The collèges and lycées around Jacob-Bellecombette get lower results than those around 62% of compared French towns
12 collèges and 9 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Jacob-Bellecombette. Jacob-Bellecombette grades C+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #19 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 Jacob-Bellecombette
Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Geneviève - Assomption Chambéry beats its expected rate
96% of 81 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Geneviève - Assomption Chambéry in 2025, 4 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
3 of the 12 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 77.2 at Collège Côte Rousse 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.
Jacob-Bellecombette grades C+ 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 Jacob-Bellecombette with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 12 collèges (1,476 candidates) and 9 lycées (2,203). 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, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 9 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 privé Saint-François de SalesBrevet · Private | 131.5 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Collège Jean MermozBrevet · Public | 112.2 | 96% | +2 pts |
| Collège Henry BordeauxBrevet · Public | 113.2 | 95% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Ambroise - Assomption ChambéryBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 137.9 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège J. et X. de MaistreBrevet · Public | 120.2 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique VaugelasBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 130.3 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis ArmandBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 119.5 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique du GranierBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 123.9 | 96% | −2 pts |
| Collège de BissyBrevet · Public | 117.2 | 90% | −3 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame du RocherBrevet · Private | 127 | 91% | −4 pts |
| Collège Edmond RostandBrevet · Public | 113.9 | 92% | −5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent MongeBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 119.4 | 92% | −5 pts |
| Collège Côte RousseBrevet · Public | 77.2 | 73% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public | 104.1 | 82% | −7 pts |
| Collège Louise de SavoieBrevet · Public | 107.3 | 80% | −11 pts |
| Collège de BoigneBrevet · Public | 115.1 | 80% | −11 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 Jacob-Bellecombette
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.
12 collèges and 9 lycées within 5 km of Jacob-Bellecombette
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. 12 collèges and 9 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.
Jacob-Bellecombette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob-Bellecombette 12 collèges · 9 lycées | C+ | 89% | 95% |
| Cognin 9 collèges · 8 lycées · 1 mi | C+ | 88% | 95% |
| Chambéry 13 collèges · 10 lycées · 1.5 mi | C+ | 89% | 95% |
| Barberaz 11 collèges · 10 lycées · 1.6 mi | C+ | 90% | 94% |
| Bassens 12 collèges · 10 lycées · 2 mi | C+ | 89% | 94% |
| Saint-Baldoph 7 collèges · 9 lycées · 2.4 mi | B− | 91% | 94% |
| La Ravoire 10 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.4 mi | C+ | 89% | 94% |
Saint-Baldoph 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 Jacob-Bellecombette
Are the schools near Jacob-Bellecombette good?
They grade C+, better than those around 38% of compared French towns and #19 of 34 in Savoie. In 2025, 88.9% of the 1,476 candidates at the 12 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−3 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 94.5% of 2,203 candidates passed the bac (−1.7 pts).
Which collège near Jacob-Bellecombette does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège privé Notre-Dame de la Villette (private, 1.8 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 Jacob-Bellecombette does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Geneviève - Assomption Chambéry (private, 0.9 mi): 96% of 81 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 Jacob-Bellecombette?
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 Jacob-Bellecombette graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Jacob-Bellecombette 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 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.