The collèges and lycées around Dunkerque outscore those around 52% of compared French towns
16 collèges and 12 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Dunkerque. Near Dunkerque, 85.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Nord’s towns (85.9%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Dunkerque grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #106 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).
98% of 50 candidates passed the brevet at Collège René Bonpain in 2025, 11 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
5 of the 17 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 72.2 at Collège Jean Deconinck to 127.5 at Collège Notre-Dame des Dunes. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Dunkerque grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (85.2%, +1.3 pts)Better than 54% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (90.6%, as expected)Better than 50% of compared French towns
Each of the 17 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 7 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 Dunkerque with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 16 collèges (1,327 candidates) and 12 lycées (2,009). 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. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is listed, not graded. 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 22 schools here, 9 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège René BonpainBrevet · Private
84.1
98%
+11 pts
Collège Jean ZayBrevet · Public
84.1
88%
+7 pts
Collège GuilleminotBrevet · Public
109
97%
+5 pts
Collège Paul MachyBrevet · Public
104.8
93%
+5 pts
Collège La SalleBrevet · Private
101.7
93%
+3 pts
Collège Gaspard MaloBrevet · Public
107.6
90%
+3 pts
Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public
96.9
84%
+2 pts
Collège Boris VianBrevet · Public
90.3
90%
+2 pts
Lycée EpidBac, gen. & tech. · Private
118.8
100%
+2 pts
Collège Jean DeconinckBrevet · Public
72.2
69%
+1 pt
Lycée Notre-Dame des DunesBac, gen. & tech. · Private
128.1
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Jean BartBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.5
96%
+1 pt
Lycée de l'EuropeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
91.6
95%
+1 pt
Collège Notre-Dame des DunesBrevet · Private
127.5
94%
±0 pts
Collège Sacré-CoeurBrevet · Private
92.7
86%
±0 pts
Collège Maxence Van Der MeerschBrevet · Public
86.5
78%
±0 pts
Lycée Auguste AngellierBac, gen. & tech. · Public
113.6
97%
±0 pts
Collège FénelonBrevet · Private
119.6
93%
−1 pt
Collège RobespierreBrevet · Public
82.6
69%
−1 pt
Collège Lucie AubracBrevet · Public
76.1
73%
−3 pts
Lycée polyvalent VaubanBac, gen. & tech. · Private
103.1
89%
−6 pts
Collège Arthur Van HeckeBrevet · Public
85
65%
−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 Dunkerque
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 DunkerqueSize: 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
17 collèges and 12 lycées within 5 km of Dunkerque
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. 16 collèges and 12 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges17 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Dunkerque52 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Thérèse - Sainte Marie
Primary school · Private · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire la Porte d'Eau - Château d'Eau
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Neptune
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Neptune
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Lucien Maillart
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire André Nita
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Langevin
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Langevin
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Anatole France
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire privée Nicolas Barré
Primary school · Private · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Jaurès - Péguy
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Show all 52 primary schools
Ecole maternelle Victor Hugo
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire l'Alliance
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle du Parc
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle L'Alliance
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Lamartine
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Victor Hugo
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sacré-Coeur
Primary school · Private · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Andersen
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Alain Savary
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Pauline Kergomard
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Claire d'Assise
Primary school · Private · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Trystram
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Hector Malot
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Félix Coquelle
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire de La Mer
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Christophe
Primary school · Private · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Nicolas Copernic
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Georges Vancauwenberghe
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Vancauwenberghe
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Copernic
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Perrault - Florian
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Kleber
Primary school · Public · 1.8 mi
Ecole maternelle du Torpilleur
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole primaire Louise de Bettignies
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire du Torpilleur
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Joliot-Curie
Primary school · Public · 2.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Joliot-Curie
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marcelin Berthelot
Primary school · Public · 2.3 mi
Ecole maternelle de La Meunerie
Primary school · Public · 2.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire la Meunerie
Primary school · Public · 2.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée La Providence
Primary school · Private · 2.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 2.6 mi
Groupe scolaire Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 2.6 mi
Ecole primaire Paul Dessinguez
Primary school · Public · 2.8 mi
Ecole maternelle de l'Amirauté
Primary school · Public · 2.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Roger Salengro
Primary school · Public · 3.1 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
Dunkerque 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.
Bergues has the best-graded schools nearby (A+). 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 B−, better than those around 52% of compared French towns and #106 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 85.2% of the 1,327 candidates at the 16 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+1.3 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 90.6% of 2,009 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Dunkerque does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège René Bonpain (private, 3 mi): 98% of 50 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +11 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 Dunkerque does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Guynemer (public, 0.9 mi): 78% of 79 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 Dunkerque?
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 Dunkerque graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Dunkerque has 52 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 October 30, 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.