The collèges and lycées around Saint-Denis outscore those around 63% of compared French towns
13 collèges and 9 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Denis. Saint-Denis grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #10 of 24 in Réunion. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.
The town’s figures are weighted by candidates across the schools within 5 km; the comparison is the median of compared French towns (those with an overall grade).
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Saint-Denis
Around Saint-Denis, the lycées do better than those of 45% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 76%. 95% passed the general and technological bac (as expected against the expected rate), and 85.7% the brevet (+5.4 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Boris GAMALEYA Les Alizés beats its expected rate
89% of 108 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Boris GAMALEYA Les Alizés in 2025, 17 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 14 collèges within 5 km are private, under contract with the state: they teach the national curriculum and their pupils sit the same brevet. They count in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 72.3 at Collège François Mahé de la Bourdonnais to 132.3 at Collège privé La Salle Saint-Michel. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Saint-Denis grades B for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (85.7%, +5.4 pts)Better than 76% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (90.8%, +0.8 pts)Better than 45% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Saint-Denis; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 14 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)
The average French school of its kind
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Denis with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 13 collèges (1,962 candidates) and 9 lycées (2,238). Each school’s pass rate and value added are compared with every French school of its kind, then weighted by candidates; collèges and lycées count equally. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is listed, not graded. A school can count for several towns.
Results and background
Which schools do better than their pupils’ backgrounds suggest
The line is the typical French school for each social position index; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot’s color is the ministry’s value added.
Collèges: brevet pass rate against social position index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Schools whose pupils come from better-off homes usually get higher pass rates. The ministry’s value added already allows for that, and for pupils’ ages: of the 19 schools here, 10 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 2 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Boris GAMALEYA Les AlizésBrevet · Public
77.9
89%
+17 pts
Collège BourbonBrevet · Public
74.7
81%
+15 pts
Collège Robert J. ARDON - MontgaillardBrevet · Public
73.9
74%
+10 pts
Collège François Mahé de la BourdonnaisBrevet · Public
72.3
77%
+9 pts
Collège Les Deux CanonsBrevet · Public
78.2
79%
+8 pts
Collège Elie Wiesel du ChaudronBrevet · Public
74
76%
+8 pts
Collège les MascareignesBrevet · Public
90.4
91%
+8 pts
Collège Bois de NèflesBrevet · Public
99.4
92%
+4 pts
Lycée général et technologique Lislet GeoffroyBac, gen. & tech. · Public
88.3
94%
+3 pts
Collège Émile HugotBrevet · Public
105.3
92%
+2 pts
Collège privé La Salle Saint-MichelBrevet · Private
132.3
99%
+1 pt
Lycée général et technologique privé LevavasseurBac, gen. & tech. · Private
134.7
100%
+1 pt
Collège de la MontagneBrevet · Public
102.7
90%
±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique Leconte de LisleBac, gen. & tech. · Public
99.5
94%
±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Mémona Hintermann-AfféjeeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.8
95%
±0 pts
Collège Juliette DoduBrevet · Public
97.9
85%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Georges BrassensBac, gen. & tech. · Public
98.5
92%
−1 pt
Lycée général et technologique Marguerite JauzelonBac, gen. & tech. · Public
105.7
93%
−2 pts
Collège Jules ReydelletBrevet · Public
73.8
70%
−3 pts
IPS: DEPP’s social position index, 2024–25, from parents’ occupations (France’s average pupil ≈ 100). It describes; it doesn’t grade. Value added: the school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Saint-Denis
The dashed circle is 5 km (3 miles) from the town’s point, the center of where its residents live; the black outline is the commune.
