To put or not to send your child to a private school curriculum: this is the question that arises for many parents, even more so in high school with the arrival of the Baccalaureate. For some, they are a guarantee of success and success for the rest of their child’s career, for others, it is important to trust the public, which can adapt to more students. And if you still doubt, maybe the ranking of the best high schools in France, published Wednesday March 20, 2023 by the Ministry of National Education, will allow you to form an opinion on the subject. To decide between establishments, the ranking took into account several criteria:
- the baccalaureate success rate in 2023,
- the rate of mentions in the same year
- the “added value” for these two indicators
But what is the “added value” precisely ? “The difference between the results obtained and the results that were hoped fortaking into account the academic and socio-professional characteristics of the students”explains the ministry, as reported in particular by BFMTV. The ability, also, to know “develop in students, perhaps less well endowed at the start, the knowledge and abilities which enabled their success.”
Many private high schools at the top of the list
Within the ranking of general and technological high schools, it is the private establishments, very often located in Île-de-France, which occupy the top of the list. We note in particular the presence of the Saint-François d’Assise high school in Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines) at the top of the podium, with a success rate and mentions in the baccalaureate of 100% last year. To see public high schools a little further down the ranking, you have to expand to the top 100, and wait for the appearance of 11 establishments, including Henri IV (which comes 6th), with 100% success rate and mentions. Scores to be put in context, however, because for many, private high schools make a selection of students upon entering the establishment. Some, whose results are too low, are even asked to leave during their course. The criterion called “Access rate to the Baccalaureate” is therefore important because, as the news channel explains, it reveals “the proportion of second year students who obtained the diploma while remaining in the establishment”.
What are the 10 most successful general and technological high schools in France?
According to BFMTV, among the 10 best public high schools in France, classified according to their performance, we find:
- Lycée Saint-François d’Assise (private), Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines)
- Lycée Saint-Michel de Picpus (private), Paris 12th arrondissement
- Notre-Dame High School (private), Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine)
- Lycée Saint-Jean de Passy (private), Paris 16th arrondissement
- Lycée Sainte-Marie (private), Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine)
- Lycée Henri IV (public), Paris 5th arrondissement
- Lycée Stanislas (private), Paris 6th arrondissement
- Madeleine Danielou High School (private), Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine)
- Lycée Lacordaire (private), Paris 6th arrondissement
- Notre-Dame de Sion High School (private), Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine)
The most successful vocational high schools
As for the most successful vocational high schools, we find:
- Lycée du Grésivaudan (public), Meylan (Isère)
- John Paul II High School (private), Compiègne (Oise)
- Sainte-Marie Oratory (private), Auch (Gers)
- Airbus high school (private), Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)
- Sainte-Anne High School (private), Sablé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe)
- Lycée Bernat Extxepare (private), Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
- Saint-Joseph High School (private), Gabarret (Landes)
- Saint-François de Sales high school (private), Alençon (Orne)
- Lycée de la Plaine (public), Eysines (Gironde)
- Daniel Brottier hotel high school (private), Bouguenais (Loire-Atlantique)
For more information on a particular establishment, enter the name of the city or high school of your choice on the tool proposed by National Educationthen compare the results.