The collèges and lycées around Pontoise get lower results than those around 90% of compared French towns
Near Pontoise, 87.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). 17 collèges and 12 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Pontoise. Pontoise grades D for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #51 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).
94% of 165 candidates passed the brevet at Collège Les Touleuses in 2025, 5 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
4 of the 17 collèges within 5 km are private, under contract with the state: they teach the national curriculum and their pupils sit the same brevet. They count in the grade like the public ones. Every school ↓
Very different intakes
The collèges within 5 km take pupils from very different homes: the social position index runs from 83.7 at Collège La Justice to 147.3 at Collège Notre-Dame de la Compassion. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Pontoise grades D for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (82.6%, −3.1 pts)Better than 22% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (87.4%, −4.2 pts)Better than 5% of compared French towns
Each of the 17 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 9 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 9 lycées: % passing the vocational bac (2025)
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 Pontoise with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 17 collèges (2,244 candidates) and 12 lycées (2,724). 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 index
Lycées: general and technological bac against social position index
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 26 schools here, 3 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 15 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Les TouleusesBrevet · Public
103.1
94%
+5 pts
Collège VaubanBrevet · Private
127.8
100%
+2 pts
Collège Notre-Dame de la CompassionBrevet · Private
147.3
100%
+2 pts
Collège Saint-Martin de FranceBrevet · Private
143.2
96%
+1 pt
Lycée privé VaubanBac, gen. & tech. · Private
137.7
100%
+1 pt
Collège Jean-Claude ChabanneBrevet · Public
120.8
89%
±0 pts
Collège Saint-StanislasBrevet · Private
138.4
97%
±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent privé Notre-Dame-de-la-CompassionBac, gen. & tech. · Private
146.5
99%
±0 pts
Collège Nicolas FlamelBrevet · Public
89.8
76%
−1 pt
Collège Gérard PhilipeBrevet · Public
83.7
81%
−1 pt
Lycée Saint-Martin de FranceBac, gen. & tech. · Private
142.7
97%
−1 pt
Collège Simone VeilBrevet · Public
84.3
83%
−2 pts
Lycée Camille PissarroBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.6
93%
−2 pts
Lycée polyvalent Jean PerrinBac, gen. & tech. · Public
115.5
92%
−2 pts
Collège Caroline AigleBrevet · Public
93.3
77%
−3 pts
Collège Marcel PagnolBrevet · Public
93.2
73%
−4 pts
Lycée Alfred KastlerBac, gen. & tech. · Public
106.2
88%
−4 pts
Collège Samuel PatyBrevet · Public
120.8
84%
−5 pts
Lycée GaliléeBac, gen. & tech. · Public
108.7
87%
−5 pts
Collège Léonard de VinciBrevet · Public
108.2
75%
−6 pts
Lycée Paul-Émile VictorBac, gen. & tech. · Public
122.5
91%
−6 pts
Lycée Edmond RostandBac, gen. & tech. · Public
102.4
84%
−7 pts
Collège La JusticeBrevet · Public
83.7
66%
−9 pts
Collège Le ParcBrevet · Public
91
65%
−9 pts
Collège La BruyèreBrevet · Public
100.4
70%
−11 pts
Collège Pablo PicassoBrevet · Public
103
69%
−14 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 Pontoise
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.
CollègeLycéePrimary school in PontoiseSize: 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
17 collèges and 12 lycées within 5 km of Pontoise
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. 17 collèges and 12 lycées are in the grade. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges17 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Pontoise21 · no results published by school
Ecole primaire des Lavandières
Primary school · Public · 0.1 mi
Ecole élémentaire Parc Aux Charrettes
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole maternelle Parc aux Charrettes
Primary school · Public · 0.2 mi
Ecole primaire privée Saint Louis
Primary school · Private · 0.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire Paul Cézanne
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Les Cordeliers
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Ludocic Piette
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole maternelle Ludovic Piette
Primary school · Public · 0.4 mi
Ecole primaire privée Les Petites Souris De Montessori
Primary school · Private · 0.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire L'Hermitage
Primary school · Public · 0.5 mi
Ecole maternelle l'Hermitage
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Eugène Ducher
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Show all 21 primary schools
Ecole maternelle Eugène Ducher
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire Gustave Loiseau
Primary school · Public · 0.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire Jean Moulin
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle Jean Moulin
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole primaire privée Jamondeyra
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole primaire privée Zebr'Ailes
Primary school · Private · 1 mi
Ecole maternelle Les Larris
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole élémentaire Les Larris
Primary school · Public · 1.4 mi
Ecole primaire Les Maradas
Primary school · Public · 1.6 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
Pontoise and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
Auvers-sur-Oise has the best-graded schools nearby (C−). 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Primary schools. Not graded: national tests (évaluations nationales) aren’t published school by school. The commune’s primary schools are listed.
They grade D, better than those around 10% of compared French towns and #51 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025, 82.6% of the 2,244 candidates at the 17 collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−3.1 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 87.4% of 2,724 candidates passed the bac (−4.2 pts).
Which collège near Pontoise does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Les Touleuses (public, 1.7 mi): 94% of 165 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +5 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 Pontoise does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée privé Vauban (private, 0.2 mi): 100% of 76 candidates passed the general and technological bac in 2025, +1 pt against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Pontoise?
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 Pontoise graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Pontoise has 21 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 November 4, 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.