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Saint-DenisSize: candidates2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
The schools
14 collèges and 9 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Denis
Each with its 2025 result and its value added: how far its pass rate is above or below what the ministry expected from its pupils. 13 collèges and 9 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges14 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Denis80 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire publique Henry Dunant
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire publique la Chaumière
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Montgaillard
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Candide Azema A
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Candide Azema B
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Françoise Mollard
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle publique la Providence
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Champ Fleuri
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique les Bringelliers
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique les Bringelliers
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Bouvet B
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Bouvet
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
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Ecole maternelle publique Champ Fleuri
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole privée La Cité du Savoir
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Vauban 1
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique les Tamarins
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle la Source
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique les Lilas
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle les Jacarandas
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle publique les Tamarins
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique les Camélias
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole Primaire Publique les Baies Roses
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Montessori de Saint Denis
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Montessori les Oliviers
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole catholique Notre Dame de la Paix
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Raymond Mondon
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jean-Baptiste Bossard
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Claude Debussy
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique les Bancouliers
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée catholique Sacré Coeur
Primary school · Private · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique les Bancouliers
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Herbinière Lebert
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Gisèle Calmy
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Joinville
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Gabriel Macé
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Herbinière Lebert
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique les Flamboyants
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Bellepierre
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique cité Michel Debré
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Michel Debré
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Saint-François 7ème km
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Damase Legros
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Bois de Nèfles
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle publique des Rubis
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Bois de Nèfles
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Léon Dierx
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique des Topazes
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Saint François 7ème km
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Centrale
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Centrale
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire privée Immaculée Conception
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique les Badamiers
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée la Medersa
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique les Badamiers
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Damase Legros
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Ylang-Ylang
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique les Tulipiers
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Petite Ile
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Jules Reydellet
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique la Rivière 2
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Ancien Théâtre
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Alain Lorraine
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique Eudoxie Nonge
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire publique les Eglantines
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire privée Iris Hoarau
Primary school · Private · 2 mi
Ecole maternelle privée Iris Hoarau
Primary school · Private · 2 mi
Ecole primaire publique de Grand Canal
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole primaire publique Bory de Saint Vincent
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Aurore
Primary school · Public · 2.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Primat
Primary school · Public · 2.3 mi
Ecole primaire publique Piton Bois de Nèfles
Primary school · Public · 2.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire privée Montessori Les petits matelots
Primary school · Private · 2.5 mi
Ecole primaire publique Philibert Commerson
Primary school · Public · 2.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique Brulé
Primary school · Public · 2.7 mi
Ecole sans effectifs permanents Centre de Culture Lecture Brûlé
Primary school · Public · 2.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée catholique Saint Gabriel
Primary school · Private · 2.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Philippe Vinson
Primary school · Public · 2.7 mi
Ecole primaire publique Domenjod
Primary school · Public · 2.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Philippe Vinson
Primary school · Public · 2.9 mi
Ecole primaire publique Maxime Laope
Primary school · Public · 3 mi
Results: DEPP, brevet (IVAC) and bac (IVAL) 2025. Not in the grade: a school with results but no value added published (often a small one). Primary schools: the commune’s own, from the school directory.
Neighbors
Saint-Denis and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Salazie has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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The brevet. The diplôme national du brevet, taken at 15 at the end of collège: written exams in French, maths, history-geography, sciences and an oral, with the year’s coursework. We use the share of candidates who pass.
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The bac. The baccalauréat at 18: general and technological in most lycées, vocational in lycées professionnels. Each is compared only with schools of its own kind.
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Value added. The ministry’s own measure (IVAC for collèges, IVAL for lycées): a school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ social background and age. It is half of each school’s score in the grade.
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Social position index (IPS). A summary of pupils’ family backgrounds from parents’ occupations, about 100 for the average French pupil. Shown for context; never graded.
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Within 5 km. French families don’t pick a school by the town’s name: a collège serves a catchment set by the département, a lycée one set by the académie. So the grade uses the schools within 5 km of where the town’s residents live, and neighboring towns can share them.
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Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
They grade B, better than those around 63% of compared French towns and #10 of 24 in Réunion. In 2025, 85.7% of the 1,962 candidates at the 13 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+5.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 90.8% of 2,238 candidates passed the bac (+0.8 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Denis does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Boris GAMALEYA Les Alizés (public, 1.2 mi): 89% of 108 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +17 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
Which lycée near Saint-Denis does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Amiral Lacaze (public, 0.8 mi): 74% of 73 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +7 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Denis?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), which the département council sets; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation). Lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment. Private schools under contract admit pupils themselves.
Are primary schools in Saint-Denis graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Denis has 80 primary schools (écoles maternelles and élémentaires), listed above.
Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS) by school, 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · INSEE, Filosofi 200 m grid (the town’s point) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.