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Schools near Sainte-Catherine · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Sainte-Catherine get better results than those around 73% of compared French towns

Near Sainte-Catherine, 93.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, 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 Sainte-Catherine. Sainte-Catherine 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.

93%passed the brevet96%passed the bac#39of 123 in Pas-de-Calais
Within 5 km
10 + 6
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
93.1%
of 1,211 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
96.4%
of 1,536 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
85.5%
of 496 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 Sainte-Catherine

55% · 83%of compared French towns are behind on lycées · on collèges+11points above the expected rate at Lycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron31%of collège candidates are at private schools82–135social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Strong collèges, weaker lycées

Around Sainte-Catherine, 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

Sainte-Catherine 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 Sainte-Catherine; the lycées hold it back.

Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Charles Péguy: 83% · +5 ptsCollège Gambetta: 88% · as expectedCollège François Mitterrand: 88% · as expectedCollège Diderot: 91% · +3 ptsCollège Adam de la Halle: 91% · +2 ptsCollège Paul Verlaine: 92% · +2 ptsCollège Marie Curie: 93% · +2 ptsCollège Saint-Joseph: 95% · as expectedCollège Jéhan Bodel: 95% · +3 ptsCollège Les Louez Dieu: 100% · +4 pts
Each of the 4 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée polyvalent Guy Mollet: 93% · −1 ptLycée Gambetta Carnot: 97% · +1 ptLycée Robespierre: 98% · as expectedEnsemble Baudimont: 99% · as expected
Each of the 3 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)75%80%85%90%Average French school 84.4%Lycée professionnel Savary Ferry: 85% · −2 ptsLycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron: 86% · +11 ptsEnsemble Baudimont: 87% · −8 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 Sainte-Catherine 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 index70%75%80%85%90%95%100%708090100110120130140150Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Les Louez Dieu: 100%, IPS 135 · +4 ptsCollège Charles Péguy: 83%, IPS 81.8 · +5 ptsCollège Saint-Joseph: 95%, IPS 135.4 · as expectedCollège Jéhan Bodel: 95%, IPS 114.7 · +3 ptsCollège Gambetta: 88%, IPS 97 · as expectedCollège Paul Verlaine: 92%, IPS 99 · +2 ptsCollège Diderot: 91%, IPS 97.5 · +3 ptsCollège Marie Curie: 93%, IPS 98.6 · +2 ptsCollège François Mitterrand: 88%, IPS 99.2 · as expectedCollège Adam de la Halle: 91%, IPS 97.8 · +2 ptsCollège Charles PéguyCollège Les Louez DieuCollège Jéhan Bodel
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index85%90%95%100%100110120130140Social position index →typical French schoolEnsemble Baudimont: 99%, IPS 133.5 · as expectedLycée Robespierre: 98%, IPS 122 · as expectedLycée Gambetta Carnot: 97%, IPS 112.2 · +1 ptLycée polyvalent Guy Mollet: 93%, IPS 107.1 · −1 ptLycée Gambetta CarnotLycée polyvalent Guy MolletEnsemble Baudimont
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
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Charles PéguyBrevet · Public81.883%+5 pts
Collège Les Louez DieuBrevet · Private135100%+4 pts
Collège Jéhan BodelBrevet · Public114.795%+3 pts
Collège DiderotBrevet · Public97.591%+3 pts
Collège Paul VerlaineBrevet · Public9992%+2 pts
Collège Marie CurieBrevet · Public98.693%+2 pts
Collège Adam de la HalleBrevet · Public97.891%+2 pts
Lycée Gambetta CarnotBac, gen. & tech. · Public112.297%+1 pt
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private135.495%±0 pts
Collège GambettaBrevet · Public9788%±0 pts
Collège François MitterrandBrevet · Public99.288%±0 pts
Ensemble BaudimontBac, gen. & tech. · Private133.599%±0 pts
Lycée RobespierreBac, gen. & tech. · Public12298%±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Guy MolletBac, gen. & tech. · Public107.193%−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 Sainte-Catherine

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 maternelle René Carette · PublicEcole élémentaire Claudie Haigneré · PublicCollège Les Louez Dieu · Private · 100% brevet · +4 ptsCollège Charles Péguy · Public · 83% brevet · +5 ptsEnsemble Baudimont · Private · 99% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège Saint-Joseph · Private · 95% brevet · as expectedLycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron · Public · 86% vocational bac · +11 ptsCollège Jéhan Bodel · Public · 95% brevet · +3 ptsLycée Robespierre · Public · 98% general and technological bac · as expectedCollège Gambetta · Public · 88% brevet · as expectedLycée Gambetta Carnot · Public · 97% general and technological bac · +1 ptCollège Paul Verlaine · Public · 92% brevet · +2 ptsLycée professionnel Savary Ferry · Public · 85% vocational bac · −2 ptsCollège Diderot · Public · 91% brevet · +3 ptsCollège Marie Curie · Public · 93% brevet · +2 ptsLycée polyvalent Guy Mollet · Public · 93% general and technological bac · −1 ptCollège François Mitterrand · Public · 88% brevet · as expectedCollège Adam de la Halle · Public · 91% brevet · +2 ptsSainte-Catherine© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in Sainte-CatherineSize: 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 Sainte-Catherine

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.

Primary schools in Sainte-Catherine2 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle René Carette
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Claudie Haigneré
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

Sainte-Catherine and the towns around it

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

Anzin-Saint-Aubin: A− for schoolsSaint-Nicolas: B+ for schoolsArras: B+ for schoolsSaint-Laurent-Blangy: B+ for schoolsDainville: B+ for schoolsAchicourt: B+ for schoolsAnzin-Saint-AubinSaint-NicolasArrasSaint-Laurent-BlangyDainvilleAchicourtSainte-Catherine
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Sainte-Catherine
10 collèges · 6 lycées		B+93%94%
Anzin-Saint-Aubin
8 collèges · 5 lycées · 1 mi		A−94%94%
Saint-Nicolas
10 collèges · 6 lycées · 1 mi		B+93%94%
Arras
10 collèges · 6 lycées · 1.2 mi		B+93%94%
Saint-Laurent-Blangy
9 collèges · 6 lycées · 1.8 mi		B+93%94%
Dainville
9 collèges · 6 lycées · 2.2 mi		B+93%94%
Achicourt
10 collèges · 6 lycées · 2.5 mi		B+93%94%

Anzin-Saint-Aubin 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 Sainte-Catherine

Are the schools near Sainte-Catherine good?

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 Sainte-Catherine does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Charles Péguy (public, 0.6 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 Sainte-Catherine does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Jacques Le Caron (public, 1.3 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 Sainte-Catherine?

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 Sainte-Catherine graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Sainte-Catherine has 2 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.