Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay
Orléans, Loiret
Schools around Orléans C+ better than 37% of compared French towns
94% of 414 candidates at Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay passed the general & technological bac in 2025, below the average French school (96.0%).
- That is −2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- 85% of its 53 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, higher than at 47% of French lycées with the vocational bac.
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (−1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 112.5, less advantaged than at 61% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 7th of the 12 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 10 towns, Orléans among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Jean Zay is marked.
Pass rate 94%
Higher than at 27% of them.
Value added −2 pts
Higher than at 24% of them: the shaded bars.
Each bar counts France’s 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Jean Zay is marked.
Pass rate 85%
Higher than at 51% of them.
Value added −1 pt
Higher than at 48% 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 Loiret’s lycées
2025The 16 lycées with the general & technological bac in Loiret: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée François Villon | 114 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Lycée privé Saint-Charles | 144.3 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Croix Saint-Euverte | 129.2 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Paul - Bourdon Blanc | 128.7 | 98% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Durzy | 106.9 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Bernard Palissy | 98.9 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée en Forêt | 102.9 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Pothier | 116.9 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Duhamel du Monceau | 102 | 95% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Maurice Genevoix | 112.4 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Voltaire | 106.8 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay | 112.5 | 94% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-François de Sales | 115.7 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Benjamin Franklin | 104.1 | 90% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Charles Péguy | 123.9 | 94% | −4 pts |
| Lycée Jacques Monod | 118 | 93% | −4 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 Jean Zay, 94% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 96%. The difference, −2 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than similar pupils elsewhere.
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 Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Orléans
Cost of living in Orléans →Houses €2,589/m² · Apartments €2,553/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
30 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
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Orléans, Loiret
Questions about Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay
Is Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay a good school?
In 2025, 94% of its 414 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −2 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
What is the IPS of Lycée polyvalent Jean Zay?
112.5 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 8, 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.