The collèges and lycées around Roanne outscore those around 75% of compared French towns
Near Roanne, 94.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Loire’s towns (93.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). 8 collèges and 8 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Roanne. Roanne grades A− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #15 of 50 in Loire. 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).
97% of 69 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Albert Thomas in 2025, 20 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 8 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 76.4 at Collège Albert Thomas to 126.9 at Collège François d'Assise. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Roanne grades A− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (89.9%, +2.4 pts)Better than 75% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.6%, as expected)Better than 69% of compared French towns
Each of the 8 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 4 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 Roanne with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 8 collèges (914 candidates) and 8 lycées (1,111). 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 12 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Albert ThomasBrevet · Public
76.4
97%
+20 pts
Collège Louis AragonBrevet · Public
85.3
90%
+9 pts
Collège Saint-PaulBrevet · Private
114.9
99%
+6 pts
Lycée Jean PuyBac, gen. & tech. · Public
114.4
100%
+3 pts
Lycée Saint-PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private
122.2
100%
+1 pt
Collège Jean de La FontaineBrevet · Public
92.8
87%
±0 pts
Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public
89.7
80%
−1 pt
Lycée Hippolyte CarnotBac, gen. & tech. · Public
113.2
97%
−1 pt
Lycée Albert ThomasBac, gen. & tech. · Public
99.3
95%
−1 pt
Collège François d'AssiseBrevet · Private
126.9
94%
−2 pts
Collège Albert SchweitzerBrevet · Public
103.2
87%
−2 pts
Collège les ÉtinesBrevet · Public
98.6
86%
−2 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 Roanne
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 RoanneSize: 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
8 collèges and 9 lycées within 5 km of Roanne
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 8 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges8 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Roanne16 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire Louise Weiss
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Marengo
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Fontquentin
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Michel
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Mulsant
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame des Victoires
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Mulsant
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Montessori Saint-Louis
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Clermont
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Mâtel
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Show all 16 primary schools
Ecole primaire Mayollet
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Rostand
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Wilson
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire Arsenal
Primary school · Public · 1.8 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
Roanne 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.
Renaison 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 A−, better than those around 75% of compared French towns and #15 of 50 in Loire. In 2025, 89.9% of the 914 candidates at the eight collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.6% of 1,111 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Roanne does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Albert Thomas (public, 0.4 mi): 97% of 69 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +20 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 Roanne does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée Jean Puy (public, 0.1 mi): 100% of 265 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +3 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Roanne?
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 Roanne graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Roanne 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 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.