The collèges and lycées around Chamalières get lower results than those around 65% of compared French towns
16 collèges and 15 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Chamalières. Chamalières grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #24 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 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 Chamalières
100% of 113 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Sainte-Thècle in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
7 of the 17 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 71.4 at Collège Gérard Philipe to 141.2 at Collège Massillon. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Chamalières grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (88.7%, −2.1 pts)Better than 47% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (92.8%, −2.4 pts)Better than 31% of compared French towns
Each of the 17 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 10 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 8 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 Chamalières with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 16 collèges (2,086 candidates) and 15 lycées (2,985). 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. 3 schools have results but no value added published, so they are listed, not graded. 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 26 schools here, 2 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 10 2 points or more below.
Lycée général et technologique privé Sainte-ThècleBac, gen. & tech. · Private
128.5
100%
+1 pt
Collège FénelonBrevet · Private
136.4
99%
±0 pts
Collège Blaise PascalBrevet · Public
100.4
91%
±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Valery Giscard d'EstaingBac, gen. & tech. · Public
130.1
99%
±0 pts
Lycée général privé MassillonBac, gen. & tech. · Private
139.5
99%
±0 pts
Lycée général et technologique privé La Salle Godefroy de BouillonBac, gen. & tech. · Private
131
99%
±0 pts
Lycée général Blaise PascalBac, gen. & tech. · Public
113.9
97%
±0 pts
Lycée général Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Public
129.4
99%
±0 pts
Collège MolièreBrevet · Public
117.4
91%
−1 pt
Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-AlyreBac, gen. & tech. · Private
134.3
98%
−1 pt
Lycée général et technologique privé FénelonBac, gen. & tech. · Private
135.6
98%
−1 pt
Collège Teilhard de ChardinBrevet · Public
130.6
95%
−2 pts
Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private
124.2
93%
−2 pts
Collège Lucie AubracBrevet · Public
87.9
69%
−5 pts
Collège Joliot CurieBrevet · Public
115.6
88%
−5 pts
Lycée général et technologique Sidoine ApollinaireBac, gen. & tech. · Public
100.1
88%
−5 pts
Lycée général et technologique Ambroise BrugièreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
92.6
86%
−5 pts
Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Public
102.6
82%
−6 pts
Collège Gérard PhilipeBrevet · Public
71.4
66%
−6 pts
Collège Roger QuilliotBrevet · Public
96.5
81%
−7 pts
Collège Charles BaudelaireBrevet · Public
75.9
67%
−7 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 Chamalières
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 ChamalièresSize: 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
17 collèges and 17 lycées within 5 km of Chamalières
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. 16 collèges and 15 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges17 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
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
Chamalières and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Orcines 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 C+, better than those around 35% of compared French towns and #24 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025, 88.7% of the 2,086 candidates at the 16 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 92.8% of 2,985 candidates passed the bac (−2.4 pts).
Which collège near Chamalières does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Sainte-Thècle (private, 0.2 mi): 100% of 113 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +4 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 Chamalières does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Les Cordeliers (private, 2.7 mi): 96% of 72 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +2 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Chamalières?
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 Chamalières graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Chamalières has 8 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 8, 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.
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