The collèges and lycées around Orvault outscore those around 64% of compared French towns
14 collèges and 12 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Orvault. 90.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Orvault, close to Loire-Atlantique’s towns (91.6%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). Orvault grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #52 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. 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).
78% of 55 candidates passed the brevet at Collège La Durantière in 2025, 12 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
6 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 76.5 at Collège La Durantière to 152.3 at Collège Saint-Joseph du Loquidy. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Orvault grades B for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (90.4%, −1.2 pts)Better than 59% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (95.4%, as expected)Better than 64% of compared French towns
Each of the 14 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 8 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 6 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 Orvault with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 14 collèges (1,820 candidates) and 12 lycées (2,307). 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. 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 22 schools here, 4 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 La DurantièreBrevet · Public
76.5
78%
+12 pts
Collège Theophane VenardBrevet · Private
97.4
95%
+9 pts
Centre éducatif nantais pour jeunes sportifsBac, gen. & tech. · Private
135.1
100%
+3 pts
Collège Saint-DominiqueBrevet · Private
136.8
100%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-Joseph du LoquidyBrevet · Private
152.3
100%
+1 pt
Collège Externat des enfants NantaisBrevet · Private
144.7
98%
+1 pt
Lycée Saint-DominiqueBac, gen. & tech. · Private
134.4
100%
+1 pt
Collège la Perverie Sacré-CoeurBrevet · Private
148.3
99%
±0 pts
Collège Anne FrankBrevet · Public
82.6
76%
±0 pts
Lycée La PerverieBac, gen. & tech. · Private
147.8
100%
±0 pts
Lycée Saint-Joseph du Loquidy La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
152.1
100%
±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Félix - La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
136.6
98%
±0 pts
Collège StendhalBrevet · Public
77.3
72%
−1 pt
Collège Hector BerliozBrevet · Public
113.4
93%
−1 pt
Lycée CarcouetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
95.5
91%
−1 pt
Collège du CensBrevet · Private
126.3
91%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Nicolas AppertBac, gen. & tech. · Public
131.3
96%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Gaspard Monge - La ChauvinièreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
128.2
94%
−3 pts
Collège Jean RostandBrevet · Public
123.4
91%
−4 pts
Collège Élisa Merc?urBrevet · Public
111.2
83%
−7 pts
Collège GutenbergBrevet · Public
98
77%
−9 pts
Collège Gaston SerpetteBrevet · Public
120.3
82%
−9 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 Orvault
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 OrvaultSize: 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 12 lycées within 5 km of Orvault
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. 14 collèges and 12 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges14 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Orvault16 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire publique Emile Gibier
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Emile Gibier
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Salentine
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Salentine
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique Bois Raguenet
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique La Ferrière
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle publique La Ferrière
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Simone Veil
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Pont-Marchand
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Pont Marchand
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Bois-Saint-Louis
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Show all 16 primary schools
Ecole élémentaire publique Bois Saint-Louis
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Le Vieux Chêne
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Le Vieux Chêne
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Skol Diwan Orvez
Primary school · Private · 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
Orvault 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.
Treillières has the best-graded schools nearby (B+). 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 64% of compared French towns and #52 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025, 90.4% of the 1,820 candidates at the 14 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.2 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 95.4% of 2,307 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Orvault does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège La Durantière (public, 3 mi): 78% of 55 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +12 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 Orvault does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Félix - La Salle (private, 2.8 mi): 97% of 167 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Orvault?
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 Orvault graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Orvault has 16 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 9, 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.
