The collèges and lycées around Saint-Fons trail those around 56% of compared French towns on results
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Fons, 89.2% passed the bac, below both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 27 collèges and 29 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Saint-Fons. Saint-Fons grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #70 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).
Around Saint-Fons, the lycées do better than those of 12% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 78%. 92% passed the general and technological bac (−3 pts against the expected rate), and 89.3% the brevet (+3.8 pts). School Grade ↓
Collège Marcel Pagnol beats its expected rate
100% of 68 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Marcel Pagnol in 2025, 16 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
8 of the 29 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 69.1 at Collège Elsa Triolet to 147.6 at Collège de la cité scolaire internationale. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Saint-Fons grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (89.3%, +3.8 pts)Better than 78% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (89.2%, −2.6 pts)Better than 12% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Saint-Fons; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 29 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 16 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 15 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 Saint-Fons with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 27 collèges (3,486 candidates) and 29 lycées (4,708). 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 42 schools here, 20 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 15 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Marcel PagnolBrevet · Public
85.2
100%
+16 pts
Collège Elsa TrioletBrevet · Public
69.1
82%
+15 pts
Collège la ClavelièreBrevet · Public
92.6
89%
+15 pts
Collège Victor GrignardBrevet · Public
87.5
95%
+14 pts
Collège Théodore MonodBrevet · Public
87
96%
+14 pts
Collège Jules MicheletBrevet · Public
72.1
90%
+13 pts
Collège AlainBrevet · Public
73
86%
+11 pts
Collège Henri LongchambonBrevet · Public
78.2
87%
+9 pts
Collège Gabriel RossetBrevet · Public
80.5
89%
+7 pts
Collège Professeur DargentBrevet · Public
105.6
93%
+5 pts
Collège Notre-Dame du Bon ConseilBrevet · Private
125.5
100%
+4 pts
Collège Louis AragonBrevet · Public
78.2
79%
+3 pts
Collège Simone VeilBrevet · Public
92.1
89%
+3 pts
Collège Saint-Louis de la GuillotièreBrevet · Private
127.7
100%
+3 pts
Collège la XavièreBrevet · Private
116.8
99%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-Thomas d'AquinBrevet · Private
137.1
99%
+2 pts
Collège Pierre Termier - Site MontplaisirBrevet · Private
142.8
100%
+2 pts
Collège LestonnacBrevet · Private
139.5
100%
+2 pts
Lycée La MacheBac, gen. & tech. · Private
136.8
100%
+2 pts
Lycée des ChassagnesBac, gen. & tech. · Private
128.4
100%
+2 pts
Collège les ChassagnesBrevet · Private
119.3
96%
+1 pt
Annexe du lycée Saint-Thomas d'Aquin VeritasBac, gen. & tech. · Private
139.9
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Assomption BellevueBac, gen. & tech. · Private
136.8
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Chevreul LestonnacBac, gen. & tech. · Private
142.8
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Pierre TermierBac, gen. & tech. · Private
142.2
100%
±0 pts
Collège Alice GuyBrevet · Public
83.5
76%
−1 pt
Cité scolaire internationaleBac, gen. & tech. · Public
135.3
97%
−1 pt
Collège Assomption BellevueBrevet · Private
134.9
93%
−2 pts
Lycée La XavièreBac, gen. & tech. · Private
123.1
97%
−2 pts
Collège Paul ÉluardBrevet · Public
75.6
72%
−3 pts
Collège Honoré de BalzacBrevet · Public
82
77%
−3 pts
Collège Jean MermozBrevet · Public
85.7
70%
−3 pts
Collège Daisy Georges MartinBrevet · Public
106.9
83%
−3 pts
Lycée Docteur Charles MérieuxBac, gen. & tech. · Public
114.7
92%
−3 pts
Lycée Auguste et Louis LumièreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
93.6
89%
−4 pts
Lycée La Martinière MonplaisirBac, gen. & tech. · Public
93.1
88%
−4 pts
Lycée Parc ChabrièresBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.4
88%
−6 pts
Lycée ColbertBac, gen. & tech. · Public
103.5
85%
−7 pts
Lycée Marcel SembatBac, gen. & tech. · Public
84.9
77%
−9 pts
Collège Jean GionoBrevet · Public
104.5
74%
−10 pts
Lycée polyvalent Jacques BrelBac, gen. & tech. · Public
81.2
76%
−11 pts
Collège Frédéric MistralBrevet · Public
89
69%
−15 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 Saint-Fons
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 Saint-FonsSize: 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
29 collèges and 30 lycées within 5 km of Saint-Fons
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. 27 collèges and 29 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges29 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Saint-Fons9 · no results published by school
Ecole maternelle Rosa Parks
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Vallès
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Rosa Parks
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire Simone de Beauvoir
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre Dame des Fontaines
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire Salvador Allende
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire Maison des 3 Espaces
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole Primaire Simone Veil
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Jean Guéhenno
Primary school · Public · 1.1 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
Saint-Fons and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Irigny 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 44% of compared French towns and #70 of 115 in Rhône. In 2025, 89.3% of the 3,486 candidates at the 27 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+3.8 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 89.2% of 4,708 candidates passed the bac (−2.6 pts).
Which collège near Saint-Fons does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Marcel Pagnol (public, 2 mi): 100% of 68 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +16 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 Saint-Fons does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Orsel (private, 2.4 mi): 98% of 55 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +5 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Saint-Fons?
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 Saint-Fons graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Saint-Fons has 9 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.