Photo: Metilsteiner · CC BY-SA 3.0The collèges and lycées around Sargé-lès-le-Mans outscore those around 60% of compared French towns
Near Sargé-lès-le-Mans, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). 13 collèges and 6 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Sargé-lès-le-Mans. Sargé-lès-le-Mans grades B for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #12 of 34 in Sarthe. 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 Sargé-lès-le-Mans
Collège Maupertuis - Saint-Benoît beats its expected rate
89% of 54 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Maupertuis - Saint-Benoît in 2025, 16 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
4 of the 13 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 63 at Collège Costa-Gavras to 133.7 at Collège Saint-Julien. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Sargé-lès-le-Mans grades B for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Sargé-lès-le-Mans with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 13 collèges (1,297 candidates) and 6 lycées (1,613). 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.
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 17 schools here, 4 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 6 2 points or more below.
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| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maupertuis - Saint-BenoîtBrevet · Private | 85.9 | 89% | +16 pts |
| Collège Costa-GavrasBrevet · Public | 63 | 62% | +10 pts |
| Collège les MûriersBrevet · Private | 133.2 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège Léon TolstoïBrevet · Public | 83.9 | 74% | +2 pts |
| Collège Saint-JulienBrevet · Private | 133.7 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jean CocteauBrevet · Public | 99.2 | 89% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Psallette Saint-VincentBrevet · Private | 117.8 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Charles-Sainte-CroixBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 126.5 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Notre-DameBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 128.7 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Collège BerthelotBrevet · Public | 102.4 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Lycée MontesquieuBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 133.7 | 98% | −1 pt |
| Collège PasteurBrevet · Public | 116.4 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Collège la MadeleineBrevet · Public | 108.7 | 91% | −2 pts |
| Lycée BellevueBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 121.5 | 95% | −3 pts |
| Collège Roger VercelBrevet · Public | 117.2 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jean de l'ÉpineBrevet · Public | 103.4 | 83% | −7 pts |
| Collège Joseph WeismannBrevet · Public | 103.7 | 80% | −9 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 Sargé-lès-le-Mans
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.
13 collèges and 6 lycées within 5 km of Sargé-lès-le-Mans
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. 13 collèges and 6 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Show all 13 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.
Sargé-lès-le-Mans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans 13 collèges · 6 lycées | B | 88% | 97% |
| Yvré-l'Évêque 9 collèges · 5 lycées · 1.8 mi | C− | 84% | 91% |
| Coulaines 19 collèges · 9 lycées · 1.8 mi | B | 88% | 95% |
| Le Mans 24 collèges · 11 lycées · 3.2 mi | B− | 87% | 94% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 0 collèges · 0 lycées · 3.8 mi | — | — | — |
| Champagné 2 collèges · 0 lycées · 4.1 mi | B− | 90% | —1 |
| Saint-Saturnin 2 collèges · 1 lycée · 4.1 mi | A− | 90% | 95% |
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Saint-Saturnin has the best-graded schools nearby (A−). 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 Sargé-lès-le-Mans
Are the schools near Sargé-lès-le-Mans good?
They grade B, better than those around 60% of compared French towns and #12 of 34 in Sarthe. In 2025, 87.8% of the 1,297 candidates at the 13 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (as expected against the expected rate). At the lycées, 96.8% of 1,613 candidates passed the bac (−0.6 pts).
Which collège near Sargé-lès-le-Mans does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Maupertuis - Saint-Benoît (private, 2.9 mi): 89% of 54 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 Sargé-lès-le-Mans does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Joseph Roussel (private, 2.8 mi): 99% of 85 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 Sargé-lès-le-Mans?
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 Sargé-lès-le-Mans graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Sargé-lès-le-Mans has 3 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).
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