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2026 ranking · value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate

The vocational high schools in France with the highest value added on the vocational baccalaureate (2025 session, 30 or more candidates)

In the 2025 session, Lycée Saint Cricq (professionnel) in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) had the highest value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate in France: +44 points, with 65 candidates.

1,746 vocational high schools ranked2025 session

Lycée Saint Cricq (professionnel), 1stThe next 19

This ranking covers the 1,746 vocational high schools in France, public and state-contracted private, that had 30 or more candidates in the 2025 session and whose value added is published. When two schools are tied, the one with more candidates comes first. The table is split into pages of 100 schools.

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.

The ranking in France: value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate, 2025 session

Vocational high schools in France ranked by value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate, 2025 session, 30 or more candidates
Rank Vocational high school Department Value added (points) Pass rate Candidates
1 Lycée Saint Cricq (professionnel) Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) +44 83% 65
2 tied Lycée Anguier (professionnel) Eu Seine-Maritime (76) +29 92% 36
2 tied Lycée professionnel Saint Jean Limoges · private Haute-Vienne (87) +29 97% 30
4 Lycée Henri Nomine (professionnel) Sarreguemines Moselle (57) +27 90% 69
5 Lycée professionnel Saint Joseph Étaples · private Pas-de-Calais (62) +24 98% 40
6 Lycée professionnel Industrie et Artisanat C.peguy Eysines Gironde (33) +23 85% 92
7 tied Lycée professionnel des Monts du Lyonnais Chazelles-sur-Lyon · private Loire (42) +22 94% 84
7 tied Lycée Pointe Noire (professionnel) Pointe-Noire Guadeloupe (971) +22 95% 38
9 tied Institut Nicolas Barre Armentières · private Nord (59) +21 87% 205
9 tied Lycée professionnel Gerty Archimede Morne-à-l'Eau Guadeloupe (971) +21 88% 77
9 tied Lycée du Gue A Tresmes (professionnel) Congis-sur-Thérouanne Seine-et-Marne (77) +21 83% 60
12 Lycée Clément Ader (professionnel) Athis-Mons Essonne (91) +20 94% 70
13 Lycée professionnel Émile Mathis Schiltigheim Bas-Rhin (67) +19 78% 275
14 tied Lycée professionnel Vaucanson Les Mureaux Yvelines (78) +18 92% 212
14 tied Lycée professionnel Paul Lacave Capesterre-Belle-Eau Guadeloupe (971) +18 84% 101
14 tied Lycée Chevalier de Saint-Georges (professionnel) Les Abymes Guadeloupe (971) +18 94% 87
14 tied Lycée Paul le Rolland (professionnel) Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +18 86% 56
14 tied Lycée professionnel Léonard de Vinci Roubaix · private Nord (59) +18 94% 48
14 tied Lycée professionnel Gaston Bachelard Paris Paris (75) +18 86% 37
20 tied Lycée professionnel Bertene Juminer Lamentin Guadeloupe (971) +17 86% 138
20 tied Lycée professionnel Gustave Ferrie Paris Paris (75) +17 94% 109
20 tied Lycée Blaise Cendrars (professionnel) Sevran Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +17 85% 66
20 tied Lycée Anna Judic (professionnel) Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or (21) +17 100% 33
20 tied Lycée Bel Air (professionnel) Sainte-Suzanne Réunion (974) +17 87% 31
25 tied Lycée professionnel Francoise Cabrini Noisy-le-Grand · private Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +16 100% 72
25 tied Lycée professionnel Jean Rostand Offranville Seine-Maritime (76) +16 98% 43
25 tied Lycée Louis Casimir Teyssier (professionnel) Bitche Moselle (57) +16 95% 37
28 tied Lycée Simone Weil (professionnel) Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +15 85% 157
28 tied Lycée professionnel Charles Stoessel Mulhouse Haut-Rhin (68) +15 84% 94
28 tied Lycée Blaise Pascal (professionnel) Villemomble Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +15 97% 68
28 tied Lycée professionnel Notre Dame la Compassion Marmande · private Lot-et-Garonne (47) +15 100% 64
32 tied Lycée Jean-Jacques Rousseau (professionnel) Sarcelles Val-d'Oise (95) +14 89% 114
32 tied Lycée Louise Michel (professionnel) Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +14 88% 100
32 tied Lycée Hélène Boucher (professionnel) Somain · private Nord (59) +14 93% 92
32 tied Lycée Marx Dormoy (professionnel) Champigny-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne (94) +14 96% 84
32 tied Lycée professionnel Jean Moulin Port-de-Bouc Bouches-du-Rhône (13) +14 74% 74
32 tied Lycée Louise Michel (professionnel) Champigny-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne (94) +14 96% 69
38 tied Lycée Alfred Nobel (professionnel) Clichy-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +13 81% 147
38 tied Lycée Lucie Aubrac (professionnel) Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +13 88% 108
38 tied Lycée Maximilien Perret (professionnel) Alfortville Val-de-Marne (94) +13 76% 92
38 tied Lycée professionnel Louis Blériot Trappes Yvelines (78) +13 93% 87
38 tied Lycée Jean Bosco (professionnel) Guînes · private Pas-de-Calais (62) +13 100% 73
38 tied Lycée Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (professionnel) Saint-Denis · private Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +13 100% 56
