Collège Voltaire
Sorgues, Vaucluse
Schools around Sorgues C better than 27% of compared French towns
Collège Voltaire teaches pupils from less advantaged homes than at 91% of French collèges (IPS 83.4), and 76% passed the brevet.
- 76% of its 95 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 13% of French collèges.
- That is −3 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 3 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 83.4, less advantaged than at 91% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 3rd of the 5 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 4 towns, Sorgues among them (every graded town within 5 km).
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.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Voltaire is marked.
Pass rate 76%
Higher than at 14% of them.
Value added −3 pts
Higher than at 37% 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 Vaucluse’s collèges
2025The 53 collèges in Vaucluse: 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.
Show as a table
| School | IPS | Pass rate | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anselme Mathieu | 62.9 | 83% | +17 pts |
| Collège Joseph Viala | 96.9 | 97% | +14 pts |
| Collège Marie Rivier | 111 | 98% | +11 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc | 102.1 | 98% | +9 pts |
| Collège Joseph Roumanille | 72.2 | 70% | +9 pts |
| Collège La Salle - site Montesquieu | 93.7 | 97% | +9 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame | 128.3 | 100% | +9 pts |
| Collège Gérard Philipe | 77 | 80% | +8 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean le Baptiste | 102.4 | 93% | +7 pts |
| Collège Marie Pila (Garçons) | 117.9 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège Saint-Charles | 117.4 | 99% | +6 pts |
| Collège François Raspail | 87.5 | 89% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Louis | 121.9 | 98% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Michel - Ensemble scolaire Saint-Jean-Paul II | 123 | 100% | +4 pts |
| Collège Jules Verne | 73.7 | 78% | +4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle | 121.8 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège Champfleury | 121.6 | 98% | +3 pts |
| Collège Paul Gauthier | 72.5 | 80% | +3 pts |
| Collège Jean Bouin | 99.1 | 90% | +3 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame du Bon accueil | 121.1 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège Marie Pila (Filles) | 117.2 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Collège Frédéric Mistral | 85.8 | 80% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jean Garcin | 109.4 | 93% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Marcel Pagnol | 100.6 | 88% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Alphonse Tavan | 83.2 | 76% | −1 pt |
| Collège Marie Mauron | 115.2 | 93% | −1 pt |
| Collège Denis Diderot | 89.5 | 83% | −1 pt |
| Collège du pays des Sorgues | 114.8 | 95% | −1 pt |
| Collège Charles de Gaulle | 97 | 81% | −3 pts |
| Collège le Luberon | 113.8 | 92% | −3 pts |
| Collège Voltaire | 83.4 | 76% | −3 pts |
| Collège Joseph d'Arbaud | 104 | 88% | −3 pts |
| Collège Henri Boudon | 94.5 | 81% | −4 pts |
| Collège Paul Éluard | 83.5 | 72% | −4 pts |
| Collège Jean Henri Fabre | 86.9 | 77% | −4 pts |
| Collège André Malraux | 105.8 | 88% | −4 pts |
| Collège Vallée du Calavon | 113.3 | 87% | −5 pts |
| Collège Charles Doche | 110.9 | 87% | −5 pts |
| Collège Victor Schoelcher | 109.9 | 86% | −5 pts |
| Collège Arausio | 96.7 | 79% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jean Brunet | 68.3 | 63% | −7 pts |
| Collège Joseph Vernet | 87.5 | 69% | −7 pts |
| Collège Alphonse Silve | 94.9 | 79% | −7 pts |
| Collège Albert Camus | 116.1 | 88% | −7 pts |
| Collège Anne Frank | 109.1 | 79% | −8 pts |
| Collège Lou Vignares | 105.5 | 84% | −8 pts |
| Collège Clovis Hugues | 101.4 | 76% | −9 pts |
| Collège Saint-Exupéry | 100.1 | 80% | −10 pts |
| Collège Alphonse Daudet | 72.2 | 61% | −10 pts |
| Collège Vallis Aeria | 90.5 | 72% | −10 pts |
| Collège Barbara Hendricks | 78.1 | 67% | −11 pts |
| Collège Jean Giono | 94.7 | 72% | −12 pts |
| Collège Rosa Parks | 86.6 | 66% | −14 pts |
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Voltaire, 76% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 79%. The difference, −3 pts, is its value added: its pupils pass less often than 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 Collège Voltaire
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Sorgues
Cost of living in Sorgues →Houses €2,726/m² · Apartments €1,634/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
6 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Sorgues, Vaucluse
Questions about Collège Voltaire
What is the IPS of Collège Voltaire?
83.4 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.
Is Collège Voltaire a good school?
In 2025, 76% of its 95 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −3 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Voltaire?
A state collège takes the children of its catchment area (secteur), set by the département council; families can ask the académie for an exception (dérogation).
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.