The collèges and lycées around Challes-les-Eaux get lower results than those around 57% of compared French towns
At the lycées within 5 km of Challes-les-Eaux, 91.6% passed the bac, below Savoie’s towns (94.3%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). 6 collèges and 6 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Challes-les-Eaux. Challes-les-Eaux grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #13 of 34 in Savoie. 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 Challes-les-Eaux
Strong collèges, weaker lycées
Around Challes-les-Eaux, the lycées do better than those of 16% of compared French towns, the collèges better than 73%. 94% passed the general and technological bac (−3.5 pts against the expected rate), and 93.6% the brevet (as expected). School Grade ↓
Collège privé Notre-Dame de la Villette beats its expected rate
99% of 112 candidates passed the brevet at Collège privé Notre-Dame de la Villette in 2025, 3 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 6 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 104.1 at Collège Jules Ferry to 131.5 at Collège privé Saint-François de Sales. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Challes-les-Eaux grades C+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
The collèges lift Challes-les-Eaux; the lycées hold it back.
The grade uses every collège and lycée within 5 km of Challes-les-Eaux with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 6 collèges (803 candidates) and 6 lycées (1,131). 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 6 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 2 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre-Dame de la VilletteBrevet · Private | 120.7 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège Jean MermozBrevet · Public | 112.2 | 96% | +2 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-François de SalesBrevet · Private | 131.5 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Collège J. et X. de MaistreBrevet · Public | 120.2 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Edmond RostandBrevet · Public | 113.9 | 92% | −5 pts |
| Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public | 104.1 | 82% | −7 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 Challes-les-Eaux
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.
6 collèges and 6 lycées within 5 km of Challes-les-Eaux
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 6 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
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.
Challes-les-Eaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challes-les-Eaux 6 collèges · 6 lycées | C+ | 94% | 92% |
| La Ravoire 10 collèges · 10 lycées · 1.4 mi | C+ | 89% | 94% |
| Barby 8 collèges · 9 lycées · 1.6 mi | B− | 91% | 94% |
| Saint-Baldoph 7 collèges · 9 lycées · 1.9 mi | B− | 91% | 94% |
| Barberaz 11 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.2 mi | C+ | 90% | 94% |
| Saint-Alban-Leysse 10 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.5 mi | C+ | 89% | 94% |
| Bassens 12 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.9 mi | C+ | 89% | 94% |
Barby 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 Challes-les-Eaux
Are the schools near Challes-les-Eaux good?
They grade C+, better than those around 43% of compared French towns and #13 of 34 in Savoie. In 2025, 93.6% of the 803 candidates at the six collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (as expected against the expected rate). At the lycées, 91.6% of 1,131 candidates passed the bac (−3.6 pts).
Which collège near Challes-les-Eaux does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège privé Notre-Dame de la Villette (private, 1.6 mi): 99% of 112 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +3 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 Challes-les-Eaux does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel la Cardinière (public, 2.6 mi): 87% of 79 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, −1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Challes-les-Eaux?
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 Challes-les-Eaux graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Challes-les-Eaux has 2 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.