38 tied Lycée Jules Guesde (professionnel) Montpellier Hérault (34) +13 92% 52
38 tied Lycée professionnel des Deux Caps Marquise Pas-de-Calais (62) +13 98% 48
38 tied Lycée René Perrin (professionnel) Ugine Savoie (73) +13 95% 43
38 tied Lycée de Bois d’Olive (professionnel) Saint-Pierre Réunion (974) +13 83% 35
38 tied Lycée professionnel Belliard Paris Paris (75) +13 88% 34
38 tied Lycée professionnel Louis Armand Jeumont Nord (59) +13 88% 32
50 tied Lycée professionnel Arthur Rimbaud Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise (95) +12 84% 184
50 tied Lycée professionnel Jane Vialle Ex Calade (la) Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône (13) +12 81% 114
50 tied Lycée professionnel Jean Monnet Foulayronnes Lot-et-Garonne (47) +12 93% 85
50 tied Lycée professionnel Louis Blériot Suresnes Hauts-de-Seine (92) +12 83% 84
50 tied Lycée Ambroise Croizat (professionnel) Moûtiers Savoie (73) +12 99% 77
50 tied Lycée René Cassin (professionnel) Le Raincy Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +12 88% 75
50 tied Lycée Dampierre (professionnel) Valenciennes · private Nord (59) +12 85% 72
50 tied Lycée Francois Rabelais (professionnel) Dugny Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +12 82% 66
50 tied Victor Anicet (Ex Saint-James) Lycée Ndaa (professionnel) Saint-Pierre Martinique (972) +12 98% 46
50 tied Lycée professionnel Bernard Chochoy Lumbres Pas-de-Calais (62) +12 91% 44
50 tied Lycée Jacques-Marie Boutet de Monvel (professionnel) Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) +12 98% 40
50 tied Lycée professionnel Marcel Barbanceys Neuvic Corrèze (19) +12 97% 32
50 tied Lycée Saint Joseph (professionnel) Hazebrouck · private Nord (59) +12 100% 31
63 tied Lycée professionnel Leo Lagrange Bondy Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +11 83% 141
63 tied Lycée professionnel Martin Nadaud Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Indre-et-Loire (37) +11 91% 109
63 tied Lycée professionnel Pierre et Marie Curie Freyming-Merlebach Moselle (57) +11 91% 103
63 tied Lycée professionnel Les Canuts Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône (69) +11 89% 88
63 tied Lycée Rosa Parks (professionnel) Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +11 91% 80
63 tied Lycée du Nord Caraibe (professionnel) Bellefontaine Martinique (972) +11 92% 76
63 tied Lycée professionnel Pierre Brossolette Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Val-de-Marne (94) +11 93% 76
63 tied Lycée professionnel Paul Heraud Gap Hautes-Alpes (05) +11 93% 74
63 tied Lycée professionnel Jacques le Caron Arras Pas-de-Calais (62) +11 86% 73
63 tied Lycée professionnel Ort Montreuil · private Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +11 96% 67
63 tied Lycée professionnel Saint Joseph de Cluny Mulhouse · private Haut-Rhin (68) +11 98% 65
63 tied Lycée professionnel Marie Curie Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard (30) +11 97% 61
63 tied Lycée Pierre Caraminot (professionnel) Égletons Corrèze (19) +11 96% 57
63 tied Lycée du Val d’Argens (professionnel) Le Muy Var (83) +11 96% 50
63 tied Lycée Paul Langevin (professionnel) Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône (13) +11 91% 47
63 tied Lycée Saint Pierre (professionnel) Fourmies · private Nord (59) +11 93% 43
63 tied Ensemble scolaire la Salle Saint-Étienne · private Loire (42) +11 94% 31
80 tied Lycée Suger (professionnel) Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis (93) +10 81% 169
80 tied Lycée régional hôtelier Jeanne et Paul Augier (professionnel) Nice Alpes-Maritimes (06) +10 96% 124
80 tied Lycée professionnel Colbert Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône (13) +10 87% 123
80 tied Lycée professionnel Gustave Eiffel Massy Essonne (91) +10 90% 119
80 tied Lycée professionnel Magenta Villeurbanne Rhône (69) +10 86% 117
80 tied Lycée Louis Armand (professionnel) Paris Paris (75) +10 86% 111
80 tied Lycée Martin Schongauer (professionnel) Colmar Haut-Rhin (68) +10 94% 106
80 tied Lycée Francois Rabelais (professionnel) Dardilly Rhône (69) +10 91% 99
80 tied Lycée professionnel Frédéric Mistral Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône (13) +10 84% 94
80 tied Lycée Johannes Gutenberg (professionnel) Créteil Val-de-Marne (94) +10 95% 78
80 tied Lycée Antoine Lavoisier (professionnel) Porcheville Yvelines (78) +10 84% 75
80 tied Lycée professionnel Étienne Dolet Paris Paris (75) +10 89% 71
80 tied Lycée Georges Baumont (professionnel) Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Vosges (88) +10 96% 71
80 tied Lycée Colbert (professionnel) Tourcoing Nord (59) +10 88% 66
80 tied Lycée René Char (professionnel) Avignon Vaucluse (84) +10 97% 62
80 tied Lycée Georges Brassens (professionnel) Saint-Denis Réunion (974) +10 89% 56
80 tied Lycée professionnel Francoise Dolto Fontanil-Cornillon Isère (38) +10 94% 52
80 tied Lycée professionnel Sainte Marie la Grand’Grange Saint-Chamond · private Loire (42) +10 94% 49
80 tied Lycée Guillaume Tirel (professionnel) Paris Paris (75) +10 93% 44
80 tied Lycée professionnel Mont Blanc Sallanches · private Haute-Savoie (74) +10 98% 42
80 tied Lycée professionnel Saint Joseph Vierzon · private Cher (18) +10 100% 40

