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Schools near Bessancourt · DEPP, 2025

The collèges and lycées around Bessancourt trail those around 89% of compared French towns on results

Near Bessancourt, 85.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). 10 collèges and 2 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Bessancourt. Bessancourt grades D for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #48 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. The social position index (IPS) is shown, not graded.

84%passed the brevet90%passed the bac#48of 76 in Val-d'Oise
Within 5 km
10 + 2
collèges + lycées in the grade
Brevet pass rate
84.3%
of 1,458 candidates at 15 · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 87.5%
Bac, general & technological
90.0%
of 631 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 96.0%
Vocational bac
68.0%
of 149 candidates · 2025
Median of compared French towns: 83.3%

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 · In brief

What stands out about the schools near Bessancourt

+10points above the expected rate at Collège Le Petit Bois92–145social position index across the collèges (France ≈ 100)

Collège Le Petit Bois beats its expected rate

87% of 99 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Le Petit Bois in 2025, 10 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 92.3 at Collège Louis Aragon to 145 at Collège Le Rosaire. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓

Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.

School Grade

Bessancourt grades D for schools

Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.

Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (84.3%, −3.4 pts)Better than 26% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (85.8%, −6.5 pts)Better than 1% of compared French towns

The collèges lift Bessancourt; the lycées hold it back.

Each of the 10 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)70%75%80%85%90%95%100%Average French school 86.9%Collège Louis Aragon: 71% · −9 ptsCollège Jacques-Yves Cousteau: 78% · −8 ptsCollège Le Carré Sainte-Honorine: 79% · −6 ptsCollège Maubuisson: 81% · −8 ptsCollège Wanda Landowska: 82% · −7 ptsCollège Georges Brassens: 85% · −1 ptCollège Montesquieu: 87% · −1 ptCollège Le Petit Bois: 87% · +10 ptsCollège Cécile Sorel: 94% · −2 ptsCollège Le Rosaire: 99% · +1 pt
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)85%90%95%100%Average French school 96.0%Lycée Louis Jouvet: 90% · −4 ptsLycée Jacques Prévert: 90% · −6 pts
The lycée: % passing the vocational bac (2025)65%70%75%80%85%Average French school 84.4%Lycée Louis Jouvet: 68% · −13 pts
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 Bessancourt with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 10 collèges (1,458 candidates) and 2 lycées (780). 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 index65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%8090100110120130140150Social position index →typical French schoolCollège Maubuisson: 81%, IPS 110.6 · −8 ptsCollège Georges Brassens: 85%, IPS 105.3 · −1 ptCollège Le Carré Sainte-Honorine: 79%, IPS 106.4 · −6 ptsCollège Montesquieu: 87%, IPS 113.9 · −1 ptCollège Wanda Landowska: 82%, IPS 116.4 · −7 ptsCollège Jacques-Yves Cousteau: 78%, IPS 107.3 · −8 ptsCollège Cécile Sorel: 94%, IPS 121.8 · −2 ptsCollège Le Rosaire: 99%, IPS 145 · +1 ptCollège Le Petit Bois: 87%, IPS 98.2 · +10 ptsCollège Louis Aragon: 71%, IPS 92.3 · −9 ptsCollège Le Petit BoisCollège Louis AragonCollège Maubuisson
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 10 schools here, 1 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 6 2 points or more below.

Show as a table
SchoolIPSPass rateValue added (points)
Collège Le Petit BoisBrevet · Public98.287%+10 pts
Collège Le RosaireBrevet · Private14599%+1 pt
Collège Georges BrassensBrevet · Public105.385%−1 pt
Collège MontesquieuBrevet · Public113.987%−1 pt
Collège Cécile SorelBrevet · Public121.894%−2 pts
Collège Le Carré Sainte-HonorineBrevet · Public106.479%−6 pts
Collège Wanda LandowskaBrevet · Public116.482%−7 pts
Collège MaubuissonBrevet · Public110.681%−8 pts
Collège Jacques-Yves CousteauBrevet · Public107.378%−8 pts
Collège Louis AragonBrevet · Public92.371%−9 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 Bessancourt

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.

Ecole élémentaire Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · PublicEcole maternelle Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · PublicEcole primaire Lamartine · PublicEcole primaire Simone Veil · PublicCollège Maubuisson · Public · 81% brevet · −8 ptsLycée Louis Jouvet · Public · 90% general and technological bac · −4 ptsCollège Georges Brassens · Public · 85% brevet · −1 ptLycée Jacques Prévert · Public · 90% general and technological bac · −6 ptsCollège Le Carré Sainte-Honorine · Public · 79% brevet · −6 ptsCollège Montesquieu · Public · 87% brevet · −1 ptCollège Wanda Landowska · Public · 82% brevet · −7 ptsCollège Jacques-Yves Cousteau · Public · 78% brevet · −8 ptsCollège Cécile Sorel · Public · 94% brevet · −2 ptsCollège Le Rosaire · Private · 99% brevet · +1 ptCollège Le Petit Bois · Public · 87% brevet · +10 ptsCollège Louis Aragon · Public · 71% brevet · −9 ptsBessancourt© OpenStreetMap contributors
CollègeLycéePrimary school in BessancourtSize: 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 2 lycées within 5 km of Bessancourt

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 2 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.

Primary schools in Bessancourt4 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Lamartine
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire Simone Veil
Primary school · Public · 0.3 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

Bessancourt and the towns around it

Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.

Frépillon: D for schoolsTaverny: D for schoolsBeauchamp: D for schoolsMéry-sur-Oise: D for schoolsSaint-Leu-la-Forêt: D for schoolsMériel: D for schoolsFrépillonTavernyBeauchampMéry-sur-OiseSaint-Leu-la-ForêtMérielBessancourt
TownSchoolsBrevetBac
Bessancourt
10 collèges · 2 lycées		D84%86%
Frépillon
8 collèges · 2 lycées · 0.9 mi		D84%86%
Taverny
17 collèges · 7 lycées · 1.3 mi		D82%86%
Beauchamp
20 collèges · 7 lycées · 1.8 mi		D83%86%
Méry-sur-Oise
6 collèges · 3 lycées · 2.1 mi		D85%83%
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
23 collèges · 10 lycées · 2.3 mi		D84%88%
Mériel
7 collèges · 1 lycée · 2.5 mi		D87%91%

Méry-sur-Oise has the best-graded schools nearby (D). 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

  • 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.

How the School Grade works in France →

Questions about schools near Bessancourt

Are the schools near Bessancourt good?

They grade D, better than those around 11% of compared French towns and #48 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025, 84.3% of the 1,458 candidates at the 10 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−3.4 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 85.8% of 780 candidates passed the bac (−6.5 pts).

Which collège near Bessancourt does best?

Against the expected rate, Collège Le Petit Bois (public, 2.6 mi): 87% of 99 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +10 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 Bessancourt does best?

Against the expected rate, Lycée Louis Jouvet (public, 1.3 mi): 90% of 325 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, −4 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.

How do children get a place at a collège near Bessancourt?

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 Bessancourt graded?

No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Bessancourt has 4 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.