Brevet results near Denain run low: 70.5% passed, below Nord’s towns and compared French towns
On this, Denain is below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 7 collèges and 5 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Denain. Denain grades D for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #178 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).
87% of 99 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Félicien Joly in 2025, 16 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
Denain grades D for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (70.5%, as expected)Better than 9% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (85.4%, as expected)Better than 25% of compared French towns
Each of the 7 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 3 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 Denain with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 7 collèges (621 candidates) and 5 lycées (662). 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
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 7 schools here, 2 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 5 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Félicien JolyBrevet · Public
80.3
87%
+16 pts
Collège TurgotBrevet · Public
69.9
69%
+7 pts
Collège VillarsBrevet · Public
73
62%
−2 pts
Collège BayardBrevet · Public
72.9
67%
−4 pts
Collège Jean-Paul IIBrevet · Private
90.8
75%
−5 pts
Collège VoltaireBrevet · Public
75.3
67%
−8 pts
Collège Émile LittréBrevet · Public
83.3
67%
−9 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 Denain
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 DenainSize: 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
7 collèges and 5 lycées within 5 km of Denain
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. 7 collèges and 5 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges7 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Denain15 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle George Sand
Primary school · Public · 0 mi
Ecole élémentaire Diderot niveau 1
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Voltaire niveau 2
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Emile Zola
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Michelet - Chaptal
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Victor Hugo
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Condorcet
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jean Paul II
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle André Jurénil
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Charles Gide
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pascal - Descartes
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Patrick-Roy (Sévigné)
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Show all 15 primary schools
Ecole maternelle La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Pasteur
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Berthelot
Primary school · Public · 1.1 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
Denain and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Escaudain 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 D, better than those around 14% of compared French towns and #178 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 70.5% of the 621 candidates at the seven collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (as expected against the expected rate). At the lycées, 85.4% of 662 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Denain does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Félicien Joly (public, 1.7 mi): 87% of 99 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +16 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 Denain does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Jean-Paul II (private, 0.5 mi): 93% of 83 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +7 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Denain?
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 Denain graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Denain has 15 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).
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