Vocational high schools in France with the highest vocational baccalaureate pass rate

Source: French Ministry of Education (DEPP), results and value-added indicators of high schools, 2025 session; value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate of schools with 30 or more candidates. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Vocational high schools in France: FAQ

Which vocational high school in France has the highest value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate?

Lycée Saint Cricq (professionnel) in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), with a value added of +44 points in the 2025 session, among vocational high schools with 30 or more candidates.

What are the 10 vocational high schools in France with the highest value added on the vocational baccalaureate pass rate?

In order: Lycée Saint Cricq (professionnel) (Pau, +44), Lycée Anguier (professionnel) (Eu, +29), Lycée professionnel Saint Jean (Limoges, +29), Lycée Henri Nomine (professionnel) (Sarreguemines, +27), Lycée professionnel Saint Joseph (Étaples, +24), Lycée professionnel Industrie et Artisanat C.peguy (Eysines, +23), Lycée professionnel des Monts du Lyonnais (Chazelles-sur-Lyon, +22), Lycée Pointe Noire (professionnel) (Pointe-Noire, +22), Institut Nicolas Barre (Armentières, +21), and Lycée professionnel Gerty Archimede (Morne-à-l'Eau, +21).

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. Only schools with 30 or more candidates whose value added is published are ranked.

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