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Schools near Calais · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Calais get better results than those around 58% of compared French towns

11 collèges and 8 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Calais. Calais grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #64 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

88%passed the brevet95%passed the bac#64of 123 in Pas-de-Calais
Within 5 km
11 + 8
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
87.5%
of 1,043 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
94.8%
of 1,097 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
87.0%
of 577 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 83.3%

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 Calais

41% · 73%of compared French towns are behind on lycées · on collèges+18points above the expected rate at Collège République24%of collège candidates are at private schools69–120social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Strong collèges, weaker lycées

Around Calais, the lycées do better than those of 41% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 73%. 95% passed the general and technological bac (−1.7 pts against the expected rate), and 87.5% the brevet (+3.6 pts). School Grade ↓

Collège République beats its expected rate

87% of 62 candidates passed the brevet at Collège République in 2025, 18 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

2 of the 11 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 68.6 at Collège Vauban to 120.3 at Collège Saint-Pierre. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.

School Grade

Calais grades B for schools

Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (87.5%, +3.6 pts)Better than 73% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (92.1%, as expected)Better than 41% of compared French towns

The collèges lift Calais; the lycées hold it back.

Each of the 11 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Vauban: 67% · −3 ptsCollège Les Dentelliers: 76% · −4 ptsCollège Martin Luther King: 76% · +7 ptsCollège Lucien Vadez: 81% · +8 ptsCollège Jean Jaurès: 82% · +1 ptCollège Jean Macé: 86% · as expectedCollège République: 87% · +18 ptsCollège Louis Blériot: 98% · +3 ptsCollège Saint-Pierre: 99% · +4 ptsCollège Jeanne d'Arc: 99% · +7 ptsCollège Jean Monnet: 100% · +5 pts
Each of the 4 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée général et technologique Sophie Berthelot: 94% · −2 ptsLycée général et technologique Pierre de Coubertin: 94% · −3 ptsLycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci: 95% · −1 ptLycée général et technologique Saint-Pierre: 99% · +1 pt
Each of the 5 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 84.4%Lycée professionnel Normandie-Niemen: 79% · +6 ptsLycée professionnel du Détroit: 83% · −1 ptLycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci: 88% · +4 ptsLycée professionnel Pierre de Coubertin: 88% · +3 ptsLycée professionnel Saint-Pierre: 97% · +5 pts
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 Calais with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 11 collèges (1,043 candidates) and 8 lycées (1,674). 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 index60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%60708090100110120130Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Saint-Pierre: 99%, IPS 120.3 · +4 ptsCollège République: 87%, IPS 77.6 · +18 ptsCollège Les Dentelliers: 76%, IPS 84.5 · −4 ptsCollège Jean Jaurès: 82%, IPS 85.6 · +1 ptCollège Jeanne d'Arc: 99%, IPS 109.9 · +7 ptsCollège Jean Macé: 86%, IPS 99.3 · as expectedCollège Martin Luther King: 76%, IPS 73.9 · +7 ptsCollège Vauban: 67%, IPS 68.6 · −3 ptsCollège Lucien Vadez: 81%, IPS 68.9 · +8 ptsCollège Jean Monnet: 100%, IPS 102.6 · +5 ptsCollège Louis Blériot: 98%, IPS 111.6 · +3 ptsCollège RépubliqueCollège Lucien VadezCollège Jeanne d'Arc
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index85%90%95%100%90100110120130Social position index →typical French schoolLycée général et technologique Saint-Pierre: 99%, IPS 122.9 · +1 ptLycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci: 95%, IPS 104.2 · −1 ptLycée général et technologique Sophie Berthelot: 94%, IPS 103.1 · −2 ptsLycée général et technologique Pierre de Coubertin: 94%, IPS 109 · −3 ptsLycée général et technologi…Lycée général et technologi…
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 15 schools here, 7 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 4 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège RépubliqueBrevet · Public77.687%+18 pts
Collège Lucien VadezBrevet · Public68.981%+8 pts
Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private109.999%+7 pts
Collège Martin Luther KingBrevet · Public73.976%+7 pts
Collège Jean MonnetBrevet · Public102.6100%+5 pts
Collège Saint-PierreBrevet · Private120.399%+4 pts
Collège Louis BlériotBrevet · Public111.698%+3 pts
Collège Jean JaurèsBrevet · Public85.682%+1 pt
Lycée général et technologique Saint-PierreBac, gen. & tech. · Private122.999%+1 pt
Collège Jean MacéBrevet · Public99.386%±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Léonard de VinciBac, gen. & tech. · Public104.295%−1 pt
Lycée général et technologique Sophie BerthelotBac, gen. & tech. · Public103.194%−2 pts
Collège VaubanBrevet · Public68.667%−3 pts
Lycée général et technologique Pierre de CoubertinBac, gen. & tech. · Public10994%−3 pts
Collège Les DentelliersBrevet · Public84.576%−4 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 Calais

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.

