Paul Valéry a good school?
In 2025, 99% of its 169 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). 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 Paul Valéry?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
What is the IPS of Lycée Paul Valéry?
118.4 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.
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 October 30, 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.