The collèges and lycées around Hem get lower results than those around 53% of compared French towns
Near Hem, 85.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 22 collèges and 13 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Hem. Hem grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #116 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).
Around Hem, the lycées do better than those of 18% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 77%. 92% passed the general and technological bac (as expected against the expected rate), and 86.6% the brevet (+5.1 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Communautaire beats its expected rate
87% of 85 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Communautaire in 2025, 23 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
9 of the 23 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 61.9 at Collège Rosa Parks to 149.3 at Collège Jeanne d'Arc. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Hem 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%, +5.1 pts)Better than 77% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (85.9%, −1.3 pts)Better than 18% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Hem; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 23 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 8 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 9 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 Hem with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 22 collèges (2,864 candidates) and 13 lycées (2,105). 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. 3 schools have results but no value added published, so they are 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 29 schools here, 17 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 6 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège CommunautaireBrevet · Private
112.3
87%
+23 pts
Collège Anne FrankBrevet · Public
64.5
60%
+18 pts
Collège Rosa ParksBrevet · Public
61.9
78%
+18 pts
Collège Saint-MichelBrevet · Private
78.3
85%
+15 pts
Collège Jean-Baptiste LebasBrevet · Public
66.9
67%
+15 pts
Collège Madame de SévignéBrevet · Public
66
72%
+11 pts
Collège Saint-ExupéryBrevet · Private
90.8
92%
+10 pts
Collège Charles BaudelaireBrevet · Public
81.7
84%
+7 pts
Collège Saint-PaulBrevet · Private
108.2
100%
+6 pts
Collège Boris VianBrevet · Public
96
87%
+6 pts
Collège Alphonse DaudetBrevet · Public
112.2
96%
+6 pts
Collège MolièreBrevet · Public
120.2
97%
+4 pts
Collège Saint-Joseph - La SalleBrevet · Private
108.5
96%
+4 pts
Lycée Charles BaudelaireBac, gen. & tech. · Public
88
94%
+4 pts
Collège PascalBrevet · Private
78.4
84%
+3 pts
Lycée polyvalent Saint-MartinBac, gen. & tech. · Private
95.3
95%
+3 pts
Collège Sainte-MarieBrevet · Private
76.9
65%
+2 pts
Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private
149.3
100%
+1 pt
Collège Saint-AdrienBrevet · Private
144
98%
±0 pts
Lycée Saint-RémiBac, gen. & tech. · Private
100.5
95%
±0 pts
École supérieure des arts appliqués et du textileBac, gen. & tech. · Public
126.8
100%
±0 pts
Lycée Saint-AdrienBac, gen. & tech. · Private
147.1
100%
±0 pts
Lycée Maxence Van Der MeerschBac, gen. & tech. · Public
98.6
89%
−1 pt
Collège Théodore MonodBrevet · Public
71.9
69%
−2 pts
Collège GambettaBrevet · Public
92.4
78%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Jean MoulinBac, gen. & tech. · Public
72.1
70%
−3 pts
Collège Albert CalmetteBrevet · Public
105.5
87%
−4 pts
Collège Raymond DevosBrevet · Public
91.1
77%
−6 pts
Collège Camille ClaudelBrevet · Public
110.2
78%
−13 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 Hem
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 HemSize: 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
23 collèges and 15 lycées within 5 km of Hem
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. 22 collèges and 13 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges23 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Hem13 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Thérèse
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean de La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marie Curie
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Marie Curie
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle privée Sainte Geneviève
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Groupe scolaire De Lattre de Tassigny
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Marcel Pagnol
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Marcel Pagnol
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire Victor Hugo
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Show all 13 primary schools
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame de Lourdes
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
Hem and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Roubaix 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 47% of compared French towns and #116 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 86.6% of the 2,864 candidates at the 22 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+5.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 85.9% of 2,105 candidates passed the bac (−1.3 pts).
Which collège near Hem does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Communautaire (private, 2.4 mi): 87% of 85 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +23 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 Hem does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Léonard de Vinci (private, 2.3 mi): 94% of 48 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +18 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Hem?
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 Hem graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Hem has 13 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.