The collèges and lycées around Saint-Chamond get lower results than those around 58% of compared French towns
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Chamond, 89.3% passed the bac, below both Loire’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 4 collèges and 6 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Chamond. Saint-Chamond grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #41 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).
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Saint-Chamond
Around Saint-Chamond, the lycées do better than those of 13% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 75%. 91% passed the general and technological bac (−3.6 pts against the expected rate), and 89.6% the brevet (+2.6 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée professionnel Sainte-Marie la Grand'Grange beats its expected rate
94% of 49 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel Sainte-Marie la Grand'Grange in 2025, 10 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
1 of the 4 collèges within 5 km is private, under contract with the state: it teaches the national curriculum and its pupils sit the same brevet. It counts 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 84.8 at Collège Jean Rostand to 113 at Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange. 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-Chamond grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (89.6%, +2.6 pts)Better than 75% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (89.3%, −2.2 pts)Better than 13% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Saint-Chamond; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 4 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 4 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-Chamond with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 4 collèges (540 candidates) and 6 lycées (664). 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
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 4 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 1 2 points or more below.
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School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'GrangeBrevet · Private
113
99%
+5 pts
Collège Jean RostandBrevet · Public
84.8
76%
+5 pts
Collège Pierre JoannonBrevet · Public
90.2
88%
+4 pts
Collège Ennemond RichardBrevet · Public
86.9
82%
−5 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-Chamond
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-ChamondSize: 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
4 collèges and 6 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Chamond
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. 4 collèges and 6 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges4 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Chamond27 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire privée Saint Louis Notre-Dame
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Croix Berthaud
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Croix-Berthaud
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Lamartine
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Anne Saint Pierre
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Chatelard
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Lamartine
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie La Grand'Grange
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Fournas Garat
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire parterre lavieu
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint François
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Debussy
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Show all 27 primary schools
Ecole élémentaire Debussy
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Gayotti
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Julien
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire du pilat
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire La Chabure
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle François Villon
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire François Villon
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Massenet Pasteur
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Verlaine
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Massenet Pasteur
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Jacques Prévert
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Cézanne
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Thérèse Le Creux
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Kergomard Varizelle
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Chavanne
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
Saint-Chamond 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.
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez 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 C+, better than those around 42% of compared French towns and #41 of 50 in Loire. In 2025, 89.6% of the 540 candidates at the four collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.6 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 89.3% of 664 candidates passed the bac (−2.2 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Chamond does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange (private, 0.5 mi): 99% of 240 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +5 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-Chamond does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Sainte-Marie la Grand'Grange (private, 0.5 mi): 94% of 49 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +10 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Chamond?
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-Chamond graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Chamond has 27 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 October 30, 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.