Ecole primaire Delaroche-Van Dyck · PublicEcole maternelle Gilbert La Fayette · PublicEcole élémentaire Louise Pollet · PublicEcole maternelle Courtebourne · PublicEcole primaire privée Saint Pierre · PrivateEcole primaire Honoré de Balzac-Nouvelle France · PublicEcole primaire privée Sainte Agnès · PrivateEcole primaire Archimède · PublicEcole maternelle Zola · PublicEcole primaire Washington · PublicEcole élémentaire Chateaubriand · PublicEcole élémentaire Greuze · PublicEcole primaire Robert Allemand · PublicEcole primaire La Fontaine-Malherbe · PublicEcole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc · PrivateEcole primaire Virval · PublicEcole primaire Franklin-Stephenson · PublicEcole primaire Sévigné-Vauxhall · PublicEcole primaire privée Sacré-Coeur · PrivateEcole primaire Beau-Marais-Castre · PublicEcole primaire de L'Esplanade · PublicEcole primaire privée Notre-Dame · PrivateEcole maternelle Jean-Fancois Millet · PublicEcole primaire Condorcet-Phare · PublicEcole primaire Condé · PublicEcole primaire Pauline Kergomard · PublicEcole primaire privée Sainte Germaine · PrivateEcole primaire privée Saint Vincent- Saint Charles · PrivateEcole primaire Antoine Parmentier · PublicGroupe scolaire Saint-Exupéry · PublicEcole maternelle Lesieur · PublicEcole primaire Mouchotte-Gagarine · PublicEcole maternelle Constantine · PublicEcole élémentaire Oran-Constantine · PublicEcole primaire Georges Andrique · PublicEcole primaire Porte de Paris · PublicLycée général et technologique Saint-Pierre · Private · 99% general and technological bac · +1 ptCollège Saint-Pierre · Private · 99% brevet · +4 ptsCollège République · Public · 87% brevet · +18 ptsCollège Les Dentelliers · Public · 76% brevet · −4 ptsCollège Jean Jaurès · Public · 82% brevet · +1 ptLycée professionnel Saint-Pierre · Private · 97% vocational bac · +5 ptsCollège Jeanne d'Arc · Private · 99% brevet · +7 ptsLycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci · Public · 95% general and technological bac · −1 ptLycée professionnel du Détroit · Public · 83% vocational bac · −1 ptCollège Jean Macé · Public · 86% brevet · as expectedLycée général et technologique Sophie Berthelot · Public · 94% general and technological bac · −2 ptsCollège Martin Luther King · Public · 76% brevet · +7 ptsCollège Vauban · Public · 67% brevet · −3 ptsLycée général et technologique Pierre de Coubertin · Public · 94% general and technological bac · −3 ptsLycée professionnel Pierre de Coubertin · Public · 88% vocational bac · +3 ptsCollège Lucien Vadez · Public · 81% brevet · +8 ptsLycée professionnel Normandie-Niemen · Public · 79% vocational bac · +6 ptsCollège Jean Monnet · Public · 100% brevet · +5 ptsCollège Louis Blériot · Public · 98% brevet · +3 ptsCalais© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in CalaisSize: 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

11 collèges and 8 lycées within 5 km of Calais

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. 11 collèges and 8 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Calais36 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire Delaroche-Van Dyck
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole maternelle Gilbert La Fayette
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Louise Pollet
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Courtebourne
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Pierre
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Honoré de Balzac-Nouvelle France
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Agnès
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire Archimède
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Zola
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Washington
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Chateaubriand
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Greuze
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Show all 36 primary schools
Ecole primaire Robert Allemand
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire La Fontaine-Malherbe
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Virval
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Franklin-Stephenson
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Sévigné-Vauxhall
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sacré-Coeur
Primary school · Private · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Beau-Marais-Castre
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire de L'Esplanade
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean-Fancois Millet
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Condorcet-Phare
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Condé
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Pauline Kergomard
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Sainte Germaine
Primary school · Private · 1.1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Vincent- Saint Charles
Primary school · Private · 1.3 mi
Ecole primaire Antoine Parmentier
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Groupe scolaire Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 1.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Lesieur
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Mouchotte-Gagarine
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Constantine
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Oran-Constantine
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire Georges Andrique
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire Porte de Paris
Primary school · Public · 1.9 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

Calais and the towns around it

Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.

Coulogne: B for schoolsSangatte: B for schoolsCoquelles: B for schoolsMarck: B− for schoolsGuînes: A+ for schoolsArdres: A for schoolsCoulogneSangatteCoquellesMarckGuînesArdresCalais
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Calais
11 collèges · 8 lycées		B88%92%
Coulogne
10 collèges · 8 lycées · 1.8 mi		B86%92%
Sangatte
8 collèges · 5 lycées · 2.7 mi		B88%94%
Coquelles
8 collèges · 5 lycées · 2.9 mi		B88%94%
Marck
3 collèges · 2 lycées · 3.3 mi		B−82%91%
Guînes
1 collège · 1 lycée · 5.3 mi		A+98%100%
Ardres
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 7.5 mi		A97%—1

1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.

Guînes has the best-graded schools nearby (A+). 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.

How the School Grade works in France →

Questions about schools near Calais

Are the schools near Calais good?

They grade B, better than those around 58% of compared French towns and #64 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025, 87.5% of the 1,043 candidates at the 11 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+3.6 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.1% of 1,674 candidates passed the bac (as expected).

Which collège near Calais does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège République (public, 0.4 mi): 87% of 62 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +18 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 Calais does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Normandie-Niemen (public, 1.6 mi): 79% of 70 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +6 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Calais?

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 Calais graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Calais has 36 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.