The collèges and lycées around Saint-Étienne outscore those around 57% of compared French towns
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Étienne, 86.4% passed the brevet, below Loire’s towns (89.9%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). 18 collèges and 17 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Étienne. Saint-Étienne grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #33 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-Étienne
94% of 65 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Jules Vallès in 2025, 22 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
8 of the 19 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 65.5 at Collège Jules Vallès to 123.7 at Collège les Chartreux - Sainte-Famille. 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-Étienne grades B for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (86.4%, +2.9 pts)Better than 66% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.5%, as expected)Better than 45% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Saint-Étienne; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 19 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 10 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 8 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-Étienne with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 18 collèges (1,921 candidates) and 17 lycées (2,517). 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 28 schools here, 13 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 8 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Jules VallèsBrevet · Public
65.5
94%
+22 pts
Collège GambettaBrevet · Public
86.3
87%
+12 pts
Collège Jules VallèsBrevet · Public
66.3
84%
+12 pts
Collège La SalleBrevet · Private
95.4
100%
+8 pts
Collège Marc SeguinBrevet · Public
75.8
92%
+8 pts
Collège Claude FaurielBrevet · Public
89.2
84%
+6 pts
Collège Notre-Dame d'EspéranceBrevet · Private
103.8
97%
+6 pts
Lycée polyvalent La Salle - Saint-Louis - Sainte-Barbe site Désiré ClaudeBac, gen. & tech. · Private
110.4
100%
+6 pts
Collège Saint-PaulBrevet · Private
123.6
100%
+3 pts
Collège Jean DastéBrevet · Public
73.5
71%
+3 pts
Cité scolaire Monnet Fourneyron - LEGT Jean MonnetBac, gen. & tech. · Public
105
98%
+3 pts
Collège Tézenas du MontcelBrevet · Private
102.6
94%
+2 pts
Lycée polyvalent La SalésienneBac, gen. & tech. · Private
115.8
100%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-MichelBrevet · Private
123.2
98%
+1 pt
Lycée Saint-PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private
131.9
100%
+1 pt
Collège Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private
88.4
84%
±0 pts
Collège Honoré d'UrféBrevet · Public
78.4
74%
±0 pts
Lycée Saint-MichelBac, gen. & tech. · Private
131.1
99%
±0 pts
Lycée Tézenas du MontcelBac, gen. & tech. · Private
114.1
96%
±0 pts
Collège le Portail RougeBrevet · Public
89.4
85%
−1 pt
Collège Aristide BriandBrevet · Public
89.6
83%
−2 pts
Lycée Simone WeilBac, gen. & tech. · Public
112
95%
−2 pts
Collège Puits de la LoireBrevet · Public
76.4
70%
−3 pts
Lycée Étienne MimardBac, gen. & tech. · Public
101.6
91%
−3 pts
Lycée Honoré d'UrféBac, gen. & tech. · Public
99.2
91%
−3 pts
Lycée Claude FaurielBac, gen. & tech. · Public
102.9
93%
−4 pts
Collège Les Maristes Saint-ÉtienneBrevet · Private
86.5
69%
−7 pts
Collège les ChampsBrevet · Public
103.1
79%
−8 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-Étienne
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-ÉtienneSize: 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
19 collèges and 17 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Étienne
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; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges19 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Étienne88 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Chavanelle
Primary school · Public · 0 mi
Ecole élémentaire Chavanelle
Primary school · Public · 0 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Chappe
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Chappe
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Fauriel
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Externat Saint Michel
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Francs Maçons
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Les Chartreux Sainte-Famille
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Fauriel
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Gaspard Monge
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Gaspard Monge
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Show all 88 primary schools
Ecole primaire privée Institution Saint Paul
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Berkeley
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint François
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire Villeboeuf Le Haut
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Tarentaize
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée La Grande Eglise
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Tarentaize
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Soleysel Descours
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Charles
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée St Ennemond
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Alma
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée de La Salle
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Tardy
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Paillon
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Tardy
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jacquard
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paillon
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Vivaraize
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire privée Le Curé d'Ars
Primary school · Private · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Montaud
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Richelandiere
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Vivaraize
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire beaulieu la tour
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Montat Verrerie
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Rosa Parks
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Centre 2
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Montaud
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Paule et Joseph Thiollier
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Rosa Parks
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Soleil
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Jean Baptiste
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Les Maristes-site Notre-Dame
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Petit Coin
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Veue
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Les Ovides
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Soleil
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Vincent de Paul
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Les Ovides
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Monthieu
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Champagne
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Les Maristes-site Champagnat
Primary school · Private · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Grand Clos
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Chaléassière
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Grand Clos
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Rivière
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Montchovet
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Dora Rivière
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Côte Chaude
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Alix Le Clerc
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée St Pierre St Paul
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Côte Chaude
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire Bergson
Primary school · Public · 1.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint André
Primary school · Private · 1.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Métare Réjaillère
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Métare Réjaillère
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire Jomayère
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée du Sacré Coeur
Primary school · Private · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire Guizay
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole primaire Solaure
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole primaire Métare Cottencière
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole primaire Terrenoire Janon
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Ste Blandine
Primary school · Private · 2.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Montreynaud Molina
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Montreynaud-Molina
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Terrasse
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole primaire Terrenoire Bourg
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Terrasse
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole primaire Montreynaud Vivaldi
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole primaire Terrenoire Perrottière
Primary school · Public · 2.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Cours La Fontaine
Primary school · Private · 2.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire privée Luqman
Primary school · Private · 2.5 mi
Ecole primaire Maria Callas
Primary school · Public · 2.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Montreynaud St Saëns
Primary school · Public · 2.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Montreynaud St Saëns
Primary school · Public · 2.6 mi
Ecole primaire Rochetaillée
Primary school · Public · 3 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-Étienne and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
La RicamarieSaint-Jean-BonnefondsVillarsSaint-Priest-en-JarezSaint-Genest-LerptLa TalaudièreSaint-Étienne
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds 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 57% of compared French towns and #33 of 50 in Loire. In 2025, 86.4% of the 1,921 candidates at the 18 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.5% of 2,517 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Saint-Étienne does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Jules Vallès (public, 0.8 mi): 94% of 65 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +22 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-Étienne does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent La Salle - Saint-Louis - Sainte-Barbe site Franklin (private, 0.6 mi): 94% of 31 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +11 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Étienne?
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-Étienne graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Étienne has 88 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).
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