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2026 ranking · brevet pass rate

The middle schools in Nouvelle-Aquitaine with the highest brevet pass rate (2025 session, 50 or more candidates)

Collège privé Sainte Marie Grand Lebrun in Bordeaux (Gironde), Collège privé Saint Joseph in Libourne (Gironde), Collège privé Sainte Anne in Le Bouscat (Gironde), and 3 others are tied for the highest brevet pass rate in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the 2025 session: 100%.

503 middle schools ranked2025 session

Collège privé Sainte Marie Grand Lebrun, 1stThe next 19

This ranking covers the 503 middle schools in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, public and state-contracted private, that had 50 or more candidates in the 2025 session. When two schools are tied, the one with more candidates comes first. The table is split into pages of 100 schools.

Pass rates depend heavily on the students each school takes in. Value added, which compares a school’s pass rate with the rate expected given its students’ profile, is shown in the table and ranked separately.

The ranking in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: brevet pass rate, 2025 session

Middle schools in Nouvelle-Aquitaine ranked by brevet pass rate, 2025 session, 50 or more candidates
Rank Middle school Department Brevet pass rate Proportional bar Candidates Value added
1 tied Collège privé Sainte Marie Grand Lebrun Bordeaux Gironde (33) 100% 283 +1
1 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph Libourne Gironde (33) 100% 203 +3
1 tied Collège privé Sainte Anne Le Bouscat Gironde (33) 100% 177 +2
1 tied Collège privé Sainte Marie Bastide Bordeaux Gironde (33) 100% 174 +3
1 tied Collège privé Immac,concept,beau Frene Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 151 —
1 tied Collège privé Jeanne d Arc Limoges Haute-Vienne (87) 100% 131 +3
1 tied Collège privé Saint Dominique Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 125 +2
1 tied Collège privé Sainte Ursule Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 122 +2
1 tied Collège Elhuyar Hasparren Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 121 +8
1 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 118 +3
1 tied Collège privé Notre Dame Bressuire Deux-Sèvres (79) 100% 115 +7
1 tied Collège privé Lestonnac Carignan-de-Bordeaux Gironde (33) 100% 114 +3
1 tied Collège privé Largente Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 112 +3
1 tied Collège privé Notre Dame Sévigné Talence Gironde (33) 100% 107 +4
1 tied Collège Jean Rostand Tartas Landes (40) 100% 104 +4
1 tied Collège privé Ursuya Hasparren Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 72 +4
1 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph Capbreton Landes (40) 100% 66 +5
1 tied Collège privé Piarres Larzabal Ciboure Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 65 +6
1 tied Collège privé Ikastola Xalbador Cambo-les-Bains Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 100% 62 +4
1 tied Collège privé Saint Seurin Bordeaux Gironde (33) 100% 58 +3
21 tied Collège privé Saint Genes la Salle Bordeaux Gironde (33) 99% 301 +1
21 tied Collège La Hourquie Morlaàs Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 99% 168 +3
21 tied Collège privé Jeanne d’Arc Assomption Pessac Gironde (33) 99% 147 +2
21 tied Collège privé Sainte Marthe-Chavagnes Angoulême Charente (16) 99% 144 +2
21 tied Collège privé Isaac de l’Etoile (Saint Stanisla Poitiers Vienne (86) 99% 143 +5
21 tied Collège privé Saint Thomas d Aquin Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 99% 138 +4
21 tied Collège privé Notre Dame Niort Deux-Sèvres (79) 99% 137 +1
21 tied Collège privé La Salle Saint Louis Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult Charente-Maritime (17) 99% 134 +2
21 tied Collège privé Beaupeyrat Limoges Haute-Vienne (87) 99% 103 +6
21 tied Collège privé Saint Francois Xavier Ustaritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 99% 101 +3
21 tied Collège privé Union Chretienne Poitiers Vienne (86) 99% 94 +4
21 tied Collège privé Saint Amand Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 99% 83 +2
21 tied Collège privé Saint Michel Garicoits Cambo-les-Bains Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 99% 77 +4
21 tied Collège privé Sacré Cœur la Salle Jaunay-Marigny Vienne (86) 99% 70 +4
21 tied Collège du Pays des Luys Amou Landes (40) 99% 69 +7
21 tied Collège privé Etchecopar Saint-Palais Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 99% 68 +5
21 tied Collège privé Saint André Saint-Maixent-l'École Deux-Sèvres (79) 99% 67 +12
38 Collège La Citadelle Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 98.3% 57 +4
39 tied Collège privé Antoine de Saint Exupéry Niort Deux-Sèvres (79) 98.1% 130 +1
39 tied Collège Arthur Rimbaud Latillé Vienne (86) 98.1% 107 +7
