The collèges and lycées around Bruay-sur-l'Escaut get lower results than those around 65% of compared French towns
The brevet pass rate near Bruay-sur-l'Escaut is 81.1%, below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 12 collèges and 6 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut. Bruay-sur-l'Escaut grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #135 of 195 in Nord. 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 Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
85% of 110 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Jean Macé in 2025, 10 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 12 collèges within 5 km are private, under contract with the state: they teach the national curriculum and their pupils sit the same brevet. They count in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 71.8 at Collège Jean Zay to 126.3 at Collège Notre-Dame. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Bruay-sur-l'Escaut grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (81.1%, −1.1 pts)Better than 27% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.3%, as expected)Better than 50% of compared French towns
The lycées lift Bruay-sur-l'Escaut; the collèges hold it back.
Each of the 12 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 5 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 Bruay-sur-l'Escaut with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 12 collèges (1,348 candidates) and 6 lycées (1,638). 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.
Results and background
Which schools do better than their pupils’ backgrounds suggest
The line is the typical French school for each social position index; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot’s color is the ministry’s value added.
Collèges: brevet pass rate against social position index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Schools whose pupils come from better-off homes usually get higher pass rates. The ministry’s value added already allows for that, and for pupils’ ages: of the 17 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 7 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Jean MacéBrevet · Public
77.1
85%
+10 pts
Collège Paul ÉluardBrevet · Public
77.7
84%
+8 pts
Collège Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private
112.3
93%
+4 pts
Collège Notre-DameBrevet · Private
126.3
99%
+2 pts
Collège Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxBrevet · Public
104.9
86%
+1 pt
Lycée Notre-DameBac, gen. & tech. · Private
132.3
100%
+1 pt
Collège Félicien JolyBrevet · Public
75.8
77%
±0 pts
Lycée Henri WallonBac, gen. & tech. · Public
105
94%
±0 pts
Lycée de l'EscautBac, gen. & tech. · Public
102.2
95%
±0 pts
Lycée WatteauBac, gen. & tech. · Public
116.4
95%
−1 pt
Collège Les RochambellesBrevet · Public
73.7
70%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent La SagesseBac, gen. & tech. · Private
110.3
94%
−2 pts
Collège Jean ZayBrevet · Public
71.8
68%
−3 pts
Collège Charles EisenBrevet · Public
113.9
85%
−5 pts
Collège LavoisierBrevet · Public
94.8
73%
−6 pts
Collège Saint-ExupéryBrevet · Public
83.1
67%
−10 pts
Collège GerminalBrevet · Public
74.5
61%
−14 pts
IPS: DEPP’s social position index, 2024–25, from parents’ occupations (France’s average pupil ≈ 100). It describes; it doesn’t grade. Value added: the school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
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 Bruay-sur-l'EscautSize: 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
12 collèges and 6 lycées within 5 km of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
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. 12 collèges and 6 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges12 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Bruay-sur-l'Escaut8 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Emile Zola
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Léo Lagrange
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Claude Monet
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Henri Matisse
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Daniel Fery
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Georges Brassens
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Joliot-Curie
Primary school · Public · 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
Bruay-sur-l'Escaut 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.
Saint-Saulve has the best-graded schools nearby (C+). 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 35% of compared French towns and #135 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 81.1% of the 1,348 candidates at the 12 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.3% of 1,638 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Bruay-sur-l'Escaut does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Jean Macé (public, 0.3 mi): 85% of 110 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +10 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 Bruay-sur-l'Escaut does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée Notre-Dame (private, 2.8 mi): 100% of 216 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Bruay-sur-l'Escaut?
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 Bruay-sur-l'Escaut graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Bruay-sur-l'Escaut has 8 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 9, 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.
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