Collège Jules Ferry
Épinal, Vosges
Schools around Épinal B− better than 47% of compared French towns
At Collège Jules Ferry, 83% passed the brevet, −7 pts against the rate expected from its pupils: lower than at 87% of French collèges.
- 83% of its 147 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 30% of French collèges.
- That is −7 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 7 fewer passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 107.3, more advantaged than at 58% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- Its value added ranks 5th of the 5 collèges within 5 km.
- It counts in the School Grade of 4 towns, Épinal among them (every graded town within 5 km).
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Jules Ferry is marked.
Pass rate 83%
Higher than at 34% of them.
Value added −7 pts
Higher than at 17% 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 Vosges’s collèges
2025The 36 collèges in Vosges: 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 Elsa Triolet | 98.7 | 98% | +8 pts |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 70.4 | 72% | +7 pts |
| Collège de la Haute Meurthe | 94.1 | 97% | +7 pts |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 93.2 | 93% | +6 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie | 121.4 | 99% | +5 pts |
| Collège Hubert Curien | 103 | 98% | +4 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame Saint-Joseph | 122.8 | 99% | +3 pts |
| Collège André Malraux | 83.1 | 80% | +3 pts |
| Collège Louis Pergaud | 96.5 | 89% | +2 pts |
| Collège Joseph Julien Souhait | 92.7 | 87% | +1 pt |
| Collège Lyautey | 93.5 | 84% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Fleurot d'Herival | 102.9 | 91% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Georges Clémenceau | 104.5 | 90% | −1 pt |
| Collège La Haie Griselle | 106.9 | 87% | −1 pt |
| Collège Louis Armand | 105.7 | 87% | −1 pt |
| Collège du Ban de Vagney | 104.4 | 89% | −1 pt |
| Collège Jules Verne | 103.4 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Collège Pierre et Marie Curie | 99.5 | 88% | −2 pts |
| Collège René Cassin | 101.4 | 86% | −3 pts |
| Collège Charlemagne | 92.2 | 82% | −4 pts |
| Collège Michel de Montaigne | 106 | 86% | −4 pts |
| Collège Louis Pasteur | 87.9 | 77% | −5 pts |
| Ensemble Scolaire Jeanne d'Arc - Saint-Joseph (collège) | 102.4 | 83% | −5 pts |
| Collège Vautrin Lud | 92.1 | 84% | −5 pts |
| Collège Maurice Barrès | 96.5 | 82% | −6 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Providence | 106.8 | 82% | −6 pts |
| Collège Camille Claudel | 103.8 | 87% | −6 pts |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 107.3 | 83% | −7 pts |
| Collège Alphonse Cytère | 92.9 | 80% | −7 pts |
| Collège Christian Poncelet | 110 | 86% | −7 pts |
| Collège Guy Dolmaire | 97.6 | 82% | −8 pts |
| Collège du Pervis | 97.8 | 81% | −8 pts |
| Collège Spitzemberg | 96.1 | 84% | −8 pts |
| Collège Charlet | 98.6 | 80% | −9 pts |
| Collège Jean Rostand | 91.3 | 63% | −21 pts |
| Collège Jules Ferry | 90.2 | 45% | −34 pts |
Who goes here
DEPP · 2024–25Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 107.3, close to the French average of 105.2: neither more nor less advantaged than most.
Value added, in plain words
Why a high pass rate isn’t the whole story.
At Jules Ferry, 83% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 90%. The difference, −7 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 Jules Ferry
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Épinal
Cost of living in Épinal →Houses €1,763/m² · Apartments €1,352/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
10 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Épinal, Vosges
Questions about Collège Jules Ferry
Is Collège Jules Ferry a good school?
In 2025, 83% of its 147 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is −7 pts: below what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Jules Ferry?
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).
What is the IPS of Collège Jules Ferry?
107.3 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 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.