Photo: Jpcuvelier · CC BY-SA 4.0The collèges and lycées around Erquinghem-Lys outscore those around 66% of compared French towns
7 collèges and 5 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Erquinghem-Lys. Erquinghem-Lys grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #61 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 about the schools near Erquinghem-Lys
Institut Nicolas Barré beats its expected rate
87% of 205 candidates passed the vocational bac at Institut Nicolas Barré in 2025, 21 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
3 of the 7 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 80.1 at Collège Jean Rostand to 124.2 at Collège Saint-Jude. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Erquinghem-Lys grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Erquinghem-Lys with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 7 collèges (737 candidates) and 5 lycées (1,208). 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.
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.
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 10 schools here, 4 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 Saint-JudeBrevet · Private | 124.2 | 99% | +7 pts |
| Collège Saint-CharlesBrevet · Private | 99.7 | 92% | +6 pts |
| Collège Roger SalengroBrevet · Public | 98.4 | 95% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-MartinBrevet · Private | 120.9 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Lycée Saint-JudeBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 134 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Gustave EiffelBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 117.3 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Paul HazardBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 110.4 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean RostandBrevet · Public | 80.1 | 69% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jeanne de ConstantinopleBrevet · Public | 106.4 | 87% | −3 pts |
| Collège DesrousseauxBrevet · Public | 86.3 | 73% | −8 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.
The schools within 5 km of Erquinghem-Lys
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.
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
7 collèges and 5 lycées within 5 km of Erquinghem-Lys
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.
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.
Erquinghem-Lys and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erquinghem-Lys 7 collèges · 5 lycées | B+ | 87% | 93% |
| Nieppe 6 collèges · 5 lycées · 1.6 mi | B | 86% | 93% |
| Armentières 7 collèges · 5 lycées · 1.7 mi | B+ | 87% | 93% |
| La Chapelle-d'Armentières 7 collèges · 5 lycées · 1.8 mi | B+ | 87% | 93% |
| Fleurbaix 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 2.1 mi | C | 81% | —1 |
| Houplines 8 collèges · 5 lycées · 2.9 mi | B+ | 87% | 93% |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 3.2 mi | A | 96% | —1 |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Sailly-sur-la-Lys has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
Questions about schools near Erquinghem-Lys
Are the schools near Erquinghem-Lys good?
They grade B+, better than those around 66% of compared French towns and #61 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 87.2% of the 737 candidates at the seven collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+0.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.8% of 1,208 candidates passed the bac (+2.5 pts).
Which collège near Erquinghem-Lys does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Saint-Jude (private, 1.3 mi): 99% of 160 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +7 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 Erquinghem-Lys does best?
Against the expected rate, Institut Nicolas Barré (private, 2.2 mi): 87% of 205 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +21 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Erquinghem-Lys?
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 Erquinghem-Lys graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Erquinghem-Lys has 3 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.