Collège Saint-Jacques
Joigny, Yonne
Schools around Joigny C better than 27% of compared French towns
Collège Saint-Jacques adds +12 pts to the pass rate expected from its pupils: more than 97% of French collèges.
- 99% of its 99 candidates passed the brevet in 2025, higher than at 90% of French collèges.
- That is +12 pts against the rate expected from its pupils’ backgrounds: 12 more passes in every 100 candidates than pupils like these usually get.
- Its pupils’ family background index (IPS) is 114, more advantaged than at 72% of French collèges. Shown for context, never graded.
- It counts in the School Grade of Joigny (every graded town within 5 km).
- A private school under contract with the state: it follows the national curriculum and sets its own admissions.
Results
DEPP · 2025 sessionEach bar counts France’s 6,196 collèges with published 2025 results; Saint-Jacques is marked.
Pass rate 99%
Higher than at 94% of them.
Value added +12 pts
Higher than at 98% 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 Yonne’s collèges
2025The 31 collèges in Yonne: 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 Saint-Jacques | 114 | 99% | +12 pts |
| Collège Jean Bertin | 109.1 | 94% | +5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Étienne | 120.4 | 100% | +5 pts |
| Collège Marcel Aymé | 87.2 | 81% | +3 pts |
| Collège Champs Plaisants | 86 | 81% | +3 pts |
| Collège Abel Minard | 91.4 | 87% | +3 pts |
| Collège André Leroi-Gourhan | 100 | 90% | +3 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph-La Salle | 121.5 | 98% | +2 pts |
| Collège Parc des Chaumes | 104.4 | 95% | +2 pts |
| Collège Pierre et Jean Lerouge | 102.6 | 91% | +2 pts |
| Collège Restif de la Bretonne | 100.8 | 86% | +2 pts |
| Collège Paul Fourrey | 85.4 | 85% | +1 pt |
| Collège Jacques Prévert | 92.8 | 80% | +1 pt |
| Collège de Puisaye | 102.4 | 87% | ±0 pts |
| Collège Albert Camus | 104.5 | 88% | −1 pt |
| Collège Maurice Clavel | 86.7 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège Philippe Cousteau | 97.3 | 85% | −1 pt |
| Collège Stéphane Mallarmé | 91.2 | 80% | −1 pt |
| Collège Gaston Ramon | 95.6 | 79% | −2 pts |
| Collège Paul Bert | 98.2 | 85% | −3 pts |
| Collège Marie Noël | 87.3 | 69% | −3 pts |
| Collège André Malraux | 101.7 | 78% | −5 pts |
| Collège du Gâtinais en Bourgogne | 99.4 | 78% | −5 pts |
| Collège Montpezat | 101.2 | 80% | −5 pts |
| Collège Claude Debussy | 103.5 | 78% | −5 pts |
| Collège Chateaubriand | 98.8 | 80% | −5 pts |
| Collège Jean-Roch Coignet | 102.9 | 84% | −6 pts |
| Collège Denfert-Rochereau | 104.6 | 75% | −7 pts |
| Collège Michel Gondry | 100.1 | 82% | −7 pts |
| Collège La Croix de l'Orme | 109.2 | 83% | −8 pts |
| Collège Pierre Larousse | 102.8 | 81% | −8 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 Saint-Jacques, 99% of candidates passed the brevet. For pupils with the same family backgrounds and ages, the ministry expected about 87%. The difference, +12 pts, is its value added: the school does more for its pupils than the pass rate alone shows.
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 Saint-Jacques
What homes cost in the commune, and the other schools around it.
Homes in Joigny
Cost of living in Joigny →Houses €1,349/m² · Apartments €960/m²
DVF sales in the commune, July 2023 to June 2026.
Collèges and lycées within 5 km
3 othersCircles: collèges. Squares: lycées. Each links to its page.
Map
Directions ↗Joigny, Yonne
Questions about Collège Saint-Jacques
Is Collège Saint-Jacques a good school?
In 2025, 99% of its 99 candidates passed the brevet (the average French school: 86.9%). Against the rate expected from its pupils, that is +12 pts: above what similar pupils usually get.
How do pupils get a place at Collège Saint-Jacques?
It is a private school under contract with the state: it admits pupils itself, so ask the school.
What is the IPS of Collège Saint-Jacques?
114 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.