39 tied Collège Gaston Febus Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 98.1% 97 +3
42 tied Collège privé Saint Paul Angoulême Charente (16) 98% 169 +3
42 tied Collège privé La Salle - Saint Bernard Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 98% 167 +1
42 tied Collège Aturri Saint-Pierre-d'Irube Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 98% 164 +3
42 tied Collège privé Assomption - Sainte Clotilde Bordeaux Gironde (33) 98% 145 +1
42 tied Collège privé Sainte Marthe - Saint Front Bergerac Dordogne (24) 98% 140 +1
42 tied Collège privé Adele de Trenquelleon Agen Lot-et-Garonne (47) 98% 127 +5
42 tied Collège privé Ozanam Limoges Haute-Vienne (87) 98% 120 +1
42 tied Collège privé Stella Maris Anglet Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 98% 108 +6
42 tied Collège privé Ensemble scolaire Saint Jacques de Compostelle Poitiers Vienne (86) 98% 80 +5
42 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph Parthenay Deux-Sèvres (79) 98% 66 +8
42 tied Collège Pierre Blanquie Villeneuve-de-Marsan Landes (40) 98% 61 +6
42 tied Collège privé Albert le Grand Bordeaux Gironde (33) 98% 59 +1
42 tied Collège privé Arretxea Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 98% 59 +2
42 tied Collège privé Sainte Marie Saint Jean Baptiste Royan Charente-Maritime (17) 98% 54 +5
56 Collège Jean Marie Lonne Hagetmau Landes (40) 97.8% 90 +9
57 Collège privé Saint Pierre Casseneuil Lot-et-Garonne (47) 97.4% 69 +3
58 Collège Jean Verdier Audenge Gironde (33) 97.2% 128 +4
59 Collège Camille Claudel Latresne Gironde (33) 97.1% 212 +1
60 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph de Tivoli Bordeaux Gironde (33) 97% 249 −1
60 tied Collège Jean Guiton Lagord Charente-Maritime (17) 97% 233 +2
60 tied Collège Simin Palay Lescar Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 97% 186 +1
60 tied Collège Danielle Mitterrand Saint-Paul-lès-Dax Landes (40) 97% 156 +4
60 tied Collège privé Stam - Saint André Sainte Marie Saint-André-de-Cubzac Gironde (33) 97% 155 +1
60 tied Collège privé Sainte Claire Floirac Gironde (33) 97% 144 +3
60 tied Collège Francoise Dolto La Jarrie Charente-Maritime (17) 97% 134 +2
60 tied Collège Émile Combes Bordeaux Gironde (33) 97% 120 0
60 tied Collège privé Sainte Marie Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 97% 111 +3
60 tied Collège privé Jean Cassaigne Mont-de-Marsan Landes (40) 97% 110 +1
60 tied Collège privé Sainte Catherine Villeneuve-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne (47) 97% 105 +4
60 tied Collège Jules Chambrelent Hourtin Gironde (33) 97% 102 +8
60 tied Collège Serge Barranx Montfort-en-Chalosse Landes (40) 97% 102 +1
60 tied Collège Eugène Delacroix Saint-Amant-de-Boixe Charente (16) 97% 91 +3
60 tied Collège Francois Mauriac Saint-Symphorien Gironde (33) 97% 79 +3
60 tied Collège Alienor d Aquitaine Brantôme en Périgord Dordogne (24) 97% 75 +6
60 tied Collège Jean Bouzet Pontacq Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 97% 74 +1
60 tied Collège privé Charles Péguy Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre Deux-Sèvres (79) 97% 73 +5
60 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph Oloron-Sainte-Marie Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 97% 72 +4
60 tied Collège privé Sainte Marthe Périgueux Dordogne (24) 97% 68 +1
60 tied Collège privé Francois d’Assise Cerizay Deux-Sèvres (79) 97% 61 —
60 tied Collège privé Jeanne d’Arc Saintes Charente-Maritime (17) 97% 60 +1
82 Collège Marcel Pagnol Tonnay-Boutonne Charente-Maritime (17) 96.8% 67 +8
83 tied Collège Gaston Crampe Aire-sur-l'Adour Landes (40) 96.6% 91 +2
83 tied Collège Felix Pecaut Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 96.6% 56 +4
85 tied Collège Aime Cesaire Saint-Geours-de-Maremne Landes (40) 96.4% 111 +3
85 tied Collège Pierre Martin Rauzan Gironde (33) 96.4% 102 +6
87 Collège Cheverus Bordeaux Gironde (33) 96.3% 121 +1
88 Collège Alienor d Aquitaine Le Château-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime (17) 96.1% 82 +3
89 tied Collège Eugène Fromentin La Rochelle Charente-Maritime (17) 96% 220 +1
89 tied Collège Léonard de Vinci Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc Gironde (33) 96% 176 −1
89 tied Collège Saint André Bordeaux Gironde (33) 96% 162 0
89 tied Collège privé Saint Jacques de Compostelle Dax Landes (40) 96% 148 0
89 tied Ogec Edmond Michelet Collège Notre Dame Jeanne d’Arc Brive-la-Gaillarde · private Corrèze (19) 96% 140 0
89 tied Collège Gisèle Halimi Labenne Landes (40) 96% 138 +2
89 tied Collège Monsejour Bordeaux Gironde (33) 96% 120 +6
89 tied Collège Jean Mermoz Biscarrosse Landes (40) 96% 108 +2
89 tied Collège privé La Chaume-la Salle Vouillé Vienne (86) 96% 102 +4
89 tied Collège privé Sainte Anne Mauléon Deux-Sèvres (79) 96% 92 +4
89 tied Collège privé Saint Joseph Cognac Charente (16) 96% 82 0
89 tied Collège Arlette Guirado Archiac Charente-Maritime (17) 96% 77 +4

