The collèges and lycées around Argenteuil trail those around 86% of compared French towns on results
Near Argenteuil, 82.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (82.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). 47 collèges and 25 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Argenteuil. Argenteuil grades D for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #30 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 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 Argenteuil
Collège Claude Monet beats its expected rate
74% of 115 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Claude Monet in 2025, 16 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 70.9 at Collège Claude Monet to 153.6 at Collège Jeanne d'Arc. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
Argenteuil grades D 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 Argenteuil with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 47 collèges (6,624 candidates) and 25 lycées (5,778). 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. 1 school has results but no value added published, so it is listed, not graded. 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 63 schools here, 12 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 33 2 points or more below.
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| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude MonetBrevet · Public | 70.9 | 74% | +16 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louise MichelBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 85.4 | 96% | +11 pts |
| Collège Marguerite DurasBrevet · Public | 85 | 86% | +9 pts |
| Collège Jean VigoBrevet · Public | 76.5 | 78% | +7 pts |
| Collège Guy MôquetBrevet · Public | 84.1 | 85% | +6 pts |
| Collège Sébastienne GuyotBrevet · Public | 82.9 | 78% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-JosephBrevet · Private | 133 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauBrevet · Public | 83.8 | 81% | +3 pts |
| Collège André MalrauxBrevet · Public | 86.2 | 77% | +3 pts |
| Collège Louis HayetBrevet · Public | 116.7 | 88% | +3 pts |
| Collège Sainte-GenevièveBrevet · Private | 132.5 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Notre-DameBrevet · Private | 139.8 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Paul Vaillant-CouturierBrevet · Public | 85.7 | 76% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private | 153.6 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Saint-CharlesBrevet · Private | 149.9 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'ArcBrevet · Private | 133.8 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-ThérèseBrevet · Private | 151.4 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 154.7 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Notre-DameBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 142.3 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'ArcBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 135.3 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Collège CarnotBrevet · Public | 94.3 | 78% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Saint-JosephBac, gen. & tech. · Private | 132.6 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Paulette NardalBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 92.7 | 91% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Albert CamusBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 136.4 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Lucie AubracBrevet · Public | 82.6 | 72% | −1 pt |
| Collège Gabriel PériBrevet · Public | 88.9 | 78% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jean MoulinBrevet · Public | 89.2 | 82% | −1 pt |
| Collège Langevin-WallonBrevet · Public | 105.8 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Julie-Victoire DaubiéBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 89.9 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Lycée Auguste RenoirBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 109.8 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 137.8 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Guy de MaupassantBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 96.7 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Van GoghBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 114 | 92% | −2 pts |
| Collège Henri WallonBrevet · Public | 83.4 | 70% | −3 pts |
| Collège Irène Joliot-CurieBrevet · Public | 80.2 | 72% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges Braque - Lycée des métiers de l'intelligence économique et du managementBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 94.2 | 84% | −3 pts |
| Lycée Philippe KiefferBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 123.9 | 94% | −3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Gustave Monod, Lycée des métiers de l'ingénierie industrielleBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 114.1 | 90% | −3 pts |
| Collège Jean-Baptiste ClémentBrevet · Public | 87.4 | 74% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jacques DaguerreBrevet · Public | 121.8 | 89% | −4 pts |
| Collège Louise WeissBrevet · Public | 122.5 | 85% | −4 pts |
| Collège VoltaireBrevet · Public | 117.1 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège LamartineBrevet · Public | 124.5 | 86% | −5 pts |
| Collège Georges PompidouBrevet · Public | 121.9 | 85% | −5 pts |
| Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public | 127.2 | 88% | −5 pts |
| Collège Jean MermozBrevet · Public | 135.7 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jules FerryBrevet · Public | 123.8 | 85% | −6 pts |
| Collège Les ValléesBrevet · Public | 134.5 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Lycée Jean JaurèsBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 91.3 | 77% | −6 pts |
| Collège Eugénie CottonBrevet · Public | 82.8 | 67% | −7 pts |
| Collège ArianeBrevet · Public | 92.6 | 76% | −7 pts |
| Collège Guy de MaupassantBrevet · Public | 116 | 84% | −7 pts |
| Collège LakanalBrevet · Public | 124.8 | 84% | −8 pts |
| Collège Robert PaparembordeBrevet · Public | 114.1 | 80% | −8 pts |
| Collège Jean-François ClervoyBrevet · Public | 99 | 72% | −8 pts |
| Collège Gay-LussacBrevet · Public | 98.6 | 72% | −9 pts |
| Collège Jean ZayBrevet · Public | 87.8 | 66% | −9 pts |
| Collège PasteurBrevet · Public | 88 | 69% | −9 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBrevet · Public | 90.9 | 73% | −10 pts |
| Collège Les Champs PhilippeBrevet · Public | 121.1 | 84% | −10 pts |
| Collège Moulin JolyBrevet · Public | 91.6 | 66% | −12 pts |
| Collège Auguste RenoirBrevet · Public | 96.2 | 68% | −16 pts |
| Lycée Fernand et Nadia LégerBac, gen. & tech. · Public | 89.2 | 68% | −16 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 Argenteuil
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.
47 collèges and 26 lycées within 5 km of Argenteuil
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. 47 collèges and 25 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Show all 47 collèges
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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.
Argenteuil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argenteuil 47 collèges · 25 lycées | D | 82% | 87% |
| Bezons 51 collèges · 23 lycées · 1.8 mi | C− | 83% | 89% |
| Sannois 42 collèges · 20 lycées · 1.8 mi | D | 83% | 87% |
| Colombes 65 collèges · 35 lycées · 1.9 mi | C− | 84% | 89% |
| Saint-Gratien 45 collèges · 23 lycées · 2.3 mi | C− | 81% | 89% |
| Cormeilles-en-Parisis 38 collèges · 18 lycées · 2.4 mi | D | 82% | 87% |
| Bois-Colombes 69 collèges · 43 lycées · 2.6 mi | C− | 85% | 90% |
Bois-Colombes has the best-graded schools nearby (C−). 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 Argenteuil
Are the schools near Argenteuil good?
They grade D, better than those around 14% of compared French towns and #30 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025, 82.2% of the 6,624 candidates at the 47 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−2.6 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 87.4% of 5,778 candidates passed the bac (−1.5 pts).
Which collège near Argenteuil does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Claude Monet (public, 0.9 mi): 74% of 115 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +16 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 Argenteuil does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée polyvalent Louise Michel (public, 2.8 mi): 96% of 68 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +11 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Argenteuil?
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 Argenteuil graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Argenteuil has 60 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 October 30, 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.