The collèges and lycées around Villefranche-sur-Saône get better results than those around 71% of compared French towns
96.6% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Villefranche-sur-Saône, above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 6 collèges and 5 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Villefranche-sur-Saône. Villefranche-sur-Saône grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #31 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 Villefranche-sur-Saône
90% of 69 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Jean Moulin in 2025, 9 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
1 of the 6 collèges within 5 km is private, under contract with the state: it teaches the national curriculum and its pupils sit the same brevet. It counts 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 76.5 at Collège Jean Moulin to 135.1 at Collège Notre-Dame de Mongré. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Villefranche-sur-Saône grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (89.6%, −0.7 pts)Better than 59% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (96.6%, +0.7 pts)Better than 76% of compared French towns
Each of the 6 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 4 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 3 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 Villefranche-sur-Saône with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 6 collèges (797 candidates) and 5 lycées (1,279). 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 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 10 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 3 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public
76.5
90%
+9 pts
Collège Léon-Marie FournetBrevet · Public
107.7
95%
+2 pts
Lycée Notre-DameBac, gen. & tech. · Private
129
100%
+2 pts
Collège Notre-Dame de MongréBrevet · Private
135.1
99%
+1 pt
Lycée Notre-Dame de MongréBac, gen. & tech. · Private
140.3
100%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Louis ArmandBac, gen. & tech. · Public
127
98%
+1 pt
Collège FaubertBrevet · Public
81.8
83%
−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Claude BernardBac, gen. & tech. · Public
101.9
94%
−2 pts
Collège Maurice UtrilloBrevet · Public
94.7
85%
−5 pts
Collège Claude BernardBrevet · Public
96.6
78%
−6 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 Villefranche-sur-Saône
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 Villefranche-sur-SaôneSize: 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
6 collèges and 5 lycées within 5 km of Villefranche-sur-Saône
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. 6 collèges and 5 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges6 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Villefranche-sur-Saône21 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire privée Cours Perrier
Primary school · Private · 0.1 mi
Ecole primaire Lamartine
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Monnet Rolland
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle Anne de Beaujeu
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Claudel-Dumontet
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre Dame
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Macé
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle Françoise Dolto
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Pierre - Les Remparts
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre Dame de Mongré
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Zay
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Fort
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Show all 21 primary schools
Ecole primaire Albert Camus
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Les Sarments
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole maternelle Condorcet
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Pierre Montet
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire Armand Chouffet
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle Paul Eluard
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire Ferdinand Buisson
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole primaire Jacques Prévert
Primary school · Public · 1.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire privée La Plume Bleue
Primary school · Private · 1.4 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
Villefranche-sur-Saône and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Frans 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.
Questions about schools near Villefranche-sur-Saône
Are the schools near Villefranche-sur-Saône good?
They grade B+, better than those around 71% of compared French towns and #31 of 115 in Rhône. In 2025, 89.6% of the 797 candidates at the six collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−0.7 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 96.6% of 1,279 candidates passed the bac (+0.7 pts).
Which collège near Villefranche-sur-Saône does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Jean Moulin (public, 0.4 mi): 90% of 69 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +9 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 Villefranche-sur-Saône does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame (private, 0.1 mi): 98% of 86 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Villefranche-sur-Saône?
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 Villefranche-sur-Saône graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Villefranche-sur-Saône has 21 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.