Lycée général privé Barral
Castres, Tarn
Schools around Castres C+ better than 44% of compared French towns
99% of 114 candidates at Lycée général privé Barral passed the general & technological bac in 2025, above the average French school (96.0%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (±0 pts against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 129.1, more advantaged than at 77% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 2nd of the 7 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 2 towns, Castres among them (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Barral is marked.
Pass rate 99%
Higher than at 80% of them.
Value added ±0 pts
Higher than at 59% of them: the shaded bars.
One year of results: the ministry’s file has the 2025 session only. With under 30 candidates, one pupil moves the rate several points.
Side by side with Tarn’s lycées
2025The 12 lycées with the general & technological bac in Tarn: further right, more advantaged pupils; higher, more passed. Backgrounds explain much of the spread, which is why value added, the colour, is the fairer comparison.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Général et Technologique Privé Sainte-Cécile | 112.1 | 100% | +3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Amboise | 129.3 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis Rascol | 112.5 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Jaurès | 105.4 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général Las Cases | 127 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général Bellevue | 120.7 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général Lapérouse | 127.7 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général privé Barral | 129.1 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Victor Hugo | 119.2 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame | 116.2 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent La Borde Basse | 111.3 | 96% | −1 pt |
| Cité scolaire de Mazamet- Lycée général et technologique Maréchal Soult | 102 | 94% | −1 pt |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25The social position index (IPS) sums up pupils’ family backgrounds from their parents’ occupations. Around 100 is typical; higher means more advantaged homes (from about 50 to 160). Shown, never graded.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Barral, 99% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 99%. The difference, ±0 pts, is its value added: its pupils do about as well as similar pupils elsewhere.
A school with advantaged pupils passes nearly everyone, whatever it does; one with disadvantaged pupils can teach very well and still pass fewer. Value added takes the pupils out of the comparison. Near 100% the measure has little room: a school expected to pass 99% can’t show much above it.
French schools get no letter of their own: the ministry’s value added is the fairer measure, shown as it is. A town’s School Grade blends the pass rates and value added of every collège and lycée within 5 km of it.
Living near Lycée général privé Barral
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Castres
Cost of living in Castres →Houses €1,602/m² · Apartments €1,721/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
12 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Castres, Tarn
Questions about Lycée général privé Barral
Is Lycée général privé Barral a good school?
In 2025, 99% of its 114 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is ±0 pts: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée général privé Barral?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Lycée général privé Barral?
129.1 in 2024–25. The social position index sums up pupils’ family backgrounds; around 100 is typical. TownRatings shows it for context and never grades it.
Sources: Ministry of Education (DEPP), value added of collèges (IVAC) and lycées (IVAL), 2025 session · DEPP, social position index (IPS), 2024–25 · Ministry of Education, school directory (annuaire de l’éducation) · DVF property sales. All under the Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab). Updated November 4, 2026.
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.