Collège Paul Valéry
Sète, Hérault
Schools around Sète B− better than 48% of compared French towns
85% of 129 candidates at Collège Paul Valéry passed the brevet in 2025, below the average French school (86.9%).
- That is −5 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 5 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 112, more advantaged than at 68% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 4th of the 5 collèges 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 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Paul Valéry is marked.
Pass rate 85%
Higher than at 41% of them.
Value added −5 pts
Higher than at 25% 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 collèges
2025The 90 collèges in Hérault: further right, more advantaged pupils; higher, more passed. Backgrounds explain much of the spread, which is why value added, the colour, is the fairer comparison.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Garrigues | 75.1 | 80% | +12 pts |
| Collège Simone Veil | 87.3 | 86% | +12 pts |
| Collège Fréderic Mistral | 81.1 | 92% | +10 pts |
| Collège du Jaur | 101.2 | 93% | +10 pts |
| Collège privé La Présentation | 108.4 | 96% | +9 pts |
| Collège Le Cèdre | 104.8 | 94% | +8 pts |
| Collège privé Notre Dame | 120.8 | 99% | +7 pts |
| Collège Jean Jaurès | 100.9 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège François Rabelais | 91.6 | 84% | +5 pts |
| Collège Port Marianne | 94.7 | 90% | +5 pts |
| Collège Alain Savary | 123.7 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Collège Frédéric Bazille | 116.6 | 94% | +4 pts |
| Collège Paul Dardé | 103.6 | 90% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Charles | 134.3 | 100% | +4 pts |
| Collège Françoise Giroud | 101.3 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège le Bérange | 120.2 | 97% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-François-Régis | 139.1 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège Max Rouquette | 106.3 | 95% | +3 pts |
| Collège Victor Hugo | 84.7 | 79% | +3 pts |
| Collège privé Pic La Salle | 131.8 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Fénelon | 124.7 | 96% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph Pierre Rouge | 144.9 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Clémence Royer | 135.2 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé la Providence | 121 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Marie La Salle | 138.3 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-François d'Assise | 127.2 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Louis Cahuzac | 104.9 | 88% | +2 pts |
| Collège François Villon | 131.1 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège des salins | 111.7 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Paul Riquet | 68 | 69% | +1 pt |
| Collège Paul Bert | 104.7 | 88% | +1 pt |
| Collège privé Sainte-Thérèse | 115.1 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège Clemenceau | 105.5 | 88% | +1 pt |
| Collège Arthur Rimbaud | 71.7 | 71% | +1 pt |
| Collège Fréderic Mistral | 120.7 | 94% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jean Bène | 99.1 | 90% | +1 pt |
| Collège Via Domitia | 110.7 | 92% | +1 pt |
| Collège Louis Germain | 112.9 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jean Perrin | 75.1 | 70% | ±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Roch | 114.6 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Marcel Pagnol | 83.1 | 79% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Ferdinand Fabre | 100 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Roger Contrepas | 95.3 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège l'Étang de L'Or | 123.1 | 94% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean Jaurès | 102.8 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Collège Vincent Badie | 119.9 | 92% | −1 pt |
| Collège Marie Curie | 112.7 | 90% | −1 pt |
| Collège Boby Lapointe | 105.5 | 92% | −1 pt |
| Collège Victor Hugo | 99 | 81% | −2 pts |
| Collège Henri IV | 74.3 | 77% | −2 pts |
| Collège François Mitterrand | 134.4 | 94% | −2 pts |
| Collège Pierre Mendès France | 128.1 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Collège Ambrussum | 104.5 | 85% | −2 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle | 149.5 | 96% | −2 pts |
| Collège Katia et Maurice Krafft | 80.8 | 77% | −3 pts |
| Collège de la Petite Camargue | 110.4 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Olympe de Gouges | 109.7 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Collège Fontcarrade | 85.3 | 81% | −3 pts |
| Collège Croix d'Argent | 86.7 | 75% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 94.3 | 85% | −4 pts |
| Collège du Salagou | 98 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Charles Ray | 116.3 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Les Arbourys | 105.3 | 87% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 90.3 | 82% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jeu de Mail | 106.4 | 87% | −4 pts |
| Collège Alfred Crouzet | 106.3 | 89% | −4 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph | 122.4 | 92% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jean Moulin | 75.5 | 70% | −4 pts |
| Collège Philippe Lamour | 108.4 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège les Aiguerelles | 95.7 | 80% | −5 pts |
| Collège Joffre | 117.9 | 86% | −5 pts |
| Collège Paul Valéry | 112 | 85% | −5 pts |
| Collège Voltaire | 96.9 | 78% | −6 pts |
| Collège des Deux Pins | 99.3 | 79% | −6 pts |
| Collège Louise Michel | 112 | 88% | −6 pts |
| Collège la Dullague | 75.8 | 61% | −7 pts |
| Collège de la Voie Domitienne | 121 | 84% | −7 pts |
| Collège Paul-Émile Victor | 93.7 | 75% | −8 pts |
| Collège Lo Trentanel | 110.1 | 83% | −8 pts |
| Collège Emmanuel Maffre-Bauge | 102.8 | 84% | −8 pts |
| Collège Pic Saint-Loup | 133.9 | 88% | −8 pts |
| Collège Lucie Aubrac | 74.8 | 66% | −9 pts |
| Collège Georges Brassens | 118.5 | 84% | −9 pts |
| Collège les Pins | 121.9 | 82% | −11 pts |
| Collège Simone de Beauvoir | 108.1 | 82% | −11 pts |
| Collège Gérard Philipe | 79.5 | 59% | −11 pts |
| Collège Marcel Pagnol | 101.1 | 76% | −11 pts |
| Collège René Cassin | 90.2 | 64% | −13 pts |
| Collège Antoine Faure | 101.3 | 68% | −14 pts |
| Collège Pierre Deley | 99.5 | 61% | −26 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25The social position index (IPS) sums up pupils’ family backgrounds from their parents’ occupations. Around 100 is typical; higher means more advantaged homes (from about 50 to 160). Shown, never graded.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Paul Valéry, 85% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 90%. The difference, −5 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than 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 Collège 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 Collège Paul Valéry
Is Collège Paul Valéry a good school?
In 2025, 85% of its 129 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −5 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Paul Valéry?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
What is the IPS of Collège Paul Valéry?
112 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.