Collège Honoré de Balzac
Alençon, Orne
Schools around Alençon C better than 26% of compared French towns
94% of 99 candidates at Collège Honoré de Balzac passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (±0 pts against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 108.2, more advantaged than at 60% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 4th of the 6 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 8 towns, Alençon among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Honoré de Balzac is marked.
Pass rate 94%
Higher than at 75% of them.
Value added ±0 pts
Higher than at 56% of them: the shaded bars.
One year of results: the ministry’s file has the 2025 session only. With under 30 candidates, one pupil moves the rate several points.
Side by side with Orne’s collèges
2025Among the 34 collèges in Orne, Honoré de Balzac sits near the middle on both counts: its pupils’ backgrounds are close to France’s average, and its pass rate is about what that predicts.
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 108.2, close to the French average of 105.2: neither more nor less advantaged than most.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Honoré de Balzac, 94% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 94%. The difference, ±0 pts, is its value added: its pupils do about as well as similar pupils elsewhere.
A school with advantaged pupils passes nearly everyone, whatever it does; one with disadvantaged pupils can teach very well and still pass fewer. Value added takes the pupils out of the comparison. Near 100% the measure has little room: a school expected to pass 99% can’t show much above it.
French schools get no letter of their own: the ministry’s value added is the fairer measure, shown as it is. A town’s School Grade blends the pass rates and value added of every collège and lycée within 5 km of it.
Living near Collège Honoré de Balzac
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Alençon
Cost of living in Alençon →Houses €1,538/m² · Apartments €1,149/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
9 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Alençon, Orne
Questions about Collège Honoré de Balzac
Is Collège Honoré de Balzac a good school?
In 2025, 94% of its 99 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is ±0 pts: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Honoré de Balzac?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
What is the IPS of Collège Honoré de Balzac?
108.2 in 2024–25. The social position index sums up pupils’ family backgrounds; around 100 is typical. TownRatings shows it for context and never grades it.
Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS), 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · DVF property sales. All under the Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab). Updated November 4, 2026.
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.