The collèges and lycées around Bruay-la-Buissière outscore those around 52% of compared French towns
7 collèges and 3 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Bruay-la-Buissière. Near Bruay-la-Buissière, 88.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Bruay-la-Buissière grades B− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #76 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).
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Bruay-la-Buissière
Collège Fréderic Joliot Curie beats its expected rate
91% of 76 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Fréderic Joliot Curie in 2025, 13 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Bruay-la-Buissière grades B− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (84.5%, +3.1 pts)Better than 61% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (88.7%, as expected)Better than 41% of compared French towns
Each of the 7 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
The lycée: % 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 Bruay-la-Buissière with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 7 collèges (604 candidates) and 3 lycées (663). 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
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 7 schools here, 5 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 1 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Fréderic Joliot CurieBrevet · Public
84
91%
+13 pts
Collège Simone SignoretBrevet · Public
77.6
82%
+9 pts
Collège Henri WallonBrevet · Public
80.3
84%
+6 pts
Collège Edmond RostandBrevet · Public
85.1
86%
+2 pts
Collège Jacques PrévertBrevet · Public
86.1
84%
+2 pts
Collège Émile ZolaBrevet · Public
86.5
87%
−1 pt
Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public
80.6
78%
−8 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 Bruay-la-Buissière
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 Bruay-la-BuissièreSize: 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
7 collèges and 3 lycées within 5 km of Bruay-la-Buissière
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. 7 collèges and 3 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges7 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Bruay-la-Buissière14 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Caudron
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Emile Loubet - Saint Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Georges Brassens
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Marmottan
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Félix Faure
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Félix Faure
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Louis Pasteur
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Mendès France
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Emile Basly
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Jaurès
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Show all 14 primary schools
Ecole élémentaire Centre
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Les Hayettes
Primary school · Public · 1 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
Bruay-la-Buissière and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Marles-les-Mines 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 B−, better than those around 52% of compared French towns and #76 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025, 84.5% of the 604 candidates at the seven collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+3.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 88.7% of 663 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Bruay-la-Buissière does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Fréderic Joliot Curie (public, 3.1 mi): 91% of 76 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +13 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 Bruay-la-Buissière does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel des travaux publics Jean Bertin (public, 1.3 mi): 94% of 158 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +9 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Bruay-la-Buissière?
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 Bruay-la-Buissière graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Bruay-la-Buissière has 14 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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