Middle schools in Nouvelle-Aquitaine with the highest value added on the brevet

Source: French Ministry of Education (DEPP), results and value-added indicators of middle schools, 2025 session; brevet pass rate of schools with 50 or more candidates. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Middle schools in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: FAQ

Which middle school in Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the highest brevet pass rate?

Collège privé Sainte Marie Grand Lebrun in Bordeaux (Gironde), Collège privé Saint Joseph in Libourne (Gironde), Collège privé Sainte Anne in Le Bouscat (Gironde), Collège privé Sainte Marie Bastide in Bordeaux (Gironde), Collège privé Immac,concept,beau Frene in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), and Collège privé Jeanne d Arc in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), tied with a pass rate of 100% in the 2025 session, among middle schools with 50 or more candidates.

What are the 10 middle schools in Nouvelle-Aquitaine with the highest brevet pass rate?

In order: Collège privé Sainte Marie Grand Lebrun (Bordeaux, 100%), Collège privé Saint Joseph (Libourne, 100%), Collège privé Sainte Anne (Le Bouscat, 100%), Collège privé Sainte Marie Bastide (Bordeaux, 100%), Collège privé Immac,concept,beau Frene (Pau, 100%), Collège privé Jeanne d Arc (Limoges, 100%), Collège privé Saint Dominique (Pau, 100%), Collège privé Sainte Ursule (Pau, 100%), Collège Elhuyar (Hasparren, 100%), and Collège privé Saint Joseph (Nay, 100%).

How is the pass rate calculated?

It is the share of candidates who sat the brevet, the national exam French students take at the end of middle school, at about age 15, at the session shown, and passed it, as published by the French Ministry of Education (rates are rounded). Only schools with 50 or more candidates are ranked. Pass rates depend heavily on the students each school takes in; value added, ranked separately, takes this into account.

What is value added?

Value added, calculated by the French Ministry of Education, compares a school’s pass rate with the rate that could be expected given its students’ profile (age, social background, prior attainment): +5 means five points above that expected rate, −5 five points below. It measures what the school adds, not the level of its students.

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