What share of teenagers in Araçatuba are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Araçatuba, 88.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 54th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Araçatuba?

98.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Araçatuba passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 268.8 in mathematics and 269.0 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Araçatuba, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Araçatuba were attending school, the 132nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1928th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.2

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.5

2025

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

92.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Araçatuba attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 50th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 49.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 44th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 33.9%).

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

What is the Ideb score of Araçatuba?

Public primary schools in Araçatuba scored 7.2 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 13th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.9 in 2023 and 6.9 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.6% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Araçatuba's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 258.4 in mathematics and 238.9 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 Araçatuba score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Araçatuba's public schools scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 58th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.6 in 2023.

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

How Araçatuba compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Araçatuba ranks 132 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
129	Joinville	98.7%
130	Taubaté	98.7%
131	Belo Horizonte	98.7%
132	Araçatuba	98.7%
133	Sorocaba	98.7%
134	Pinhais	98.7%
135	São Mateus	98.7%

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

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

Araçatuba ranks 50 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
47	Toledo	92.9%
48	Jacareí	92.8%
49	Santa Cruz do Sul	92.8%
50	Araçatuba	92.8%
51	Jundiaí	92.8%
52	Caraguatatuba	92.8%
53	Barretos	92.7%

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

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

Araçatuba ranks 54 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
51	Luziânia	88.2%
52	Brusque	88.2%
53	Crato	88.2%
54	Araçatuba	88.2%
55	Formosa	88.2%
56	Contagem	88.2%
57	Uruguaiana	88.1%

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

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

Araçatuba ranks 13 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
10	Arapongas	7.3
11	Franca	7.2
12	Americana	7.2
13	Araçatuba	7.2
14	Jaraguá do Sul	7.2
15	São Caetano do Sul	7.2
16	Itatiba	7.2

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

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

Araçatuba ranks 58 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
55	São José dos Pinhais	5.5
56	Arapiraca	5.5
57	Criciúma	5.5
58	Araçatuba	5.5
59	Pindamonhangaba	5.5
60	Atibaia	5.5
61	Fazenda Rio Grande	5.5

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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