Collège Buvignier
Verdun, Meuse
Schools around Verdun B better than 64% of compared French towns
At Collège Buvignier, 73% passed the brevet, −10 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 94% of French collèges.
- 73% of its 89 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 8% of French collèges.
- That is −10 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 10 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 88.1, less advantaged than at 85% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 4th of the 4 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 3 towns, Verdun among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Buvignier is marked.
Pass rate 73%
Higher than at 9% of them.
Value added −10 pts
Higher than at 8% 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 Meuse’s collèges
2025The 21 collèges in Meuse: 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 André Theuriet | 98 | 95% | +12 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Anne | 114.1 | 98% | +7 pts |
| Collège Raymond Poincaré | 103.1 | 96% | +5 pts |
| Collège Émilie du Châtelet | 99.5 | 95% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean de Glorieux | 121 | 99% | +4 pts |
| Collège La Croix | 123.7 | 99% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jacques Prévert | 80.7 | 81% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean d'Allamont | 87.6 | 90% | +2 pts |
| Collège Les Avrils | 97.4 | 85% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Louis Pergaud | 99.1 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Louis de Broglie | 99.3 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège Les Cuvelles | 97.1 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Collège Louise Michel | 89.3 | 83% | −4 pts |
| Collège Alfred Kastler | 87.6 | 85% | −4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Exupéry | 103.8 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Les Tilleuls | 94.8 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège Émilie Carles | 101.4 | 82% | −7 pts |
| Collège de l'Argonne | 98 | 83% | −7 pts |
| Collège Robert Aubry | 92.7 | 77% | −7 pts |
| Collège Jean Moulin | 93.7 | 83% | −8 pts |
| Collège Buvignier | 88.1 | 73% | −10 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 Buvignier, 73% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 83%. The difference, −10 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 Collège Buvignier
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Verdun
Cost of living in Verdun →Houses €1,658/m² · Apartments €1,322/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
8 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Verdun, Meuse
Questions about Collège Buvignier
Is Collège Buvignier a good school?
In 2025, 73% of its 89 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −10 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Buvignier?
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).
What is the IPS of Collège Buvignier?
88.1 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 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.