Lycée Pierre Mendès France
La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée
Schools around La Roche-sur-Yon B better than 63% of compared French towns
93% of 338 candidates at Lycée Pierre Mendès France passed the general & technological bac in 2025, below the average French school (96.0%).
- That is −2 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 2 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 110.6, less advantaged than at 66% of French lycées with the general & technological bac. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 6th of the 7 lycées within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of La Roche-sur-Yon (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 2,202 lycées with the general & technological bac with published 2025 results; Pierre Mendès France is marked.
Pass rate 93%
Higher than at 21% of them.
Value added −2 pts
Higher than at 24% 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 Vendée’s lycées
2025The 23 lycées with the general & technological bac in Vendée: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Tourtelière | 108.2 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée Jean de Lattre-de-Tassigny | 118.9 | 100% | +2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Colette Le Bret | 109.1 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame | 116.5 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée François Truffaut | 107.9 | 97% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Marie | 114.4 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame | 113.9 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée Jean XXIII | 121.8 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule | 113.1 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Carlo Acutis | 120.3 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame du Roc | 123 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Adeline Boutain | 116.5 | 99% | +1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Saint-Gabriel Saint-Michel | 125.8 | 100% | +1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent François Rabelais | 110.6 | 97% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci | 118.5 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Rosa Parks | 114.6 | 98% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Saint-François d'Assise | 130.9 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Marie du Port | 126.9 | 99% | ±0 pts |
| Lycée Georges Clemenceau | 101.5 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Monnet | 103.7 | 94% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Pierre Mendès France | 110.6 | 93% | −2 pts |
| Lycée Savary de Mauléon | 116.6 | 96% | −2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Atlantique | 103.9 | 90% | −7 pts |
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 Pierre Mendès France, 93% of candidates passed the general & technological bac. For pupils with the same family backgrounds, ages, sex and brevet marks, the ministry expected about 95%. The difference, −2 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 Lycée Pierre Mendès France
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in La Roche-sur-Yon
Cost of living in La Roche-sur-Yon →Houses €2,375/m² · Apartments €2,407/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
13 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée
Questions about Lycée Pierre Mendès France
Is Lycée Pierre Mendès France a good school?
In 2025, 93% of its 338 candidates passed the general & technological bac (the average French school: 96.0%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −2 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Lycée Pierre Mendès France?
State lycée places go through the académie’s Affelnet assignment, which weighs where the family lives, the pupil’s marks and the courses chosen.
What is the IPS of Lycée Pierre Mendès France?
110.6 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 8, 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.