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The towns in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with the highest average social position index of middle schools

Q: Which town in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Givry (Saône-et-Loire) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 122.1.

Givry (Saône-et-Loire) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 122.1. Next come Beaune (Côte-d'Or, 113.6) and Dijon (Côte-d'Or, 111.2).

47 towns ranked out of 3,685

Givry, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

This ranking covers 47 of the 3,685 towns in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Not ranked: towns with fewer than two middle schools with an index. At the other end of the ranking, Chenôve (Côte-d'Or) comes last with 80.1.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: highest middle school social index in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Rank	Town	Department	Average middle school index	Population
1	Givry	Saône-et-Loire (71)	122.1	3,707
2	Beaune	Côte-d'Or (21)	113.6	20,999
3	Dijon	Côte-d'Or (21)	111.2	164,963
4	Paray-le-Monial	Saône-et-Loire (71)	109.9	9,677
5	Arbois	Jura (39)	108.3	3,306
6	Semur-en-Auxois	Côte-d'Or (21)	107.9	4,238
7	Lugny	Saône-et-Loire (71)	107.7	899
8	Auxerre	Yonne (89)	107.2	36,245
9	Ornans	Doubs (25)	106.5	4,496
10	Lons-le-Saunier	Jura (39)	105.4	17,480
11	Salins-les-Bains	Jura (39)	105.0	2,526
12	Héricourt	Haute-Saône (70)	104.0	10,850
13	Gy	Haute-Saône (70)	103.7	1,067
14	Pontarlier	Doubs (25)	103.6	18,956
15	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire	Nièvre (58)	103.5	9,949
16 tied	Besançon	Doubs (25)	102.7	121,627
16 tied	Autun	Saône-et-Loire (71)	102.7	14,175
18	Corbigny	Nièvre (58)	102.1	1,413
19	Decize	Nièvre (58)	102.0	5,103
20	Vesoul	Haute-Saône (70)	101.9	15,833
21 tied	Dole	Jura (39)	101.8	24,654
21 tied	Poligny	Jura (39)	101.8	4,351
23	Sancey	Doubs (25)	101.6	1,404
24	Joigny	Yonne (89)	101.0	9,306
25	Champagnole	Jura (39)	100.6	8,456
26	Mâcon	Saône-et-Loire (71)	100.2	35,885
27	Avallon	Yonne (89)	99.8	6,465
28	Morteau	Doubs (25)	99.4	7,327
29	Chauffailles	Saône-et-Loire (71)	99.2	3,705
30 tied	Sens	Yonne (89)	99.1	27,600
30 tied	Lure	Haute-Saône (70)	99.1	8,054
32	Nevers	Nièvre (58)	98.9	34,018
33	Luxeuil-les-Bains	Haute-Saône (70)	98.4	6,917
34	Chalon-sur-Saône	Saône-et-Loire (71)	98.3	46,481
35	Louhans-Châteaurenaud	Saône-et-Loire (71)	98.0	6,650
36	Belfort	Territoire de Belfort (90)	97.4	46,662
37	Montceau-les-Mines	Saône-et-Loire (71)	96.6	17,325
38	Saint-Claude	Jura (39)	95.9	8,594
39	Le Russey	Doubs (25)	95.5	2,638
40	Châtillon-sur-Seine	Côte-d'Or (21)	94.5	5,772
41	Le Creusot	Saône-et-Loire (71)	94.1	20,799
42	Gray	Haute-Saône (70)	93.9	5,748
43	Hauts de Bienne	Jura (39)	93.6	5,294
44	Maîche	Doubs (25)	89.1	4,361
45	Montbéliard	Doubs (25)	89.0	25,159
46	Migennes	Yonne (89)	87.0	6,765
47	Chenôve	Côte-d'Or (21)	80.1	14,415

Source: French Ministry of Education (DEPP), social position indices of middle schools; simple average of the social position indices of the town’s public and state-contracted private middle schools, towns with at least two middle schools. Not ranked: towns with fewer than two middle schools with an index. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Highest middle school social index in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: FAQ

Which town in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Givry (Saône-et-Loire) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 122.1.

What are the 10 towns in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with the highest average social position index of middle schools?

In order: Givry (122.1), Beaune (113.6), Dijon (111.2), Paray-le-Monial (109.9), Arbois (108.3), Semur-en-Auxois (107.9), Lugny (107.7), Auxerre (107.2), Ornans (106.5), and Lons-le-Saunier (105.4).

Which town in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has the lowest average social position index of middle schools?

Chenôve (Côte-d'Or) has the lowest average social position index of middle schools in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 80.1.

How many towns in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté are ranked?

47 out of 3,685. Not ranked: towns with fewer than two middle schools with an index.

What is the social position index?

The social position index (IPS), calculated by the French Ministry of Education for each middle school (collège), sums up the social background of students’ families based on their parents’ occupations: the higher it is, the more advantaged, on average, the backgrounds students come from. It measures neither student achievement nor the quality of teaching. The value ranked is the simple average of the town’s public and state-contracted private middle schools; only towns with at least two middle schools are ranked, so that the ranking compares towns rather than individual schools.