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Collège Saint-Joseph

Collège (ages 11–15)Private (under contract)

Castres, Tarn

Schools around Castres C+ better than 44% of compared French towns

Brevet (DNB)
30 candidates
passed in 2025 · the average French school: 86.9%
Family background (IPS)
104.8
French collèges average 105.2. Shown, never graded
The gist

90% of 30 candidates at Collège Saint-Joseph passed the brevet in 2025; the ministry publishes no value added for it.

  • The ministry publishes no value added for its brevet.
  • Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 104.8, more advantaged than at 52% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
  • It is in no town’s School Grade: that takes a published pass rate and value added.
  • A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.

Results

DEPP · 2025 session

Each bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Saint-Joseph is marked.

Pass rate 90%

Higher than at 60% of them.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%Average school 86.9%Saint-Joseph 90%

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 collèges

2025

The 38 collèges 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. Saint-Joseph isn’t among them: only schools with a published value added are compared.

70%76%82%88%94%100%90100110120130Pupils’ family background (IPS) →Pass rate →
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published
Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added
Collège Alain Fournier101.398%+8 pts
Collège Bon Sauveur124.8100%+7 pts
Collège Eustache de Beaumarchais103.995%+7 pts
Collège Victor Hugo89.294%+6 pts
Collège Saint-Jean110.688%+6 pts
Collège Les Portanelles111.399%+5 pts
Collège Saint-Dominique108.495%+4 pts
Collège Sainte-Marie126.2100%+3 pts
Collège Barral122.399%+3 pts
Collège Notre-Dame111.496%+3 pts
Collège de la Montagne noire103.694%+2 pts
Collège Jeanne d'Arc110.197%+2 pts
Collège du Val Cérou10892%+1 pt
Collège du Montalet91.480%+1 pt
Collège Pierre Suc121.995%+1 pt
Collège Augustin Malroux98.787%±0 pts
Collège Albert Camus105.590%±0 pts
Collège Saint-Joseph de l'Apparition119.293%±0 pts
Collège Renée TAILLEFER106.889%−1 pt
Collège Louis Pasteur91.178%−1 pt
Collège Jacques Durand104.988%−1 pt
Collège Gambetta117.994%−2 pts
Collège Bellevue103.789%−3 pts
Collège La catalanié99.586%−3 pts
Collège Thomas Pesquet82.979%−4 pts
Collège Les Clauzades112.289%−4 pts
Collège Puységur123.988%−4 pts
Collège Aristide Bruant108.388%−5 pts
Collège Jean-Louis Étienne88.976%−5 pts
Collège Louisa Paulin102.987%−5 pts
Collège René Cassin108.989%−5 pts
Collège Jean Jaurès107.184%−6 pts
Collège Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLEZIO118.688%−6 pts
Collège Marcel Pagnol90.574%−6 pts
Collège du Saut de Sabo103.582%−6 pts
Collège Jean Jaurès95.279%−8 pts
Collège Madeleine Cros104.282%−9 pts
Collège Jean Monnet81.572%−12 pts

Who goes here

DEPP · 2024–25

Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 104.8, close to the French average of 105.2: neither more nor less advantaged than most.

How to judge it

Value added, in plain words

Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.

The ministry publishes no value added for this school’s brevet (usually because there are too few candidates), so only its pass rate is shown.

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 nearby

Living near Collège Saint-Joseph

What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.

€1,644/m²
median price per m², 1,418 sales

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 others
1 km2.5 km5 kmNSaint-Joseph
2+ points above the expected rateClose to the expected rate2+ points belowNo value added published

Circles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.

Castres, Tarn

Questions about Collège Saint-Joseph

Is Collège Saint-Joseph a good school?

In 2025, 90% of its 30 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). The ministry publishes no value added for it, so its results can’t be set against its pupils’ backgrounds.

How do pupils get a place at Collège Saint-Joseph?

It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.

What is the IPS of Collège Saint-Joseph?

104.8 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.

Official recordMinistry directory ↗UAI 0810088F

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.