Calculator Bacalaureat
Calculate your French Baccalauréat final grade and Mention level instantly. Enter your written exam, oral exam and continuous assessment scores on the 0–20 scale to see your overall grade, pass/fail verdict, and the minimum needed for any honors tier.
Tip: Leave one field empty to see the minimum score you need on that section to pass or reach a target Mention.
Final Grade (out of 20)
Your Baccalauréat final grade = (0.60 × Written Exams) + (0.20 × Grand Oral) + (0.20 × Continuous Assessment), out of 20. A score of 10.00+ passes. 8.00–9.99 qualifies for rattrapage (oral catch-up). In 2025, 58.8% of all successful candidates earned a mention, but only 8.8% reached Très Bien or higher nationally.
Written + Oral + Continuous = Your Final Grade
Since the 2021 reform, the French Baccalauréat final grade is a weighted average of three components, each scored on a 0–20 scale:
The Baccalauréat is the national exam that closes secondary education in France and serves as the gateway to university. This calculator applies the exact Ministry of Education weighting so your result matches what your académie will calculate, with no signup and nothing stored.
Since the Continuous Assessment Reform
Formula: Final Grade = (0.60 × Written) + (0.20 × Oral) + (0.20 × Continuous Assessment)
The result is expressed on the 0 to 20 scale with two decimals. A score of 10.00 or above means you pass; below 10.00 means you fail and must either retake (rattrapage) in early July or repeat the year. Students between 8.00 and 9.99 are eligible for the oral rattrapage session, where they can defend two subjects to bring their final grade up to 10.
How Rare Is Your Mention? 2025 National Results
Official 2025 Ministry of Education figures (DEPP Note d'Information n°25-45) show exactly how the 679,134 successful candidates that year were distributed across Mention tiers, out of all admitted students nationally:
In other words, a Mention Très Bien places you among roughly the top 8.8% of successful candidates nationally, and Félicitations is genuinely rare at 1%. The general track (bac général) skews much higher than the national average, 68% of general-track candidates earn a mention, with 37.4% reaching Bien or Très Bien, compared to lower rates in technological and professional tracks. Overall pass rate across all tracks in 2025 was 91.8%, with the general track alone at 96.4%.
What Your Mention Means
| Final Grade | Mention | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Below 8.00 | Refusé (Failed) | Did not pass, must retake the following year |
| 8.00 – 9.99 | Rattrapage | Eligible for the oral catch-up session to reach 10.00 |
| 10.00 – 11.99 | Passable | Standard pass, diploma earned, baseline for most universities |
| 12.00 – 13.99 | Assez Bien | Fairly good, competitive for many public universities |
| 14.00 – 15.99 | Bien | Good, opens classes préparatoires and selective programs |
| 16.00 – 17.99 | Très Bien | Very good, eligible for top grandes écoles, scholarships and merit programs |
| 18.00 – 20.00 | Très Bien avec Félicitations | Highest distinction, top 1% nationally |
How to Use Results Effectively
- Plan during Terminale: enter your continuous assessment average and target a final grade, then back-calculate what you need on the written exams
- Aim above your target: universities and grandes écoles often use raw scores plus Mention for admission, so a Bien with 14.5 is treated differently from a Bien with 15.9
- Watch the rattrapage line: if you're tracking around 9.50, focus on your two strongest oral subjects since rattrapage uses your two best chosen subjects
- Mention Très Bien matters for scholarships: the national bourse au mérite and many regional scholarships use 16+ as a hard threshold, a genuinely top-10% national result
- Save your scenario: use the copy button to keep your numbers and compare projections over time
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