Collège Colbert
Châteauroux, Indre
Schools around Châteauroux C better than 32% of compared French towns
At Collège Colbert, 83% passed the brevet, −6 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 83% of French collèges.
- 83% of its 86 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 30% of French collèges.
- That is −6 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 6 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 97.4, less advantaged than at 67% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 5th of the 8 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 3 towns, Châteauroux among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Colbert is marked.
Pass rate 83%
Higher than at 34% of them.
Value added −6 pts
Higher than at 21% 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’s collèges
2025The 22 collèges in Indre: 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 Capucins | 101.7 | 95% | +5 pts |
| Collège Stanislas Limousin | 104.9 | 98% | +4 pts |
| Collège George Sand | 99 | 91% | +4 pts |
| Collège Condorcet | 99.6 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège La Fayette | 98.6 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Léon XIII | 116.1 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Collège Honoré de Balzac | 91.3 | 86% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Vincent Rotinat | 99.6 | 88% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Rollinat | 99.6 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Exupéry | 97.9 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Collège les Ménigouttes | 93.9 | 82% | −4 pts |
| Collège les Sablons | 92.5 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège Joliot-Curie | 92.1 | 85% | −4 pts |
| Collège Romain Rolland | 92.7 | 87% | −4 pts |
| Collège Rosa Parks | 73.5 | 64% | −6 pts |
| Collège Colbert | 97.4 | 83% | −6 pts |
| Collège Beaulieu | 95.2 | 77% | −7 pts |
| Collège Clos de la Garenne | 87.4 | 72% | −8 pts |
| Collège Jean Monnet | 104.9 | 83% | −8 pts |
| Collège Alain-Fournier | 94.5 | 83% | −8 pts |
| Collège Denis Diderot | 90.4 | 69% | −10 pts |
| Collège Ferdinand de Lesseps | 95.8 | 60% | −16 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 Colbert, 83% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 89%. The difference, −6 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 Colbert
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Châteauroux
Cost of living in Châteauroux →Houses €1,414/m² · Apartments €1,184/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
12 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Châteauroux, Indre
Questions about Collège Colbert
Is Collège Colbert a good school?
In 2025, 83% of its 86 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −6 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Colbert?
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 Colbert?
97.4 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 November 4, 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.