The collèges and lycées around Les Sables-d'Olonne get better results than those around 66% of compared French towns
95.9% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Les Sables-d'Olonne, close to Vendée’s towns (97.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). 3 collèges and 4 lycées with 2025 results and value added are within 5 km (3 miles) of Les Sables-d'Olonne. Les Sables-d'Olonne grades B+ for schools, on their brevet and bac pass rates and value added: #22 of 34 in Vendée. 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 · In brief
What stands out about the schools near Les Sables-d'Olonne
Lycée professionnel Valère Mathé beats its expected rate
97% of 87 candidates passed the vocational bac at Lycée professionnel Valère Mathé in 2025, 6 points more than the ministry expected from its pupils’ backgrounds and ages. Results and background ↓
Private collèges
2 of the 5 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 94.7 at Collège Paul Langevin to 123.7 at Collège Notre-Dame de Bourgenay. It is shown for context and never graded. Results and background ↓
Written from the Ministry of Education (DEPP) data on this page.
School Grade
Les Sables-d'Olonne grades B+ for schools
Against every compared French town with a collège or lycée within 5 km.
Collèges: brevet pass rate and value added (91.4%, −1.9 pts)Better than 59% of compared French towns
Lycées: bac pass rate and value added (95.9%, as expected)Better than 66% of compared French towns
Each of the 5 collèges: % passing the brevet (2025)
Each of the 2 lycées: % passing the general and technological bac (2025)
Each of the 3 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne with 2025 results and value added, public and private under contract: 3 collèges (403 candidates) and 4 lycées (772). 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. 2 schools have results but no value added published, so they are listed, not graded. 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
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 3 schools here, 1 are 2 points or more above the expected rate and 1 2 points or more below.
Show as a table
School
IPS
Pass rate
Value added (points)
Collège Notre-Dame de BourgenayBrevet · Private
123.7
99%
+3 pts
Collège Jean MonnetBrevet · Public
108.1
91%
−1 pt
Collège Pierre MaugerBrevet · Public
112.6
79%
−12 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne
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 Les Sables-d'OlonneSize: 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
5 collèges and 4 lycées within 5 km of Les Sables-d'Olonne
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. 3 collèges and 4 lycées are in the grade; the others publish results without value added. Distances from the town’s point.
Collèges5 · ages 11 to 15, brevet · best value added first
Primary schools in Les Sables-d'Olonne21 · no results published by school
Ecole élémentaire publique René-Guy Cadou
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole maternelle publique René-Guy Cadou
Primary school · Public · 0.3 mi
Ecole primaire privée Notre-Dame des Flots
Primary school · Private · 0.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée saint-elme
Primary school · Private · 0.7 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Clemenceau
Primary school · Public · 0.8 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Clemenceau
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Les Nouettes
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Marcel Hordenneau
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Les Jardins
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Les Nouettes
Primary school · Public · 0.9 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique René Millet
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Show all 21 primary schools
Ecole maternelle publique René Millet
Primary school · Public · 1.5 mi
Ecole primaire privée saint-nicolas
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole primaire privée Amiral
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
école primaire privée saint paul
Primary school · Private · 1.6 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Paul-Emile Pajot
Primary school · Public · 1.9 mi
école primaire privée saint-joseph
Primary school · Private · 2 mi
Ecole maternelle publique Pierre Mendès France
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole élémentaire publique Marcel Baussais
Primary school · Public · 2.2 mi
Ecole primaire publique La Pironnière
Primary school · Public · 2.3 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
Les Sables-d'Olonne and the towns around it
Colored by School Grade. Brevet and bac: pass rates across each town’s schools within 5 km.
1 No lycée with results within 5 km: that town’s grade uses its collèges alone.
Les Achards has the best-graded schools nearby (A). 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 B+, better than those around 66% of compared French towns and #22 of 34 in Vendée. In 2025, 91.4% of the 403 candidates at the three collèges within 5 km passed the brevet (−1.9 pts against the expected rate). At the lycées, 95.9% of 772 candidates passed the bac (as expected).
Which collège near Les Sables-d'Olonne does best?
Against the expected rate, Collège Notre-Dame de Bourgenay (private, 0.8 mi): 99% of 156 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, +3 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne does best?
Against the expected rate, Lycée professionnel Valère Mathé (public, 0.5 mi): 97% of 87 candidates passed the vocational bac in 2025, +6 pts against the rate its pupils’ backgrounds predict.
How do children get a place at a collège near Les Sables-d'Olonne?
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 Les Sables-d'Olonne graded?
No: France doesn’t publish primary results school by school. Les Sables-d'Olonne 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).
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