Lycée Descartes
Tours, Indre-et-Loire
Schools around Tours B+ better than 65% of compared French towns
98% of 274 candidates at Lycée Descartes 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 134.6, more advantaged than at 84% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 11th of the 19 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 5 towns, Tours among them (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; Descartes is marked.
Pass rate 98%
Higher than at 67% of them.
Value added −1 pt
Higher than at 38% 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 Indre-et-Loire’s lycées
2025The 17 lycées with the general & technological bac in Indre-et-Loire: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent François Rabelais | 114.3 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Jean Monnet | 116.1 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Gatien La Salle | 125.3 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Thérèse Planiol | 112.3 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Choiseul | 111 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Ursule | 140.6 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson | 125.5 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Lycée privé Saint-Denis International School | 140.9 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Balzac | 121.9 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Paul-Louis Courier (cycles du collège) | 120.4 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Grégoire | 129.9 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Marguerite | 130.4 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Descartes | 134.6 | 98% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Grandmont | 117 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée privé Institution Notre Dame La Riche | 128.2 | 97% | −1 pt |
| Lycée privé Marmoutier | 131.1 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Léonard de Vinci | 118.2 | 95% | −2 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 Descartes, 98% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 99%. 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 Descartes
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Tours
Cost of living in Tours →Houses €3,278/m² · Apartments €2,838/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
44 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗
Tours, Indre-et-Loire
Questions about Lycée Descartes
Is Lycée Descartes a good school?
In 2025, 98% of its 274 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 Descartes?
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 Descartes?
134.6 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 November 9, 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.