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The towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur with the highest average social position index of middle schools

Q: Which town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Valbonne (Alpes-Maritimes) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: 143.0.

Valbonne (Alpes-Maritimes) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: 143.0. Next come Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (Var, 132.7) and Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, 127.7).

57 towns ranked out of 946

Valbonne, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

This ranking covers 57 of the 946 towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Not ranked: towns with fewer than two middle schools with an index. At the other end of the ranking, Port-de-Bouc (Bouches-du-Rhône) comes last with 82.4.

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The ranking: highest middle school social index in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Rank	Town	Department	Average middle school index	Population
1	Valbonne	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	143.0	12,669
2	Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer	Var (83)	132.7	11,899
3	Aix-en-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	127.7	152,854
4	Les Pennes-Mirabeau	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	117.5	22,791
5	Ollioules	Var (83)	117.4	14,796
6	Pertuis	Vaucluse (84)	115.7	19,817
7	Antibes	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	115.1	78,612
8	Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume	Var (83)	114.2	18,413
9	Manosque	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)	114.1	23,349
10	Briançon	Hautes-Alpes (05)	112.5	11,744
11	La Crau	Var (83)	112.2	19,939
12	Saint-Raphaël	Var (83)	111.7	37,704
13	La Ciotat	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	110.9	38,868
14	Six-Fours-les-Plages	Var (83)	110.8	37,643
15	Cuers	Var (83)	110.5	13,409
16	Mandelieu-la-Napoule	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	109.7	21,845
17	Aubagne	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	109.0	47,920
18	Monteux	Vaucluse (84)	108.4	13,549
19	Saint-Laurent-du-Var	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	108.2	32,366
20	Châteaurenard	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	108.1	16,804
21	Salon-de-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	107.9	44,736
22	Gap	Hautes-Alpes (05)	107.4	42,685
23	Hyères	Var (83)	107.2	56,763
24	Cogolin	Var (83)	107.0	12,448
25 tied	Digne-les-Bains	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)	106.1	18,764
25 tied	Solliès-Pont	Var (83)	106.1	12,637
27 tied	Nice	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	105.7	360,710
27 tied	Cagnes-sur-Mer	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	105.7	53,819
27 tied	Marignane	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	105.7	33,957
30	Grasse	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	105.5	51,830
31	Brignoles	Var (83)	105.0	18,173
32	Cannes	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	104.4	75,105
33	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	Vaucluse (84)	104.0	20,755
34	La Valette-du-Var	Var (83)	103.6	23,950
35	Menton	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	103.4	31,012
36	Gardanne	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	102.6	21,934
37	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Var (83)	100.4	64,430
38	Toulon	Var (83)	99.9	180,774
39	Arles	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	99.4	52,515
40 tied	Draguignan	Var (83)	99.3	41,617
40 tied	Apt	Vaucluse (84)	99.3	10,359
42	Marseille	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	98.9	892,391
43	Orange	Vaucluse (84)	98.3	30,314
44	Le Cannet	Alpes-Maritimes (06)	97.1	42,297
45	Carpentras	Vaucluse (84)	96.0	32,388
46	Sorgues	Vaucluse (84)	95.7	19,227
47	Valréas	Vaucluse (84)	95.3	9,435
48	Vitrolles	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	95.2	37,134
49	Istres	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	95.1	44,953
50	Cavaillon	Vaucluse (84)	94.9	25,991
51	Tarascon	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	94.3	15,526
52	Martigues	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	92.9	48,807
53	Miramas	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	92.7	26,576
54	Avignon	Vaucluse (84)	92.1	93,567
55	Fréjus	Var (83)	91.9	60,503
56	Bollène	Vaucluse (84)	88.8	14,247
57	Port-de-Bouc	Bouches-du-Rhône (13)	82.4	15,955

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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: FAQ

Which town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has the highest average social position index of middle schools?

Valbonne (Alpes-Maritimes) has the highest average social position index of middle schools in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: 143.0.

What are the 10 towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur with the highest average social position index of middle schools?

In order: Valbonne (143.0), Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (132.7), Aix-en-Provence (127.7), Les Pennes-Mirabeau (117.5), Ollioules (117.4), Pertuis (115.7), Antibes (115.1), Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (114.2), Manosque (114.1), and Briançon (112.5).

Which town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has the lowest average social position index of middle schools?

Port-de-Bouc (Bouches-du-Rhône) has the lowest average social position index of middle schools in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: 82.4.

How many towns in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur are ranked?

57 out of 946. 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.