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Schools near Nortkerque · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Nortkerque are in the top tenth: better results than those around 91% of compared French towns

At the collèges within 5 km of Nortkerque, 94.8% passed the brevet, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). 3 collèges with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Nortkerque. Nortkerque grades A for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

Within 5 km
3 + 0
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
94.8%
of 292 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%

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 Nortkerque

Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce beats its expected rate

99% of 90 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce in 2025, 6 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓

Private collèges

1 of the 3 collèges within 5 km is private, under contract with the state: it teaches the national curriculum and its pupils sit the same brevet. It counts in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓

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

School Grade

Nortkerque grades A for schools

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

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (94.8%, +2.8 pts)Better than 88% of compared French towns
Each of the 3 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège du Bredenarde: 90% · +2 ptsCollège de l'Europe: 95% · +1 ptCollège Notre-Dame de Grâce: 99% · +6 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 within 5 km of Nortkerque with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 3 collèges (292 candidates). No lycée with results is within 5 km, so the grade rests on the collèges alone. Each school’s pass rate and value added are compared with every French school of its kind, then weighted by candidates. 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 index70%75%80%85%90%95%100%8090100110Social position index →typical French schoolCollège du Bredenarde: 90%, IPS 92.8 · +2 ptsCollège Notre-Dame de Grâce: 99%, IPS 103.8 · +6 ptsCollège de l'Europe: 95%, IPS 96.1 · +1 ptCollège Notre-Dame de GrâceCollège du BredenardeCollège de l'Europe
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 3 schools here, 2 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 0 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Notre-Dame de GrâceBrevet · Private103.899%+6 pts
Collège du BredenardeBrevet · Public92.890%+2 pts
Collège de l'EuropeBrevet · Public96.195%+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 Nortkerque

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 Les Lilas · PublicCollège du Bredenarde · Public · 90% brevet · +2 ptsCollège Notre-Dame de Grâce · Private · 99% brevet · +6 ptsCollège de l'Europe · Public · 95% brevet · +1 ptNortkerqueCollège du BredenardeCollège Notre-Dame de Grâce© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in NortkerqueSize: 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

3 collèges within 5 km of Nortkerque

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. 3 collèges and 0 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Nortkerque1 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire Les Lilas
Primary school · Public · 0.2 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

Nortkerque and the towns around it

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

TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Nortkerque
3 collèges · 0 lycées
A95%—1
Audruicq
1 collège · 0 lycées · 2.1 mi
A−90%—1
Ardres
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 2.1 mi
A97%—1
Marck
3 collèges · 2 lycées · 6.6 mi
B−82%91%
Guînes
1 collège · 1 lycée · 6.7 mi
A+98%100%
Oye-Plage
1 collège · 0 lycées · 7.2 mi
C+86%—1
Éperlecques
2 collèges · 0 lycées · 7.3 mi
B88%—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 Nortkerque

Are the schools near Nortkerque good?

They grade A, better than those around 91% of compared French towns. In 2025, 94.8% of the 292 candidates at the three collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.8 pts against the expected rate).

Which collège near Nortkerque does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce (private, 2.8 mi): 99% of 90 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +6 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict. On the raw pass rate alone the order can differ; value added is the fairer comparison.

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

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 Nortkerque graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Nortkerque has 1 primary school (an école maternelle or élémentaire), 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.