Brevet results near Vieux-Mesnil run low: 67.0% passed, below Nord’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Vieux-Mesnil comes below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 2 collèges and 1 lycée with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Vieux-Mesnil. Towns under 1,000 residents get no grades, so Vieux-Mesnil has no School Grade; its schools are shown without one.
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).
The schools within 5 km of Vieux-Mesnil
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 and 1 lycée within 5 km of Vieux-Mesnil
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 1 lycée 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.
Vieux-Mesnil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Mesnil 2 collèges · 1 lycée | — | 67% | 73% |
| Hautmont 5 collèges · 2 lycées · 2.2 mi | D− | 67% | 72% |
| Feignies 5 collèges · 4 lycées · 3.8 mi | D | 74% | 86% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 2 collèges · 2 lycées · 3.9 mi | C− | 80% | 83% |
| Louvroil 10 collèges · 5 lycées · 4 mi | D | 76% | 85% |
| Bavay 1 collège · 1 lycée · 4.1 mi | B− | 84% | 98% |
| Maubeuge 8 collèges · 5 lycées · 4.4 mi | C− | 78% | 85% |
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 Vieux-Mesnil
Are the schools near Vieux-Mesnil good?
Vieux-Mesnil has no School Grade, for the reason given at the top of this page; each school below still shows its own pass rate and value added.
Which collège near Vieux-Mesnil does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Pierre de Ronsard (public, 1.6 mi): 61% of 67 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, as expected 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 Vieux-Mesnil?
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 Vieux-Mesnil graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Vieux-Mesnil 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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