The collèges and lycées around Cesson trail those around 80% of compared French towns on results
82.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Cesson, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). 10 collèges and 7 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Cesson. Cesson grades C− for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #45 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 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).
Collège Jean de La Fontaine beats its expected rate
83% of 132 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Jean de La Fontaine in 2025, 8 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 77.7 at Collège Fréderic Chopin to 132.2 at Collège Nazareth. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Cesson grades C− for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (82.6%, −2.2 pts)Better than 26% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (91.4%, −1.6 pts)Better than 22% of compared French towns
Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 6 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 4 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 Cesson with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 10 collèges (1,391 candidates) and 7 lycées (1,868). 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 16 schools here, 2 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 10 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Jean de La FontaineBrevet · Public
79.1
83%
+8 pts
Collège les CapucinsBrevet · Public
86.7
87%
+5 pts
Collège NazarethBrevet · Private
132.2
98%
+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Saint-AspaisBac, gen. & tech. · Private
138.4
100%
+1 pt
Lycée George SandBac, gen. & tech. · Public
96.9
93%
±0 pts
Collège La Grange du BoisBrevet · Public
99
87%
−1 pt
Collège Robert BuronBrevet · Public
97.7
85%
−2 pts
Lycée Pierre Mendès FranceBac, gen. & tech. · Public
100.6
92%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Sonia DelaunayBac, gen. & tech. · Public
120.5
95%
−3 pts
Collège le grand parcBrevet · Public
118
84%
−4 pts
Collège Elsa TrioletBrevet · Public
84.2
73%
−4 pts
Lycée Jacques AmyotBac, gen. & tech. · Public
108.8
90%
−4 pts
Collège Louis ArmandBrevet · Public
88.5
72%
−6 pts
Collège Jean VilarBrevet · Public
109.9
83%
−7 pts
Lycée polyvalent Léonard de VinciBac, gen. & tech. · Public
90.1
83%
−7 pts
Collège Fréderic ChopinBrevet · Public
77.7
67%
−8 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 Cesson
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 CessonSize: 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
10 collèges and 7 lycées within 5 km of Cesson
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. 10 collèges and 7 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges10 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Cesson9 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Jules Ferry
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire Paul-Emile Victor
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint-Paul
Primary school · Private · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean de La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean de La Fontaine
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole maternelle Jacques Prévert
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jacques Prévert
Primary school · Public · 0.7 mi
Ecole primaire Jules Verne
Primary school · Public · 1.2 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
Cesson and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Boissise-le-Roi has the best-graded schools nearby (C). 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 20% of compared French towns and #45 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025, 82.6% of the 1,391 candidates at the 10 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.2 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 91.4% of 1,868 candidates passed the bac (−1.6 pts).
Which collège near Cesson does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Jean de La Fontaine (public, 1.9 mi): 83% of 132 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +8 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 Cesson does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent Saint-Aspais (private, 3 mi): 100% of 370 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Cesson?
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 Cesson graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Cesson has 9 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.
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