The collèges and lycées around Saint-Herblain get better results than those around 53% of compared French towns
18 collèges and 17 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Herblain. The brevet pass rate near Saint-Herblain is 89.7%, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (91.6%) but above compared French towns (87.5%). Saint-Herblain grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #63 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).
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Saint-Herblain
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 18 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 74.3 at Collège Claude Debussy to 150.1 at Collège Chavagnes. 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-Herblain grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (89.7%, −1.8 pts)Better than 52% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (95.2%, −0.6 pts)Better than 52% of compared French towns
Each of the 18 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 11 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 9 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-Herblain with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 18 collèges (2,364 candidates) and 17 lycées (2,903). 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 29 schools here, 5 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 10 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 Saint-MartinBrevet · Private
100.4
98%
+11 pts
Collège Theophane VenardBrevet · Private
97.4
95%
+9 pts
Collège Saint-DominiqueBrevet · Private
136.8
100%
+2 pts
Collège Anne de BretagneBrevet · Public
113.3
96%
+2 pts
Collège Externat des enfants NantaisBrevet · Private
144.7
98%
+1 pt
Collège ChavagnesBrevet · Private
150.1
100%
+1 pt
Collège Saint-StanislasBrevet · Private
146.1
99%
+1 pt
Lycée Saint-DominiqueBac, gen. & tech. · Private
134.4
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Externat ChavagnesBac, gen. & tech. · Private
146.2
100%
+1 pt
Collège Anne FrankBrevet · Public
82.6
76%
±0 pts
Collège Gisèle HalimiBrevet · Public
120
92%
±0 pts
Lycée Gabriel Guist'hauBac, gen. & tech. · Public
147.3
99%
±0 pts
Lycée Campus TalensacBac, gen. & tech. · Private
129.9
98%
±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Félix - La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
136.6
98%
±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-StanislasBac, gen. & tech. · Private
145.2
99%
±0 pts
Collège Claude DebussyBrevet · Public
74.3
60%
−1 pt
Collège Hector BerliozBrevet · Public
113.4
93%
−1 pt
Lycée CarcouetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
95.5
91%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Nicolas AppertBac, gen. & tech. · Public
131.3
96%
−2 pts
Lycée Jules VerneBac, gen. & tech. · Public
139.2
97%
−2 pts
Collège Jean RostandBrevet · Public
123.4
91%
−4 pts
Lycée polyvalent Sacré-Coeur La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
105.4
86%
−5 pts
Collège Élisa Merc?urBrevet · Public
111.2
83%
−7 pts
Collège Floreska GuépinBrevet · Public
120.4
85%
−8 pts
Lycée Albert CamusBac, gen. & tech. · Public
101.6
85%
−8 pts
Collège GutenbergBrevet · Public
98
77%
−9 pts
Collège Gaston SerpetteBrevet · Public
120.3
82%
−9 pts
Collège Victor HugoBrevet · Public
129.5
84%
−10 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-Herblain
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-HerblainSize: 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
18 collèges and 17 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Herblain
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. 18 collèges and 17 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges18 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Herblain25 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire publique Soleil Levant
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Soleil Levant
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique La Rabotière
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique La Rabotière
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique La Bernardière
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire publique La Crémetterie
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique La Sensive
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle publique La Sensive
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire publique Condorcet
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire publique René-Guy Cadou
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Françoise Giroud
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Nelson Mandela
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Show all 25 primary schools
Ecole élémentaire publique Jacqueline Auriol
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Jacqueline Auriol
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire publique Stéphane Hessel
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Les Grands Bois
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Les Grands Bois
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Hermeland
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Diwan
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Joli Mai
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Dominique
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Joli Mai
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Beauregard
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Beauregard
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole primaire publique Les Buzardières
Primary school · Public · 2.1 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-Herblain and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
La Montagne 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 53% of compared French towns and #63 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025, 89.7% of the 2,364 candidates at the 18 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.8 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 95.2% of 2,903 candidates passed the bac (−0.6 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Herblain does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège La Durantière (public, 0.9 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 Saint-Herblain does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Félix - La Salle (private, 2.9 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 Saint-Herblain?
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-Herblain graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Herblain has 25 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.