Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange
Saint-Chamond, Loire
Schools around Saint-Chamond C+ better than 42% of compared French towns
Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange has the best value added of the 5 collèges within 5 km: 99% passed the brevet in 2025.
- 99% of its 240 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 90% of French collèges.
- That is +5 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 5 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 113, more advantaged than at 71% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 1st of the 5 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 4 towns, Saint-Chamond among them (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange is marked.
Pass rate 99%
Higher than at 94% of them.
Value added +5 pts
Higher than at 87% of them: the shaded bars.
One year of results: the ministry’s file has the 2025 session only. With under 30 candidates, one pupil moves the rate several points.
Side by side with Loire’s collèges
2025The 71 collèges in Loire: further right, more advantaged pupils; higher, more passed. Backgrounds explain much of the spread, which is why value added, the colour, is the fairer comparison.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules Vallès | 65.5 | 94% | +22 pts |
| Collège Albert Thomas | 76.4 | 97% | +20 pts |
| Collège Jules Vallès | 66.3 | 84% | +12 pts |
| Collège Gambetta | 86.3 | 87% | +12 pts |
| Collège Saint-Firmin | 89 | 92% | +11 pts |
| Collège Louis Aragon | 85.3 | 90% | +9 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame des Collines | 103.6 | 91% | +9 pts |
| Collège Marc Seguin | 75.8 | 92% | +8 pts |
| Collège La Salle | 95.4 | 100% | +8 pts |
| Collège Massenet Fourneyron | 76.1 | 89% | +7 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 107.2 | 93% | +7 pts |
| Collège Marcellin Champagnat | 110.2 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège Jean Papon | 97.4 | 94% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Paul | 114.9 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame d'Espérance | 103.8 | 97% | +6 pts |
| Collège Claude Fauriel | 89.2 | 84% | +6 pts |
| Collège Papire Masson | 107.8 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège Raoul Follereau | 107.2 | 99% | +5 pts |
| Collège Jean Rostand | 84.8 | 76% | +5 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange | 113 | 99% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Régis | 120.3 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Collège Pierre Joannon | 90.2 | 88% | +4 pts |
| Collège Victor de Laprade | 113.7 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège Mario Meunier | 109.8 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège des Montagnes du Matin | 103.2 | 92% | +3 pts |
| Collège Jean Dasté | 73.5 | 71% | +3 pts |
| Collège Saint-Paul | 123.6 | 100% | +3 pts |
| Collège Joseph Collard | 120.3 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège l'Astrée | 100.4 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège du Pilat | 109.8 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège François Truffaut | 102.1 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Louis Grüner | 109 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Tézenas du Montcel | 102.6 | 94% | +2 pts |
| Collège le Bois de la Rive | 103.4 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Collège Gaston Baty | 111.4 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège de la Côte Roannaise | 111.7 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège Émile Falabrègue | 106.4 | 93% | +1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Michel | 123.2 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Pierre | 114.6 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Collège Anne Frank | 119 | 96% | +1 pt |
| Collège Michel de Montaigne | 104.3 | 90% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jacques Brel | 109.5 | 90% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Louise Michel | 93.8 | 89% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jean de La Fontaine | 92.8 | 87% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie | 88.4 | 84% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Honoré d'Urfé | 78.4 | 74% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jules Romains | 116.8 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège le Breuil | 101.9 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège le Palais | 104.6 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Jean | 108.2 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 89.7 | 80% | −1 pt |
| Collège le Portail Rouge | 89.4 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège les Étines | 98.6 | 86% | −2 pts |
| Collège Albert Schweitzer | 103.2 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège François d'Assise | 126.9 | 94% | −2 pts |
| Collège Aristide Briand | 89.6 | 83% | −2 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph | 121.2 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Collège Charles Exbrayat | 102.2 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Nicolas Conté | 108.1 | 89% | −3 pts |
| Collège Puits de la Loire | 76.4 | 70% | −3 pts |
| Collège Léonard de Vinci | 99.7 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Collège Michel Servet | 100.5 | 90% | −4 pts |
| Collège Waldeck Rousseau | 76.4 | 76% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jacques Prévert | 100.9 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège les Bruneaux | 79.9 | 81% | −5 pts |
| Collège Ennemond Richard | 86.9 | 82% | −5 pts |
| Collège Pierre et Marie Curie | 113.1 | 88% | −6 pts |
| Collège Antoine Guichard | 114.7 | 89% | −6 pts |
| Collège Les Maristes Saint-Étienne | 86.5 | 69% | −7 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph | 104.2 | 81% | −8 pts |
| Collège les Champs | 103.1 | 79% | −8 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25The social position index (IPS) sums up pupils’ family backgrounds from their parents’ occupations. Around 100 is typical; higher means more advantaged homes (from about 50 to 160). Shown, never graded.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange, 99% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 94%. The difference, +5 pts, is its value added: the school does more for its pupils than the pass rate alone shows.
A school with advantaged pupils passes nearly everyone, whatever it does; one with disadvantaged pupils can teach very well and still pass fewer. Value added takes the pupils out of the comparison. Near 100% the measure has little room: a school expected to pass 99% can’t show much above it.
French schools get no letter of their own: the ministry’s value added is the fairer measure, shown as it is. A town’s School Grade blends the pass rates and value added of every collège and lycée within 5 km of it.
Living near Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Saint-Chamond
Cost of living in Saint-Chamond →Houses €2,357/m² · Apartments €1,250/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
10 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Saint-Chamond, Loire
Questions about Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange
Is Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange a good school?
In 2025, 99% of its 240 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +5 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange?
113 in 2024–25. The social position index sums up pupils’ family backgrounds; around 100 is typical. TownRatings shows it for context and never grades it.
Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS), 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · DVF property sales. All under the Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab). Updated November 4, 2026.
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.