Collèges and lycées near Merle-Leignec
No collège or lycée with 2025 results and value added is within 5 km (3 miles) of Merle-Leignec. Towns under 1,000 residents get no grades, so Merle-Leignec has no School Grade; its schools are shown without one.
Merle-Leignec and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merle-Leignec 0 collèges · 0 lycées | — | — | — |
| Bas-en-Basset 2 collèges · 1 lycée · 6.8 mi | B | 97% | 84% |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 8.9 mi | B+ | 93% | —1 |
| Beauzac 0 collèges · 0 lycées · 9 mi | — | — | — |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 2 collèges · 3 lycées · 9.3 mi | B+ | 97% | 95% |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 0 collèges · 1 lycée · 10.6 mi | — | — | 93% |
| Retournac 1 collège · 0 lycées · 11.5 mi | A | 92% | —1 |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
Questions about schools near Merle-Leignec
How do children get a place at a collège near Merle-Leignec?
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 Merle-Leignec graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school, and the school directory lists no primary school in Merle-Leignec.
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.