Collège Alain Gerbault
Laval, Mayenne
Schools around Laval B+ better than 66% of compared French towns
Collège Alain Gerbault teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 96% of French collèges (IPS 76), and 80% passed the brevet.
- 80% of its 83 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 21% of French collèges.
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (+1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 76, less advantaged than at 96% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 3rd of the 9 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 4 towns, Laval among them (every graded town within 5 km).
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Alain Gerbault is marked.
Pass rate 80%
Higher than at 24% of them.
Value added +1 pt
Higher than at 64% 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 Mayenne’s collèges
2025The 36 collèges in Mayenne: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sacré-Coeur | 98.4 | 93% | +15 pts |
| Collège Le Prieuré | 99.1 | 99% | +10 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 101.2 | 99% | +8 pts |
| Collège Jean-Louis Bernard | 96.3 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle | 107.1 | 97% | +6 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 106.7 | 98% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph | 103.3 | 97% | +5 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Thérèse | 114.2 | 97% | +5 pts |
| Collège Léo Ferré | 98.8 | 95% | +4 pts |
| Collège des 7 Fontaines | 107.4 | 96% | +4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Michel | 111.4 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège Sainte Famille | 105.1 | 93% | +4 pts |
| Collège René Cassin | 91.4 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège privé Don Bosco | 105.5 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège Maurice Genevoix | 94.5 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège Alfred Jarry | 85.6 | 87% | +4 pts |
| Collège des Avaloirs | 94 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Alain Gerbault | 76 | 80% | +1 pt |
| Collège Paul-Émile Victor | 106.8 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Pierre Dubois | 107.3 | 89% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Immaculée Conception | 126.4 | 96% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jean Rostand | 102.4 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Le grand Champ | 93.3 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jules Renard | 107.4 | 87% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jacques Monod | 99.3 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège Fernand Puech | 109.9 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 98.5 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Martin | 106 | 90% | −1 pt |
| Collège Volney | 94.5 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège Victor Hugo | 98.6 | 84% | −4 pts |
| Collège de Misedon | 102.4 | 87% | −4 pts |
| Collège Paul Langevin | 89.9 | 86% | −6 pts |
| Collège Louis Launay | 92.5 | 79% | −6 pts |
| Collège Sévigné | 100.3 | 83% | −6 pts |
| Collège Emmanuel de Martonne | 91.2 | 70% | −10 pts |
| Collège l'Oriette | 98.9 | 70% | −19 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Alain Gerbault, 80% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 79%. The difference, +1 pt, is its value added: its pupils do about as well as 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 Collège Alain Gerbault
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Laval
Cost of living in Laval →Houses €2,170/m² · Apartments €2,015/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
17 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Laval, Mayenne
Questions about Collège Alain Gerbault
What is the IPS of Collège Alain Gerbault?
76 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.
Is Collège Alain Gerbault a good school?
In 2025, 80% of its 83 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +1 pt: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Alain Gerbault?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
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 4, 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.