What share of teenagers in Altamira are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Altamira, 81.5% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 30th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Altamira?

90.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Altamira passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 246.0 in mathematics and 254.5 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Altamira, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 96.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Altamira were attending school, the 10th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 252nd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Pará state: 97.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

96.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.6

2025

How many young children in Altamira attend pre-school or crèche?

75.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Altamira attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 24th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 24.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 68th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 33.9%).

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

What is the Ideb score of Altamira?

Public primary schools in Altamira scored 5.3 on the Ideb, the Ministry of Education's 0-10 index of pass rates and test results, for the early years (1st to 5th grade) in 2025, the 31st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.1 in 2023 and 5.7 in 2019.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How do 5th-graders in Altamira do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 94.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Altamira's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 207.6 in mathematics and 200.2 in Portuguese on the national Saeb tests (Brazil: 227.4 and 215.1).

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How do public schools in Altamira score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Altamira's public schools scored 4.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 54th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.4 in 2023.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How Altamira compares with other cities in Brazil

Children aged 6-14 attending school (%) (2022)

Altamira ranks 311 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
308	Aparecida de Goiânia	96.3%
309	Itu	96.3%
310	São Lourenço da Mata	96.3%
311	Altamira	96.2%
312	Manacapuru	96.0%
313	Porto Velho	95.9%
314	Macapá	95.9%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%) (2022)

Altamira ranks 297 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
294	Santa Rita	76.5%
295	Passo Fundo	76.3%
296	Eunápolis	76.0%
297	Altamira	75.8%
298	Canoas	75.5%
299	Rio Branco	75.3%
300	Porto Alegre	74.6%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%) (2022)

Altamira ranks 291 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
288	Boa Vista	81.9%
289	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	81.8%
290	Vespasiano	81.6%
291	Altamira	81.5%
292	Macapá	81.3%
293	Balsas	81.3%
294	Três Lagoas	81.2%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade (2025)

Altamira ranks 290 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
287	Castanhal	5.3
288	Porto Seguro	5.3
289	Teixeira de Freitas	5.3
290	Altamira	5.3
291	Bragança	5.3
292	Novo Gama	5.3
293	Corumbá	5.3

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade (2025)

Altamira ranks 267 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
264	Teresópolis	4.6
265	Caxias	4.6
266	Teixeira de Freitas	4.6
267	Altamira	4.6
268	Santana	4.6
269	Maceió	4.5
270	Aracaju	4.5

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025, primary school late years (6th-9th grade): pass rates, Saeb scores and Ideb 2005-2025 by municipality and school network (spreadsheet from the zip download), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0a54ddd30107…)
Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025, primary school early years (1st-5th grade): pass rates, Saeb scores and Ideb 2005-2025 by municipality and school network (spreadsheet from the zip download), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e132cd0ab831…)
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Censo Demográfico 2022: gross school attendance rate by age group (0-3, 4-5, 6-14 and 15-17), Brazil, states and municipalities (SIDRA table 10056), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4966e323affd…)

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