Education
In Valeyres-sous-Rances about 191 or (38.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 48 or (9.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 48 who completed tertiary schooling, 52.1% were Swiss men, 25.0% were Swiss women, 14.6% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 69 students in the Valeyres-sous-Rances school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 23 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 45 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
As of 2000, there were 19 students in Valeyres-sous-Rances who came from another municipality, while 71 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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