The collèges and lycées around Décines-Charpieu get lower results than those around 77% of compared French towns
Near Décines-Charpieu, 85.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 16 collèges and 8 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Décines-Charpieu. Décines-Charpieu grades C− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #98 of 115 in Rhône. 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 about the schools near Décines-Charpieu
Strong collèges, weaker lycées
Around Décines-Charpieu, the lycées do better than those of 3% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 54%. 89% passed the general and technological bac (−4.2 pts against the expected rate), and 83.9% the brevet (+2.2 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Lamartine beats its expected rate
87% of 104 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Lamartine in 2025, 14 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 71.2 at Collège Simone Lagrange to 129.3 at Collège Beth Menahem. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Décines-Charpieu grades C− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The collèges lift Décines-Charpieu; the lycées hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Décines-Charpieu with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 16 collèges (1,911 candidates) and 8 lycées (2,078). 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. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is listed, not graded. A school can count for several towns.
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.
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 20 schools here, 9 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 8 2 points or more below.
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| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LamartineBrevet · Public | 77.4 | 87% | +14 pts |
| Collège Gilbert ChabrouxBrevet · Public | 85.8 | 88% | +12 pts |
| Collège les IrisBrevet · Public | 83 | 96% | +12 pts |
| Collège Aimé CésaireBrevet · Public | 76.9 | 91% | +7 pts |
| Collège Georges BrassensBrevet · Public | 88.4 | 88% | +5 pts |
| Collège Henri BarbusseBrevet · Public | 79.4 | 85% | +5 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private | 117.6 | 97% | +4 pts |
| Collège Simone LagrangeBrevet · Public | 71.2 | 75% | +3 pts |
| Collège Pierre ValdoBrevet · Public | 80.2 | 74% | +2 pts |
| Collège Évariste GaloisBrevet · Public | 101.2 | 88% | +1 pt |
| Collège Joliot CurieBrevet · Public | 78.5 | 74% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Olivier de SerresBrevet · Public | 106.6 | 86% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Jacques DuclosBrevet · Public | 81 | 76% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charlie ChaplinBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 109.2 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Frédéric FaÿsBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 88.9 | 87% | −2 pts |
| Collège les ServizièresBrevet · Public | 101.1 | 80% | −4 pts |
| Collège Léonard de VinciBrevet · Public | 123.2 | 86% | −5 pts |
| Lycée Jean-Paul SartreBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 112.7 | 92% | −5 pts |
| Collège Maryse BastiéBrevet · Public | 97 | 77% | −7 pts |
| Lycée Robert DoisneauBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 83.6 | 76% | −10 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.
The schools within 5 km of Décines-Charpieu
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.
Points: the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
17 collèges and 8 lycées within 5 km of Décines-Charpieu
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 8 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Show all 17 collèges
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.
Décines-Charpieu and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
| Town | Schools | Brevet | Bac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Décines-Charpieu 16 collèges · 8 lycées | C− | 84% | 86% |
| Vaulx-en-Velin 29 collèges · 17 lycées · 1.9 mi | C | 88% | 88% |
| Chassieu 15 collèges · 3 lycées · 1.9 mi | C | 88% | 90% |
| Meyzieu 9 collèges · 1 lycée · 2.1 mi | C | 89% | 92% |
| Bron 33 collèges · 31 lycées · 3.1 mi | C | 88% | 88% |
| Genas 7 collèges · 0 lycées · 3.4 mi | B | 90% | —1 |
| Villeurbanne 50 collèges · 50 lycées · 3.6 mi | B− | 91% | 92% |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Genas has the best-graded schools nearby (B). Towns within 10 km of each other share some of the same schools.
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.
Questions about schools near Décines-Charpieu
Are the schools near Décines-Charpieu good?
They grade C−, better than those around 24% of compared French towns and #98 of 115 in Rhône. In 2025, 83.9% of the 1,911 candidates at the 16 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.2 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 85.6% of 2,078 candidates passed the bac (−3.9 pts).
Which collège near Décines-Charpieu does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Lamartine (public, 2.4 mi): 87% of 104 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +14 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 Décines-Charpieu does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel les Canuts (public, 2 mi): 89% of 88 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 Décines-Charpieu?
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 Décines-Charpieu graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Décines-Charpieu 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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