The collèges and lycées around Cholet trail those around 55% of compared French towns on results
8 collèges and 5 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Cholet. Cholet grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #30 of 50 in Maine-et-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).
3 of the 8 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 73.6 at Collège Joachim du Bellay to 128.9 at Collège Jeanne d'Arc. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Cholet grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (88.7%, as expected)Better than 57% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.0%, −2.3 pts)Better than 36% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Cholet; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 8 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 4 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 Cholet with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 8 collèges (754 candidates) and 5 lycées (1,201). 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
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 12 schools here, 1 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private
128.9
100%
+2 pts
Collège Notre-Dame du BretonnaisBrevet · Private
117.2
97%
+1 pt
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
106.8
96%
+1 pt
Collège TrémolièresBrevet · Public
86
86%
+1 pt
Collège RépubliqueBrevet · Public
110.9
91%
±0 pts
Lycée Sainte-MarieBac, gen. & tech. · Private
125.6
99%
±0 pts
Lycée Jeanne DelanoueBac, gen. & tech. · Private
116.2
99%
±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Fernand RenaudeauBac, gen. & tech. · Public
117.5
98%
±0 pts
Collège Joachim du BellayBrevet · Public
73.6
70%
−1 pt
Collège Georges ClemenceauBrevet · Public
83.8
77%
−2 pts
Collège ColbertBrevet · Public
100
76%
−7 pts
Lycée polyvalent Europe Robert SchumanBac, gen. & tech. · Public
90.9
83%
−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 Cholet
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 CholetSize: 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
8 collèges and 5 lycées within 5 km of Cholet
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. 8 collèges and 5 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges8 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Cholet33 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle publique Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Louis le Breloquet
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Anne Bronte
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame du Chêne Rond
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Charlotte et Emily Bronte
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame du Bretonnais
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Paradis
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Buffon
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Le Paradis
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Buffon
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Show all 33 primary schools
Ecole primaire privée Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire publique Marie Curie
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Turpault
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Les Richardières
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Les Richardières
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Chambord
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Chambord
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Jean - Sainte Famille
Primary school · Private · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle publique La Bruyère
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique La Bruyère
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Les Turbaudières
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Molière
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Les Turbaudières
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Molière
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle publique La Bourie Fresnière
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique La Bourie Fresnière
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire publique La Girardière
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Pierre Gellusseau
Primary school · Private · 1.6 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
Cholet and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
La SéguinièreSaint-Léger-sous-CholetSaint-Christophe-du-BoisLa TessoualleMortagne-sur-SèvreLe May-sur-ÈvreCholet
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre 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 B−, better than those around 46% of compared French towns and #30 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025, 88.7% of the 754 candidates at the eight collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (as expected against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.0% of 1,201 candidates passed the bac (−2.3 pts).
Which collège near Cholet does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Jeanne d'Arc (private, 0.8 mi): 100% of 120 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +2 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 Cholet does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée Sainte-Marie (private, 0.4 mi): 99% of 276 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, as expected against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Cholet?
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 Cholet graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Cholet has 33 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 9, 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.
