Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0The collèges and lycées around Saint-Pair-sur-Mer get lower results than those around 51% of compared French towns
Near Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, 87.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Manche’s towns (90.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). 2 collèges and 3 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #22 of 29 in Manche. 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-Pair-sur-Mer
Strong lycées, weaker collèges
Around Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, the lycées do better than those of 64% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 34%. 97% passed the general and technological bac (as expected against the expected rate), and 87.0% the brevet (−3.4 pts). School Grade ↓
Private collèges
1 of the 2 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 ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The lycées lift Saint-Pair-sur-Mer; the collèges hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 2 collèges (244 candidates) and 3 lycées (406). 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.
The schools within 5 km of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer
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.
2 collèges and 3 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer
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. 2 collèges and 3 lycées are in the grade. 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-Pair-sur-Mer 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-Pair-sur-Mer 2 collèges · 3 lycées | B− | 87% | 94% |
| Granville 2 collèges · 3 lycées · 2.3 mi | B− | 87% | 94% |
| Donville-les-Bains 2 collèges · 3 lycées · 3 mi | B− | 87% | 94% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 1 collège · 0 lycées · 6.1 mi | A | 96% | —1 |
| Bréhal 0 collèges · 0 lycées · 6.3 mi | — | — | — |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 0 collèges · 0 lycées · 12.4 mi | — | — | — |
| Avranches 3 collèges · 3 lycées · 12.8 mi | A− | 92% | 97% |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage has the best-graded schools nearby (A). 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-Pair-sur-Mer
Are the schools near Saint-Pair-sur-Mer good?
They grade B−, better than those around 49% of compared French towns and #22 of 29 in Manche. In 2025, 87.0% of the 244 candidates at the two collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−3.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.5% of 406 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Saint-Pair-sur-Mer does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Sévigné (private, 2.8 mi): 92% of 134 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 Saint-Pair-sur-Mer does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée Julliot de la Morandière (public, 2 mi): 97% of 205 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 Saint-Pair-sur-Mer?
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-Pair-sur-Mer graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer has 2 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).
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.