The collèges and lycées around Vaulx-en-Velin trail those around 67% of compared French towns on results
At the lycées within 5 km of Vaulx-en-Velin, 88.0% passed the bac, below both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 29 collèges and 17 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Vaulx-en-Velin. Vaulx-en-Velin grades C for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #87 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 · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Vaulx-en-Velin
Around Vaulx-en-Velin, the lycées do better than those of 8% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 66%. 90% passed the general and technological bac (−2.8 pts against the expected rate), and 87.6% the brevet (+2.1 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 ↓
Private collèges
8 of the 30 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 71.2 at Collège Simone Lagrange to 140.1 at Collège Notre-Dame de Bellecombe. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Vaulx-en-Velin grades C for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (87.6%, +2.1 pts)Better than 66% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (88.0%, −2.3 pts)Better than 8% of compared French towns
The collèges lift Vaulx-en-Velin; the lycées hold it back.
Each of the 30 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 10 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 11 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 Vaulx-en-Velin with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 29 collèges (3,415 candidates) and 17 lycées (3,595). 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. 2 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 38 schools here, 17 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 13 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
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 Jean MacéBrevet · Public
93.3
88%
+9 pts
Collège Maria CasarèsBrevet · Public
75.8
88%
+9 pts
Collège Aimé CésaireBrevet · Public
76.9
91%
+7 pts
Collège du cinéma - Bertrand Tavernier (ex collège du Tonkin)Brevet · Public
98
98%
+7 pts
Collège Henri BarbusseBrevet · Public
79.4
85%
+5 pts
Collège Georges BrassensBrevet · Public
88.4
88%
+5 pts
Collège Louis JouvetBrevet · Public
94.5
94%
+5 pts
Collège de l'école Juive de LyonBrevet · Private
115
98%
+5 pts
Collège Paul-Émile VictorBrevet · Public
74.9
88%
+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 Notre-Dame de BellecombeBrevet · Private
140.1
98%
+2 pts
Collège LacassagneBrevet · Public
100
89%
+2 pts
Collège Mère TeresaBrevet · Private
107
93%
+1 pt
Collège Charles de FoucauldBrevet · Private
139
100%
+1 pt
Lycée Immaculée ConceptionBac, gen. & tech. · Private
132.4
100%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Camus-SermenazBac, gen. & tech. · Public
89.7
89%
+1 pt
Collège Joliot CurieBrevet · Public
78.5
74%
±0 pts
Lycée Charles de FoucauldBac, gen. & tech. · Private
139.7
100%
±0 pts
Collège Immaculée ConceptionBrevet · Private
130
96%
−1 pt
Lycée LacassagneBac, gen. & tech. · Public
102.8
90%
−1 pt
Collège Jacques DuclosBrevet · Public
81
76%
−2 pts
Collège Pierre Termier - Site MontchatBrevet · Private
128.5
95%
−2 pts
Collège MolièreBrevet · Public
114.8
90%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Frédéric FaÿsBac, gen. & tech. · Public
88.9
87%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Charlie ChaplinBac, gen. & tech. · Public
109.2
93%
−2 pts
Lycée Gilberte et Pierre BrossoletteBac, gen. & tech. · Public
100.1
90%
−3 pts
Collège des Gratte-Ciel - Môrice LerouxBrevet · Public
97.6
75%
−4 pts
Collège Pablo PicassoBrevet · Public
108.3
87%
−4 pts
Lycée Jean-Paul SartreBac, gen. & tech. · Public
112.7
92%
−5 pts
Collège Maryse BastiéBrevet · Public
97
77%
−7 pts
Collège Jean JaurèsBrevet · Public
87.3
71%
−7 pts
Collège BellecombeBrevet · Public
119.6
87%
−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.
Map
The schools within 5 km of Vaulx-en-Velin
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 Vaulx-en-VelinSize: 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
30 collèges and 18 lycées within 5 km of Vaulx-en-Velin
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. 29 collèges and 17 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges30 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Vaulx-en-Velin34 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Federico Garcia Lorca
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Federico Garcia Lorca
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Anton Makarenko
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Anne Frank
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire René Beauverie
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Frédéric Mistral
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Frédéric Mistral
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pasteur Martin Luther King
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Pasteur Martin Luther King B
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Pasteur Martin Luther King A
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Vilar
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Anatole France
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Show all 34 primary schools
Ecole maternelle Anatole France
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Andrée Vienot
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Vilar
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Nouvel Horizon
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Grandclément
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Angelina Courcelles A
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Angelina Courcelles
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Grandclément
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Langevin
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Youri Gagarine
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Le Chat Perché
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pablo Neruda
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Pablo Neruda
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Henri Wallon
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Henri Wallon
Primary school · Public · 1 mi
Ecole primaire Odette Cartailhac
Primary school · Public · 1.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Ambroise Croizat
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Ambroise Croizat
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
ECOLE PRIMAIRE KATHERINE JOHNSON
Primary school · Public · 1.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Pierre et Marie Curie
Primary school · Public · 2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Pierre et Marie Curie
Primary school · Public · 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
Vaulx-en-Velin and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Villeurbanne 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 33% of compared French towns and #87 of 115 in Rhône. In 2025, 87.6% of the 3,415 candidates at the 29 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (+2.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 88.0% of 3,595 candidates passed the bac (−2.3 pts).
Which collège near Vaulx-en-Velin does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Lamartine (public, 1.8 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 Vaulx-en-Velin does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel les Canuts (public, 0.2 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 Vaulx-en-Velin?
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 Vaulx-en-Velin graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Vaulx-en-Velin has 34 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 9, 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.