Collège Saint-François de Sales
Alençon, Orne
Schools around Alençon C better than 26% of compared French towns
93% of 83 candidates at Collège Saint-François de Sales passed the brevet in 2025, above the average French school (86.9%).
- That is −2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 112.8, more advantaged than at 70% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 5th of the 6 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 7 towns, Alençon among them (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Saint-François de Sales is marked.
Pass rate 93%
Higher than at 71% of them.
Value added −2 pts
Higher than at 43% 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
2025The 34 collèges in Orne: further right, more advantaged pupils; higher, more passed. Backgrounds explain much of the spread, which is why value added, the colour, is the fairer comparison.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André Collet | 97 | 98% | +12 pts |
| Collège Charles Léandre | 95.6 | 98% | +10 pts |
| Collège Louis Grenier | 103.7 | 100% | +10 pts |
| Collège André Malraux | 96.1 | 94% | +10 pts |
| Collège Albert Camus | 92.7 | 97% | +7 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 101.1 | 97% | +6 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 120.4 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège Georges Brassens | 101 | 98% | +4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Thomas d'Aquin | 112.4 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège Marie Immaculée | 108.8 | 92% | +4 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc | 111.9 | 93% | +3 pts |
| Collège du Sacré-Coeur | 101.1 | 93% | +3 pts |
| Collège Saint-Exupéry | 93.4 | 85% | +2 pts |
| Collège Louise Michel | 68.1 | 63% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean Rostand | 87.1 | 91% | +1 pt |
| Collège René Cassin | 104.5 | 89% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jacques Prévert | 94.2 | 94% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jacques Brel | 96.8 | 89% | +1 pt |
| Collège Molière | 86.6 | 81% | +1 pt |
| Collège Paul Harel | 96.8 | 94% | +1 pt |
| Collège Honoré de Balzac | 108.2 | 94% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Sévigné | 99.9 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège Bignon | 119.3 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Collège Saint-François de Sales | 112.8 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Collège François Truffaut | 91.5 | 83% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean Moulin | 92.3 | 76% | −3 pts |
| Collège Roger Martin du Gard | 104 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jean Monnet | 83.5 | 74% | −5 pts |
| Collège Nicolas-Jacques Conté | 98.5 | 81% | −5 pts |
| Collège Arlette Hee-Fergant | 90.7 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège Émile Chartier | 94.3 | 80% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jean Racine | 104.7 | 77% | −9 pts |
| Collège Foch | 111.3 | 81% | −10 pts |
| Collège Françoise Dolto | 90.6 | 74% | −10 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25The social position index (IPS) sums up pupils’ family backgrounds from their parents’ occupations. Around 100 is typical; higher means more advantaged homes (from about 50 to 160). Shown, never graded.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Saint-François de Sales, 93% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 95%. The difference, −2 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than 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 Saint-François de Sales
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 Saint-François de Sales
Is Collège Saint-François de Sales a good school?
In 2025, 93% of its 83 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −2 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Saint-François de Sales?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Collège Saint-François de Sales?
112.8 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.