The collèges and lycées around Pont-à-Marcq get better results than those around 85% of compared French towns
96.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Pont-à-Marcq, above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 2 collèges with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Pont-à-Marcq. Pont-à-Marcq grades A− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #24 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).
Pont-à-Marcq grades A− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège within 5 km of Pont-à-Marcq with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 2 collèges (300 candidates). No lycée with results is within 5 km, so the grade rests on the collèges alone. Each school’s pass rate and value added are compared with every French school of its kind, then weighted by candidates. A school can count for several towns.
The schools within 5 km of Pont-à-Marcq
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.
2 collèges within 5 km of Pont-à-Marcq
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. 2 collèges and 0 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.
Pont-à-Marcq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-à-Marcq 2 collèges · 0 lycées | A− | 96% | —1 |
| Mérignies 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 1 mi | A− | 96% | —1 |
| Avelin 2 collèges · 1 lycée · 1.8 mi | B | 97% | 81% |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle 2 collèges · 2 lycées · 2.6 mi | A− | 96% | 98% |
| Fretin 3 collèges · 0 lycées · 2.7 mi | A | 96% | —1 |
| Thumeries 4 collèges · 1 lycée · 4 mi | C+ | 85% | 83% |
| Seclin 4 collèges · 2 lycées · 4.1 mi | A− | 95% | 95% |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Fretin 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 Pont-à-Marcq
Are the schools near Pont-à-Marcq good?
They grade A−, better than those around 85% of compared French towns and #24 of 195 in Nord. In 2025, 96.2% of the 300 candidates at the two collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (as expected against the expected rate).
Which collège near Pont-à-Marcq does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Simone Veil (public, 2.3 mi): 97% of 180 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
How do children get a place at a collège near Pont-à-Marcq?
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 Pont-à-Marcq graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Pont-à-Marcq 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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