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The towns in Centre-Val de Loire with the highest average social position index of middle schools

Q: Which town in Centre-Val de Loire has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Vouvray (Indre-et-Loire) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Centre-Val de Loire: 121.4.

Vouvray (Indre-et-Loire) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Centre-Val de Loire: 121.4. Next come Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (Indre-et-Loire, 121.0) and Olivet (Loiret, 120.1).

45 towns ranked out of 1,754

Vouvray, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

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This ranking covers 45 of the 1,754 towns in Centre-Val de Loire. Not ranked: towns with fewer than two middle schools with an index. At the other end of the ranking, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (Loiret) comes last with 79.8.

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 Centre-Val de Loire

Rank	Town	Department	Average middle school index	Population
1	Vouvray	Indre-et-Loire (37)	121.4	3,481
2	Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire	Indre-et-Loire (37)	121.0	17,301
3	Olivet	Loiret (45)	120.1	24,046
4	Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien	Eure-et-Loir (28)	114.8	6,497
5	Loches	Indre-et-Loire (37)	114.0	6,756
6 tied	Chartres	Eure-et-Loir (28)	113.7	39,318
6 tied	Meung-sur-Loire	Loiret (45)	113.7	6,793
8	Vineuil	Loir-et-Cher (41)	113.2	8,270
9	Amboise	Indre-et-Loire (37)	112.8	13,303
10	Vendôme	Loir-et-Cher (41)	111.5	16,364
11	Tours	Indre-et-Loire (37)	110.8	141,746
12	Mer	Loir-et-Cher (41)	108.3	6,351
13	Beaugency	Loiret (45)	107.9	8,192
14	Nérondes	Cher (18)	106.3	1,422
15	Chinon	Indre-et-Loire (37)	106.1	8,432
16	Orléans	Loiret (45)	105.2	118,788
17	Brou	Eure-et-Loir (28)	104.9	3,267
18	Richelieu	Indre-et-Loire (37)	104.2	1,619
19	Montoire-sur-le-Loir	Loir-et-Cher (41)	102.5	3,848
20	Bourges	Cher (18)	102.4	66,155
21	Bourgueil	Indre-et-Loire (37)	101.2	3,737
22	Salbris	Loir-et-Cher (41)	100.6	4,898
23	Nogent-le-Rotrou	Eure-et-Loir (28)	100.3	9,683
24	Le Blanc	Indre (36)	99.1	6,401
25	Issoudun	Indre (36)	98.9	11,403
26	Pithiviers	Loiret (45)	98.4	8,989
27	Blois	Loir-et-Cher (41)	98.3	48,742
28	Preuilly-sur-Claise	Indre-et-Loire (37)	98.1	1,019
29	Châteauroux	Indre (36)	98.0	44,536
30 tied	Romorantin-Lanthenay	Loir-et-Cher (41)	97.7	18,847
30 tied	Buzançais	Indre (36)	97.7	4,438
32	Saint-Jean-de-Braye	Loiret (45)	95.8	23,773
33 tied	Vierzon	Cher (18)	95.7	25,527
33 tied	Gien	Loiret (45)	95.7	13,808
35	Dreux	Eure-et-Loir (28)	94.6	32,045
36	Montargis	Loiret (45)	93.6	15,193
37	Saint-Amand-Montrond	Cher (18)	93.5	10,201
38	Joué-lès-Tours	Indre-et-Loire (37)	92.6	38,836
39	Châteaudun	Eure-et-Loir (28)	91.1	13,129
40	Lucé	Eure-et-Loir (28)	90.9	16,166
41	Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	Indre-et-Loire (37)	89.7	16,124
42	Vernouillet	Eure-et-Loir (28)	89.1	12,503
43	Fleury-les-Aubrais	Loiret (45)	87.7	22,020
44	Châlette-sur-Loing	Loiret (45)	82.0	12,883
45	Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle	Loiret (45)	79.8	16,992

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 Centre-Val de Loire: FAQ

Which town in Centre-Val de Loire has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Vouvray (Indre-et-Loire) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Centre-Val de Loire: 121.4.

What are the 10 towns in Centre-Val de Loire with the highest average social position index of middle schools?

In order: Vouvray (121.4), Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (121.0), Olivet (120.1), Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien (114.8), Loches (114.0), Chartres (113.7), Meung-sur-Loire (113.7), Vineuil (113.2), Amboise (112.8), and Vendôme (111.5).

Which town in Centre-Val de Loire has the lowest average social position index of middle schools?

Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (Loiret) has the lowest average social position index of middle schools in Centre-Val de Loire: 79.8.

How many towns in Centre-Val de Loire are ranked?

45 out of 1,754. 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.