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A+School Grade
Schools near Marchiennes · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Marchiennes get better results than those around almost every compared French town

The brevet pass rate near Marchiennes is 97.0%, above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 1 collège and 1 lycée with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Marchiennes. Marchiennes grades A+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #3 of 195 in Nord. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

Within 5 km
1 + 1
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
97.0%
of 71 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
98.0%
of 47 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
93.0%
of 92 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 Marchiennes

Collège Marguerite Yourcenar beats its expected rate

97% of 71 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Marguerite Yourcenar in 2025, 8 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

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

School Grade

Marchiennes grades A+ for schools

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

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (97.0%, +8 pts)Better than 99% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (94.7%, +9.9 pts)Better than 99% of compared French towns
The collège: % passing the brevet (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Marguerite Yourcenar: 97% · +8 pts
The lycée: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée Hélène Boucher: 98% · +2 pts
The lycée: % passing the vocational bac (2025)80%85%90%95%Average French school 84.4%Lycée Hélène Boucher: 93% · +14 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 Marchiennes with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 1 collège (71 candidates) and 1 lycée (139). 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.

Map

The schools within 5 km of Marchiennes

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 maternelle Françoise Dolto · PublicEcole élémentaire Georges Brassens · PublicEcole primaire privée Sainte Thérèse · PrivateEcole primaire Le Grand Meaulnes · PublicCollège Marguerite Yourcenar · Public · 97% brevet · +8 ptsLycée Hélène Boucher · Private · 98% general and technological bac · +2 ptsMarchiennesCollège Marguerite YourcenarLycée Hélène Boucher© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in MarchiennesSize: 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

1 collège and 1 lycée within 5 km of Marchiennes

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. 1 collège and 1 lycée are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Marchiennes4 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Françoise Dolto
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Georges Brassens
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Thérèse
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Le Grand Meaulnes
Primary school · Public · 1.5 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

Marchiennes and the towns around it

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

TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Marchiennes
1 collège · 1 lycée
A+97%95%
Beuvry-la-Forêt
2 collèges · 1 lycée · 2.9 mi
A96%98%
Fenain
5 collèges · 3 lycées · 3.6 mi
A−88%89%
Somain
4 collèges · 3 lycées · 3.6 mi
B−81%89%
Pecquencourt
5 collèges · 2 lycées · 3.8 mi
B79%90%
Hornaing
6 collèges · 2 lycées · 4 mi
A−83%96%
Flines-lez-Raches
3 collèges · 0 lycées · 4.1 mi
C−79%—1

1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.

Marchiennes’ 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 Marchiennes

Are the schools near Marchiennes good?

They grade A+, better than those around 99% of compared French towns and #3 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 97.0% of the 71 candidates at the collège within 5 km passed the brevet (+8 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.7% of 139 candidates passed the bac (+9.9 pts).

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

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 Marchiennes graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Marchiennes has 4 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).

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.