Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson
Grenoble, Isère
Schools around Grenoble C+ better than 42% of compared French towns
93% of 184 candidates at Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson passed the general & technological bac in 2025, below the average French school (96.0%).
- That is −3 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 3 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- 84% of its 96 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 43% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- That is +5 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 5 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 119.1, more advantaged than at 57% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 15th of the 20 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 11 towns, Grenoble 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; Vaucanson is marked.
Pass rate 93%
Higher than at 21% of them.
Value added −3 pts
Higher than at 15% of them: the shaded bars.
Each bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Vaucanson is marked.
Pass rate 84%
Higher than at 47% of them.
Value added +5 pts
Higher than at 84% 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 Isère’s lycées
2025The 42 lycées with the general & technological bac in Isère: 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 général privé Sainte-Cécile- Institution Saint-François | 124 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Emmanuel Mounier | 94.9 | 91% | +2 pts |
| Lycée général international Europole | 134.7 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Pierre Béghin | 124.7 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc | 111.2 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée climatique Jean Prévost | 140 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Portes de l'Oisans | 124.6 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Philippine Duchesne - site de La Tronche | 145.5 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Marie Curie | 106.2 | 95% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général Stendhal | 135 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Les Eaux Claires | 123.6 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent hôtelier Lesdiguières | 125 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Pierre Termier | 142.1 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général privé Externat Notre-Dame | 136.7 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Camille Corot | 113.1 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent de la Matheysine | 117.9 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Marc | 138.8 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Pierre du Terrail | 130.7 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent de l'Édit | 98.1 | 95% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Robin - Institution Robin | 133.2 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Institution privée Saint-Charles | 130.7 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Marie Reynoard | 137.7 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Édouard Herriot | 126 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Ferdinand Buisson | 133.6 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame des Victoires | 138.5 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général Champollion | 140.1 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Élie Cartan | 113.7 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Ella Fitzgerald | 114.7 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique l'Oiselet | 114.9 | 94% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Louise Michel | 98.9 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo Neruda | 123.4 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent du Grésivaudan | 143.8 | 96% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pravaz | 112.2 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La Saulaie | 114.3 | 95% | −2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Aristide Bergès | 120.5 | 94% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Hector Berlioz | 108.6 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson | 119.1 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique La Pléiade | 109.7 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Galilée | 116.8 | 93% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci | 110.6 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent André Argouges | 117.8 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Philibert Delorme | 108.3 | 92% | −4 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 119.1, 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 Vaucanson, 93% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 96%. The difference, −3 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 Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Grenoble
Cost of living in Grenoble →Houses €3,486/m² · Apartments €2,500/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
46 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Grenoble, Isère
Questions about Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson
Is Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson a good school?
In 2025, 93% of its 184 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −3 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée polyvalent Vaucanson?
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 polyvalent Vaucanson?
119.1 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.