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Schools near Famars · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Famars get lower results than those around 58% of compared French towns

Near Famars, 87.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 8 collèges and 8 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Famars. Famars grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

87%passed the brevet95%passed the bac
Within 5 km
8 + 8
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
87.1%
of 833 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
95.3%
of 788 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
75.4%
of 466 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 83.3%

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 Famars

28% · 60%of compared French towns are behind on lycées · on collèges+4points above the expected rate at Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle30%of collège candidates are at private schools68–120social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Strong collèges, weaker lycées

Around Famars, the lycées do better than those of 28% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 60%. 95% passed the general and technological bac (as expected against the expected rate), and 87.1% the brevet (+1.3 pts). School Grade ↓

Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle beats its expected rate

98% of 191 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

2 of the 8 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 67.8 at Collège Joséphine Baker to 120.3 at Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.

School Grade

Famars grades C+ for schools

Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (87.1%, +1.3 pts)Better than 60% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (87.9%, −1.8 pts)Better than 28% of compared French towns

The collèges lift Famars; the lycées hold it back.

Each of the 8 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Joséphine Baker: 64% · as expectedCollège Paul Langevin: 80% · −3 ptsCollège Alphonse Terroir: 83% · +2 ptsCollège Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: 86% · +1 ptCollège Madame d'Épinay: 88% · +3 ptsCollège Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 89% · −3 ptsCollège Sainte-Marie: 93% · +4 ptsCollège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle: 98% · +4 pts
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée du Hainaut: 87% · as expectedLycée polyvalent La Sagesse: 94% · −2 ptsLycée Watteau: 95% · −1 ptLycée Dampierre: 100% · no value added publishedLycée Notre-Dame: 100% · +1 pt
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 84.4%Lycée professionnel François Mansart: 60% · −12 ptsLycée professionnel du Hainaut: 66% · −10 ptsLycée professionnel Léonard de Vinci: 68% · −12 ptsLycée Dampierre: 85% · +12 ptsLycée polyvalent La Sagesse: 98% · +5 pts
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 Famars with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 8 collèges (833 candidates) and 8 lycées (1,254). 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 index60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%60708090100110120130Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Madame d'Épinay: 88%, IPS 90.6 · +3 ptsCollège Paul Langevin: 80%, IPS 90.5 · −3 ptsCollège Alphonse Terroir: 83%, IPS 88.4 · +2 ptsCollège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle: 98%, IPS 120.3 · +4 ptsCollège Joséphine Baker: 64%, IPS 67.8 · as expectedCollège Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 89%, IPS 98.7 · −3 ptsCollège Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: 86%, IPS 104.9 · +1 ptCollège Sainte-Marie: 93%, IPS 112.3 · +4 ptsCollège Saint-Jean-Baptiste…Collège Sainte-MarieCollège Madame d'Épinay
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index80%85%90%95%100%90100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolLycée du Hainaut: 87%, IPS 95.8 · as expectedLycée Watteau: 95%, IPS 116.4 · −1 ptLycée Notre-Dame: 100%, IPS 132.3 · +1 ptLycée polyvalent La Sagesse: 94%, IPS 110.3 · −2 ptsLycée polyvalent La SagesseLycée WatteauLycée Notre-Dame
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 12 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La SalleBrevet · Private120.398%+4 pts
Collège Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private112.393%+4 pts
Collège Madame d'ÉpinayBrevet · Public90.688%+3 pts
Collège Alphonse TerroirBrevet · Public88.483%+2 pts
Collège Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxBrevet · Public104.986%+1 pt
Lycée Notre-DameBac, gen. & tech. · Private132.3100%+1 pt
Collège Joséphine BakerBrevet · Public67.864%±0 pts
Lycée du HainautBac, gen. & tech. · Public95.887%±0 pts
Lycée WatteauBac, gen. & tech. · Public116.495%−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent La SagesseBac, gen. & tech. · Private110.394%−2 pts
Collège Paul LangevinBrevet · Public90.580%−3 pts
Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauBrevet · Public98.789%−3 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 Famars

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.

Ecole primaire Joliot-Curie · PublicCollège Madame d'Épinay · Public · 88% brevet · +3 ptsLycée professionnel Léonard de Vinci · Public · 68% vocational bac · −12 ptsCollège Paul Langevin · Public · 80% brevet · −3 ptsCollège Alphonse Terroir · Public · 83% brevet · +2 ptsLycée professionnel François Mansart · Public · 60% vocational bac · −12 ptsCollège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle · Private · 98% brevet · +4 ptsLycée Dampierre · Private · 100% general and technological bac · no value added publishedCollège Joséphine Baker · Public · 64% brevet · as expectedLycée professionnel du Hainaut · Public · 66% vocational bac · −10 ptsLycée du Hainaut · Public · 87% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Public · 89% brevet · −3 ptsLycée Watteau · Public · 95% general and technological bac · −1 ptLycée Notre-Dame · Private · 100% general and technological bac · +1 ptLycée polyvalent La Sagesse · Private · 94% general and technological bac · −2 ptsCollège Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux · Public · 86% brevet · +1 ptCollège Sainte-Marie · Private · 93% brevet · +4 ptsFamars© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in FamarsSize: 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

8 collèges and 8 lycées within 5 km of Famars

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. 8 collèges and 8 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Famars1 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire Joliot-Curie
Primary school · Public · 0.1 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

Famars and the towns around it

Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.

Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes: C for schoolsMaing: C− for schoolsTrith-Saint-Léger: C for schoolsMarly: C+ for schoolsValenciennes: C for schoolsLa Sentinelle: C for schoolsAulnoy-lez-ValenciennesMaingTrith-Saint-LégerMarlyValenciennesLa SentinelleFamars
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Famars
8 collèges · 8 lycées		C+87%88%
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
10 collèges · 11 lycées · 0.9 mi		C83%90%
Maing
3 collèges · 1 lycée · 1.6 mi		C−87%68%
Trith-Saint-Léger
11 collèges · 11 lycées · 1.6 mi		C83%90%
Marly
11 collèges · 11 lycées · 2.1 mi		C+86%90%
Valenciennes
14 collèges · 11 lycées · 2.6 mi		C83%90%
La Sentinelle
10 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.8 mi		C83%90%

Famars’ schools are graded at least as well as any neighbor’s. 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

  • 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.

How the School Grade works in France →

Questions about schools near Famars

Are the schools near Famars good?

They grade C+, better than those around 42% of compared French towns. In 2025, 87.1% of the 833 candidates at the eight collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+1.3 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 87.9% of 1,254 candidates passed the bac (−1.8 pts).

Which collège near Famars does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (private, 2.5 mi): 98% of 191 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +4 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 Famars does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée Notre-Dame (private, 2.9 mi): 100% of 216 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Famars?

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 Famars graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Famars has 1 primary school (an école maternelle or élémentaire), 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).

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.