The collèges and lycées around Faches-Thumesnil outscore those around 66% of compared French towns
Near Faches-Thumesnil, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 26 collèges and 16 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Faches-Thumesnil. Faches-Thumesnil grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #68 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 Faches-Thumesnil
98% of 96 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Saint-Joseph in 2025, 17 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
7 of the 27 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 69.1 at Collège Louise Michel to 154.8 at Centre scolaire Saint-Paul (Collège). It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Faches-Thumesnil grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (86.6%, +1.1 pts)Better than 57% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.7%, +0.9 pts)Better than 68% of compared French towns
Each of the 27 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 12 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 Faches-Thumesnil with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 26 collèges (2,907 candidates) and 16 lycées (3,602). 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 37 schools here, 12 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 10 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
90.1
98%
+17 pts
Collège Miriam MakebaBrevet · Public
77.5
84%
+12 pts
Collège Nina SimoneBrevet · Public
79.2
79%
+7 pts
Collège Claude Lévi-StraussBrevet · Public
86.7
76%
+6 pts
Collège Sainte-ClaireBrevet · Private
109.5
97%
+4 pts
Collège Saint-ExupéryBrevet · Public
101.5
90%
+4 pts
Collège CharlemagneBrevet · Private
135.2
100%
+3 pts
Collège FranklinBrevet · Public
104.8
87%
+3 pts
Collège La SalleBrevet · Private
124.1
98%
+3 pts
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
104.3
95%
+3 pts
Lycée OzanamBac, gen. & tech. · Private
138.1
99%
+2 pts
Lycée Louis PasteurBac, gen. & tech. · Public
119.9
97%
+2 pts
Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public
79.2
75%
+1 pt
Collège VoltaireBrevet · Public
118.4
94%
+1 pt
Collège Théodore MonodBrevet · Public
123.8
91%
+1 pt
Centre scolaire Saint-Paul (Collège)Brevet · Private
154.8
100%
+1 pt
Lycée FaidherbeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
118.1
99%
+1 pt
Lycée international MontebelloBac, gen. & tech. · Public
107.4
95%
+1 pt
Lycée Thérèse d'AvilaBac, gen. & tech. · Private
142.6
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Notre-Dame de la PaixBac, gen. & tech. · Private
139.4
99%
+1 pt
Collège Gernez RieuxBrevet · Public
95.6
83%
±0 pts
Collège Thérèse d'AvilaBrevet · Private
140.8
98%
±0 pts
Lycée César BaggioBac, gen. & tech. · Public
90.1
87%
±0 pts
Centre scolaire Saint-Paul - LycéeBac, gen. & tech. · Private
151.6
100%
±0 pts
Ensemble scolaire La SalleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
136.1
99%
±0 pts
Lycée Notre-Dame d'AnnayBac, gen. & tech. · Private
127.3
97%
±0 pts
Collège CarnotBrevet · Public
125.9
88%
−1 pt
Collège VerlaineBrevet · Public
83.2
73%
−3 pts
Collège professeur Albert DebeyreBrevet · Public
93.3
68%
−3 pts
Collège Boris VianBrevet · Public
90.9
71%
−3 pts
Collège Anatole FranceBrevet · Public
95.3
80%
−4 pts
Collège DescartesBrevet · Public
98.1
78%
−4 pts
Collège Jean ZayBrevet · Public
86.9
75%
−5 pts
Collège René DescartesBrevet · Public
77.6
69%
−5 pts
Lycée FénelonBac, gen. & tech. · Public
114.3
91%
−5 pts
Collège Jean MermozBrevet · Public
112.8
83%
−8 pts
Collège Martha DesrumauxBrevet · Public
85
64%
−10 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 Faches-Thumesnil
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 Faches-ThumesnilSize: 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
27 collèges and 16 lycées within 5 km of Faches-Thumesnil
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. 26 collèges and 16 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges27 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Faches-Thumesnil11 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Kleber
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Pascal
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire George Sand - Mozart
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pasteur-Curie
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire publique Anatole France - La Bruyère
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Louise de Bettignies
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Alphonse Daudet
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Florian
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Lamartine
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame de La Treille
Primary school · Private · 0.7 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
Faches-Thumesnil and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Ronchin has the best-graded schools nearby (B+). 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 66% of compared French towns and #68 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 86.6% of the 2,907 candidates at the 26 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+1.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.7% of 3,602 candidates passed the bac (+0.9 pts).
Which collège near Faches-Thumesnil does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Saint-Joseph (private, 2.4 mi): 98% of 96 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +17 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 Faches-Thumesnil does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Aimé Césaire (public, 2.4 mi): 83% of 151 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +8 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Faches-Thumesnil?
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 Faches-Thumesnil graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Faches-Thumesnil has 11 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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