Brevet results near Saint-Joseph run low: 74.2% passed, below compared French towns
In the comparison, Saint-Joseph comes below compared French towns (87.5%). 2 collèges and 3 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Joseph. Saint-Joseph grades C− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added. 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-Joseph
Around Saint-Joseph, the lycées do better than those of 49% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 6%. 97% passed the general and technological bac (+6.7 pts against the expected rate), and 74.2% the brevet (−4.8 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée général et technologique Acajou 1 beats its expected rate
96% of 79 candidates passed the general and technological bac at Lycée général et technologique Acajou 1 in 2025, 10 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Saint-Joseph grades C− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (74.2%, −4.8 pts)Better than 6% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (83.3%, −2.1 pts)Better than 49% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Saint-Joseph; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 2 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 2 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-Joseph with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 2 collèges (211 candidates) and 3 lycées (402). 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.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Saint-Joseph
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-JosephSize: 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
2 collèges and 3 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Joseph
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.
Collèges2 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Joseph14 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire privée adventiste de ST JOSEPH
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire SAINT-JOSEPH B - HENRI MAURICE
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle JEANNE MERTON
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire MARCEAU EDOUARD - SAINT-JOSEPH A
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Les P'Tits Papillons
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Annexe Ecole Elementaire Hors Contrat Les P'Tits Papillons Montessori
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire AMBROISE PALIX - GONDEAU
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire FIRMIN LUC-CAYOL - DURAND
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Institut Catherine Les Lys de Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire LISE DESIR-CARTESSE - CHAPELLE
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire Morne des Olives
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire Rivière L'Or
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Show all 14 primary schools
Ecole primaire VICTOR SCHOELCHER - BOIS DU PARC
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole primaire Presqu'Ile
Primary school · Public · 2.1 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-Joseph and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Schœlcher 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 C−, better than those around 23% of compared French towns. In 2025, 74.2% of the 211 candidates at the two collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−4.8 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 83.3% of 402 candidates passed the bac (−2.1 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Joseph does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Cassien Sainte-Claire (public, 2.2 mi): 73% of 81 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, −3 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-Joseph does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée général et technologique Acajou 1 (public, 3.1 mi): 96% of 79 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +10 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Joseph?
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-Joseph graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Joseph has 14 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.
