Collège de la Sainte Union
Douai, Nord
Schools around Douai C better than 25% of compared French towns
95% of 113 candidates at Collège de la Sainte Union passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (+1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 112.1, more advantaged than at 69% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 4th of the 12 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 12 towns, Douai among them (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; la Sainte Union is marked.
Pass rate 95%
Higher than at 79% 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 Nord’s collèges
2025Among the 265 collèges in Nord, la Sainte Union sits near the middle on both counts: its pupils’ backgrounds are close to France’s average, and its pass rate is about what that predicts.
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 la Sainte Union, 95% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 94%. 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 de la Sainte Union
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Douai
Cost of living in Douai →Houses €1,519/m² · Apartments €1,584/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
19 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Douai, Nord
Questions about Collège de la Sainte Union
Is Collège de la Sainte Union a good school?
In 2025, 95% of its 113 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 de la Sainte Union?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Collège de la Sainte Union?
112.1 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.