Lycée Cognacq-Jay
Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise
Schools around Argenteuil D better than 14% of compared French towns
87% of 133 candidates at Lycée Cognacq-Jay passed the vocational bac in 2025, above the average French school (84.4%).
- That is about what pupils with these backgrounds usually get (−1 pt against the expected rate).
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 99.2, more advantaged than at 78% of French lycées with the vocational bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 12th of the 28 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 13 towns, Argenteuil 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 1,874 lycées with the vocational bac with published 2025 results; Cognacq-Jay is marked.
Pass rate 87%
Higher than at 59% of them.
Value added −1 pt
Higher than at 48% 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 Val-d'Oise’s lycées
2025Among the 35 lycées with the vocational bac in Val-d'Oise, Cognacq-Jay sits near the middle on both counts: its pupils’ backgrounds are close to France’s average, and its pass rate is about what that predicts.
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 Cognacq-Jay, 87% of candidates passed the vocational bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 88%. The difference, −1 pt, 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 Cognacq-Jay
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Argenteuil
Cost of living in Argenteuil →Houses €3,816/m² · Apartments €3,116/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
80 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise
Questions about Lycée Cognacq-Jay
Is Lycée Cognacq-Jay a good school?
In 2025, 87% of its 133 candidates passed the vocational bac (the average French school: 84.4%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −1 pt: about what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée Cognacq-Jay?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Lycée Cognacq-Jay?
99.2 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.