The collèges and lycées around Alençon trail those around 74% of compared French towns on results
91.3% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Alençon, below both Orne’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 6 collèges and 4 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Alençon. Alençon grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #11 of 13 in Orne. 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).
97% of 77 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Notre-Dame in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 6 collèges within 5 km are private, under contract with the state: they teach the national curriculum and their pupils sit the same brevet. They count in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 68.1 at Collège Louise Michel to 120.4 at Collège Notre-Dame. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Alençon grades C for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (85.0%, −0.9 pts)Better than 40% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (91.3%, −3.4 pts)Better than 22% of compared French towns
Each of the 6 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)
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 Alençon with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 6 collèges (514 candidates) and 4 lycées (788). 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.
Results and background
Which schools do better than their pupils’ backgrounds suggest
The line is the typical French school for each social position index; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot’s color is the ministry’s value added.
Collèges: brevet pass rate against social position index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Schools whose pupils come from better-off homes usually get higher pass rates. The ministry’s value added already allows for that, and for pupils’ ages: of the 9 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Notre-DameBrevet · Private
120.4
97%
+4 pts
Collège Saint-ExupéryBrevet · Public
93.4
85%
+2 pts
Collège Louise MichelBrevet · Public
68.1
63%
+2 pts
Lycée Saint-François de SalesBac, gen. & tech. · Private
123.9
100%
+1 pt
Collège Honoré de BalzacBrevet · Public
108.2
94%
±0 pts
Lycée AlainBac, gen. & tech. · Public
119.4
97%
−1 pt
Collège Saint-François de SalesBrevet · Private
112.8
93%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - NavarreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.5
93%
−3 pts
Collège Jean RacineBrevet · Public
104.7
77%
−9 pts
IPS: DEPP’s social position index, 2024–25, from parents’ occupations (France’s average pupil ≈ 100). It describes; it doesn’t grade. Value added: the school’s pass rate minus the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Alençon
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.
CollègeLycéePrimary school in AlençonSize: 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
6 collèges and 4 lycées within 5 km of Alençon
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. 6 collèges and 4 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges6 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Alençon15 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire publique Emile Dupont
Primary school · Public · 0 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint François de Sales
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Thérèse
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Masson
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Montsort
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame de Lancrel
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire publique Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Point du Jour
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame de L'Assomption
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Gabrielle Grandière
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Jean de La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Show all 15 primary schools
Ecole primaire Moliere
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Robert Desnos
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire Albert Camus
Primary school · Public · 1.2 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
Alençon and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Mamers has the best-graded schools nearby (B). 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
They grade C, better than those around 26% of compared French towns and #11 of 13 in Orne. In 2025, 85.0% of the 514 candidates at the six collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−0.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 91.3% of 788 candidates passed the bac (−3.4 pts).
Which collège near Alençon does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Notre-Dame (private, 0.6 mi): 97% of 77 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.
Which lycée near Alençon does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée Saint-François de Sales (private, 0.2 mi): 100% of 57 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Alençon?
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 Alençon graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Alençon has 15 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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