Photo: Julien Bertrand · Public domainThe collèges and lycées around Saint-Genest-Lerpt get better results than those around 67% of compared French towns
11 collèges and 13 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Genest-Lerpt. Saint-Genest-Lerpt grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #23 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 about the schools near Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Strong collèges, weaker lycées
Around Saint-Genest-Lerpt, the lycées do better than those of 47% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 80%. 95% passed the general and technological bac (−1.6 pts against the expected rate), and 89.5% the brevet (+4 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Jules Vallès beats its expected rate
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
6 of the 12 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.
Saint-Genest-Lerpt grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The collèges lift Saint-Genest-Lerpt; the lycées hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Genest-Lerpt with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 11 collèges (1,312 candidates) and 13 lycées (1,644). 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.
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.
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 17 schools here, 9 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 5 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 La SalleBrevet · Private | 95.4 | 100% | +8 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame d'EspéranceBrevet · Private | 103.8 | 97% | +6 pts |
| Collège Claude FaurielBrevet · Public | 89.2 | 84% | +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 Tézenas du MontcelBrevet · Private | 102.6 | 94% | +2 pts |
| Collège Louis GrünerBrevet · Public | 109 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-PaulBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 131.9 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private | 88.4 | 84% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Tézenas du MontcelBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 114.1 | 96% | ±0 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 Claude FaurielBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 102.9 | 93% | −4 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.
The schools within 5 km of Saint-Genest-Lerpt
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.
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
12 collèges and 13 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Genest-Lerpt
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. 11 collèges and 13 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
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.
Saint-Genest-Lerpt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Genest-Lerpt 11 collèges · 13 lycées | B+ | 89% | 93% |
| Villars 11 collèges · 14 lycées · 1.5 mi | B+ | 89% | 93% |
| Roche-la-Molière 3 collèges · 4 lycées · 1.6 mi | B+ | 87% | 89% |
| Saint-Priest-en-Jarez 11 collèges · 12 lycées · 2.6 mi | B | 88% | 93% |
| Saint-Étienne 18 collèges · 17 lycées · 2.8 mi | B | 86% | 93% |
| L'Étrat 8 collèges · 5 lycées · 3.2 mi | B | 89% | 93% |
| La Ricamarie 13 collèges · 15 lycées · 3.4 mi | B | 87% | 93% |
Roche-la-Molière has the best-graded schools nearby (B+). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
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 Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Are the schools near Saint-Genest-Lerpt good?
They grade B+, better than those around 67% of compared French towns and #23 of 50 in Loire. In 2025, 89.5% of the 1,312 candidates at the 11 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.9% of 1,644 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Saint-Genest-Lerpt does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Jules Vallès (public, 3 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-Genest-Lerpt does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent La Salle - Saint-Louis - Sainte-Barbe site Franklin (private, 2.7 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-Genest-Lerpt?
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-Genest-Lerpt graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Genest-Lerpt has 3 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 8, 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.