The collèges and lycées around Blois get lower results than those around 73% of compared French towns
Near Blois, 83.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 8 collèges and 7 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Blois. Blois grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #10 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. 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).
68% of 74 candidates passed the brevet at Collège François Rabelais in 2025, 14 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
4 of the 10 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 66.4 at Collège François Rabelais to 132 at Collège privé Sainte-Marie. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Blois grades C for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (83.2%, −2.6 pts)Better than 26% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (92.9%, −1.3 pts)Better than 38% of compared French towns
Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 4 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 Blois with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 8 collèges (976 candidates) and 7 lycées (1,513). 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. 2 schools have results but no value added published, so they are 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 13 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 7 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège François RabelaisBrevet · Public
66.4
68%
+14 pts
Collège les ProvincesBrevet · Public
110.2
94%
+4 pts
Campus la ProvidenceBac, gen. & tech. · Private
115.5
98%
+2 pts
Collège privé Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private
132
99%
+1 pt
Lycée privé Notre-Dame des AydesBac, gen. & tech. · Private
129.3
98%
±0 pts
Lycée Philibert DessaignesBac, gen. & tech. · Public
114.5
95%
−1 pt
Collège Blois-BégonBrevet · Public
74.5
73%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent international Robert BadinterBac, gen. & tech. · Public
111.6
94%
−2 pts
Lycée Camille ClaudelBac, gen. & tech. · Public
113.3
94%
−3 pts
Collège Blois-VienneBrevet · Public
108.1
85%
−6 pts
Collège Augustin ThierryBrevet · Public
108.5
83%
−7 pts
Collège Marcel CarnéBrevet · Public
111.5
85%
−7 pts
Collège privé Saint-Vincent Père BrottierBrevet · Private
83
50%
−20 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 Blois
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 BloisSize: 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
10 collèges and 7 lycées within 5 km of Blois
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. 8 collèges and 7 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges10 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Blois40 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Mirabeau
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Perrin
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire d'application Raphael Perié
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Baptiste Marcet
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Tourville
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Foch
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Foch
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Louise Michel
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Groupe scolaire privé Al Ghazali
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
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Ecole élémentaire Joséphine Marchais
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Simone de Beauvoir
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Victor Hugo
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Joséphine Marchais
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle groupe scolaire Mandela
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire groupe scolaire Mandela
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Cécile Rol-Tanguy
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Cécile Rol-Tanguy
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Malala Yousafzai
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Simone Weil
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Vincent - Père Brottier
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Simone Weil
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Malala Yousafzai
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Charcot
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire privée musulmane Les S@voirs
Primary school · Private · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Charcot
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Molière
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Molière
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Yvonne Mardelle
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Alexandre Parodi
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Pauline Kergomard
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Alexandre Parodi
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Charles
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie Monsabré
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Olympe de Gouges
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marcel Buhler
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire Lucie Aubrac - Bas Rivière
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Marguerite Audoux
Primary school · Public · 1.5 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
Blois and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
La Chaussée-Saint-VictorSaint-Gervais-la-ForêtVillebarouVineuilChaillesCellettesBlois
Vineuil has the best-graded schools nearby (C+). 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 C, better than those around 27% of compared French towns and #10 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025, 83.2% of the 976 candidates at the eight collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.6 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.9% of 1,513 candidates passed the bac (−1.3 pts).
Which collège near Blois does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège François Rabelais (public, 0.4 mi): 68% of 74 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +14 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 Blois does best?
Against the expected rate, Campus la Providence (private, 0.6 mi): 98% of 64 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Blois?
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 Blois graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Blois has 40 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).
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