The collèges and lycées around Arras get better results than those around 73% of compared French towns
93.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Arras, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 10 collèges and 6 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Arras. Arras grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #39 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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).
Around Arras, the lycées do better than those of 55% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 83%. 96% passed the general and technological bac (as expected against the expected rate), and 93.1% the brevet (+2.3 pts). School Grade ↓
Lycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron beats its expected rate
86% of 73 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron in 2025, 11 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 10 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 81.8 at Collège Charles Péguy to 135.4 at Collège Saint-Joseph. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Arras grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (93.1%, +2.3 pts)Better than 83% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (93.7%, as expected)Better than 55% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Arras; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 4 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 Arras with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 10 collèges (1,211 candidates) and 6 lycées (2,032). 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 14 schools here, 7 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 0 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Charles PéguyBrevet · Public
81.8
83%
+5 pts
Collège Les Louez DieuBrevet · Private
135
100%
+4 pts
Collège Jéhan BodelBrevet · Public
114.7
95%
+3 pts
Collège DiderotBrevet · Public
97.5
91%
+3 pts
Collège Marie CurieBrevet · Public
98.6
93%
+2 pts
Collège Adam de la HalleBrevet · Public
97.8
91%
+2 pts
Collège Paul VerlaineBrevet · Public
99
92%
+2 pts
Lycée Gambetta CarnotBac, gen. & tech. · Public
112.2
97%
+1 pt
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
135.4
95%
±0 pts
Collège GambettaBrevet · Public
97
88%
±0 pts
Collège François MitterrandBrevet · Public
99.2
88%
±0 pts
Lycée RobespierreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
122
98%
±0 pts
Ensemble BaudimontBac, gen. & tech. · Private
133.5
99%
±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Guy MolletBac, gen. & tech. · Public
107.1
93%
−1 pt
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 Arras
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 ArrasSize: 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
10 collèges and 6 lycées within 5 km of Arras
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. 10 collèges and 6 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges10 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Arras25 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire privée Les Louez Dieu
Primary school · Private · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Joseph
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Oscar Cléret
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Séverine
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame
Primary school · Private · 0.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire d'application Paul Bert
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Marie de La Présentation
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire d'application Anatole France
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Bernadette
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Pasteur-Hippodrome
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Elisabeth et Robert Badinter
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Show all 25 primary schools
Ecole primaire Curie - Kergomard
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Fernand Derôme
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Jean-Baptiste-Sainte.Croix
Primary school · Private · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Jaures
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Rouquié-Lacore
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Molière
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Charles Péguy
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Raoul François
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Voltaire
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Pierre Baudel
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole élémentaire Voltaire Grands
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Herriot - Viart
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Thomas Pesquet
Primary school · Public · 1.6 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
Arras and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Arras’ schools are graded at least as well as any neighbor’s. 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 B+, better than those around 73% of compared French towns and #39 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025, 93.1% of the 1,211 candidates at the 10 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.3 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 93.7% of 2,032 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Arras does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Charles Péguy (public, 1.1 mi): 83% of 66 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +5 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 Arras does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron (public, 1.1 mi): 86% of 73 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +11 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Arras?
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 Arras graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Arras has 25 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.