Collège Les Courlis
Nevers, Nièvre
Schools around Nevers C better than 31% of compared French towns
83% of 65 candidates at Collège Les Courlis passed the brevet in 2025, below the average French school (86.9%).
- That is +3 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 3 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 88.9, less advantaged than at 83% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 2nd of the 6 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 5 towns, Nevers among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Les Courlis is marked.
Pass rate 83%
Higher than at 34% of them.
Value added +3 pts
Higher than at 78% 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 Nièvre’s collèges
2025The 16 collèges in Nièvre: 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 Victor Hugo | 106.8 | 88% | +5 pts |
| Collège Giroud de Villette | 92.4 | 87% | +3 pts |
| Collège Les Courlis | 88.9 | 83% | +3 pts |
| Collège Paul Langevin | 104.5 | 93% | +2 pts |
| Collège Claude Tillier | 97.2 | 89% | +1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 112.5 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Aumeunier-Michot | 101.1 | 91% | −1 pt |
| Collège Henri Wallon | 99.4 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean Jaurès | 109.3 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège Les Loges | 87.1 | 79% | −2 pts |
| Collège Les Allières | 104.5 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège René Cassin | 103.3 | 85% | −7 pts |
| Collège Adam Billaut | 100.3 | 79% | −7 pts |
| Collège Louis Aragon | 100.9 | 85% | −8 pts |
| Collège Maurice Genevoix | 100.4 | 79% | −9 pts |
| Collège Fénelon | 116 | 82% | −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 Les Courlis, 83% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 80%. The difference, +3 pts, is its value added: the school does more for its pupils than the pass rate alone shows.
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 Les Courlis
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Nevers
Cost of living in Nevers →Houses €1,320/m² · Apartments €1,033/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
10 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Nevers, Nièvre
Questions about Collège Les Courlis
Is Collège Les Courlis a good school?
In 2025, 83% of its 65 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +3 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Les Courlis?
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 Les Courlis?
88.9 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 9, 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.