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The towns in Normandy with the highest average social position index of middle schools

Q: Which town in Normandy has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Le Mesnil-Esnard (Seine-Maritime) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Normandy: 127.8.

Le Mesnil-Esnard (Seine-Maritime) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Normandy: 127.8. Next come Douvres-la-Délivrande (Calvados, 124.5) and Bihorel (Seine-Maritime, 119.9).

72 towns ranked out of 2,644

Le Mesnil-Esnard, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

This ranking covers 72 of the 2,644 towns in Normandy. Not ranked: towns with fewer than two middle schools with an index. At the other end of the ranking, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime) comes last with 84.1.

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 Normandy

Rank	Town	Department	Average middle school index	Population
1	Le Mesnil-Esnard	Seine-Maritime (76)	127.8	8,560
2	Douvres-la-Délivrande	Calvados (14)	124.5	5,289
3	Bihorel	Seine-Maritime (76)	119.9	8,473
4	Caen	Calvados (14)	115.7	111,546
5	Rouen	Seine-Maritime (76)	114.1	119,165
6	Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton	Eure (27)	114.0	7,534
7	Trouville-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	113.5	4,671
8	Granville	Manche (50)	113.4	13,143
9	Montivilliers	Seine-Maritime (76)	112.3	15,684
10	Vernon	Eure (27)	111.6	25,873
11	Valognes	Manche (50)	110.7	7,200
12	Yvetot	Seine-Maritime (76)	110.1	11,648
13	Bayeux	Calvados (14)	109.1	13,043
14	Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom	Calvados (14)	109.0	3,648
15	Mortagne-au-Perche	Orne (61)	108.3	4,141
16	Honfleur	Calvados (14)	108.1	6,824
17	Mesnils-sur-Iton	Eure (27)	107.8	6,291
18	Déville-lès-Rouen	Seine-Maritime (76)	107.6	10,902
19	Coutances	Manche (50)	107.2	9,529
20	Avranches	Manche (50)	107.1	10,669
21	Pont-Audemer	Eure (27)	106.7	10,303
22	Falaise	Calvados (14)	106.3	7,908
23	Darnétal	Seine-Maritime (76)	106.0	9,639
24	Bernay	Eure (27)	105.9	10,031
25	Beaumont-le-Roger	Eure (27)	105.8	2,818
26	Eu	Seine-Maritime (76)	105.3	6,704
27	Saint-Lô	Manche (50)	105.1	20,213
28	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	Manche (50)	104.9	80,317
29	Gisors	Eure (27)	104.6	12,622
30	Barentin	Seine-Maritime (76)	104.5	12,239
31	Vire Normandie	Calvados (14)	103.8	18,238
32	Neufchâtel-en-Bray	Seine-Maritime (76)	103.7	4,871
33 tied	Louviers	Eure (27)	103.1	19,093
33 tied	Saint-Pierre-en-Auge	Calvados (14)	103.1	7,458
35	Le Neubourg	Eure (27)	103.0	4,425
36	Sées	Orne (61)	102.6	4,600
37	Elbeuf	Seine-Maritime (76)	101.9	15,581
38	Orbec	Calvados (14)	101.8	2,005
39	Alençon	Orne (61)	101.1	26,175
40	Saint-Pierre-Église	Manche (50)	100.6	1,792
41	Gournay-en-Bray	Seine-Maritime (76)	100.3	5,802
42	Lisieux	Calvados (14)	100.2	20,196
43	Gacé	Orne (61)	99.9	1,821
44 tied	Sotteville-lès-Rouen	Seine-Maritime (76)	99.4	29,464
44 tied	Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	Manche (50)	99.4	2,159
46 tied	Évreux	Eure (27)	99.2	50,601
46 tied	Domfront en Poiraie	Orne (61)	99.2	4,226
48 tied	Flers	Orne (61)	99.1	14,745
48 tied	Carentan-les-Marais	Manche (50)	99.1	10,375
50	La Ferté Macé	Orne (61)	99.0	5,365
51	Le Grand-Quevilly	Seine-Maritime (76)	98.6	25,999
52	Tinchebray-Bocage	Orne (61)	98.1	4,875
53	Fécamp	Seine-Maritime (76)	97.7	17,635
54	Montebourg	Manche (50)	97.5	2,077
55	Dieppe	Seine-Maritime (76)	97.3	28,970
56	Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny	Manche (50)	97.2	3,972
57	Bolbec	Seine-Maritime (76)	97.1	11,749
58	Les Andelys	Eure (27)	97.0	7,848
59	Argentan	Orne (61)	96.9	13,939
60	L'Aigle	Orne (61)	96.8	7,886
61	Mortain-Bocage	Manche (50)	96.6	3,130
62	Aumale	Seine-Maritime (76)	96.3	2,045
63	Saint-James	Manche (50)	96.1	5,102
64	Condé-en-Normandie	Calvados (14)	95.9	6,320
65	Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët	Manche (50)	94.3	6,076
66	Lillebonne	Seine-Maritime (76)	92.1	8,651
67	Le Havre	Seine-Maritime (76)	90.3	168,588
68	Grand-Couronne	Seine-Maritime (76)	89.0	9,939
69	Canteleu	Seine-Maritime (76)	87.9	14,752
70	Le Petit-Quevilly	Seine-Maritime (76)	87.7	22,477
71	Hérouville-Saint-Clair	Calvados (14)	85.2	23,672
72	Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray	Seine-Maritime (76)	84.1	29,760

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 Normandy: FAQ

Which town in Normandy has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Le Mesnil-Esnard (Seine-Maritime) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Normandy: 127.8.

What are the 10 towns in Normandy with the highest average social position index of middle schools?

In order: Le Mesnil-Esnard (127.8), Douvres-la-Délivrande (124.5), Bihorel (119.9), Caen (115.7), Rouen (114.1), Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton (114.0), Trouville-sur-Mer (113.5), Granville (113.4), Montivilliers (112.3), and Vernon (111.6).

Which town in Normandy has the lowest average social position index of middle schools?

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime) has the lowest average social position index of middle schools in Normandy: 84.1.

How many towns in Normandy are ranked?

72 out of 2,644. 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.