What share of teenagers in Arapongas are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Arapongas, 84.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 78th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Arapongas?

99.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Arapongas passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 287.4 in mathematics and 282.4 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Arapongas, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 96.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Arapongas were attending school, the 15th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 267th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

96.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

6.2

2025

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

85.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Arapongas attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 112th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 34.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 160th 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 Arapongas?

Public primary schools in Arapongas scored 7.3 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 10th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 7.2 in 2023 and 6.8 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Arapongas' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 261.2 in mathematics and 241.2 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 Arapongas score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Arapongas' public schools scored 6.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 3rd 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 Arapongas compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Arapongas ranks 306 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
303	Passo Fundo	96.7%
304	Botucatu	96.6%
305	Manaus	96.5%
306	Arapongas	96.3%
307	Cuiabá	96.3%
308	Aparecida de Goiânia	96.3%
309	Itu	96.3%

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

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

Arapongas ranks 209 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
206	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	86.0%
207	Angra dos Reis	85.9%
208	Barcarena	85.9%
209	Arapongas	85.8%
210	Francisco Morato	85.8%
211	Catalão	85.7%
212	Joinville	85.7%

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

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

Arapongas ranks 243 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
240	Trindade	84.0%
241	Maceió	84.0%
242	Palmas	84.0%
243	Arapongas	84.0%
244	Ribeirão Preto	83.9%
245	Barretos	83.9%
246	Dourados	83.8%

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

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

Arapongas ranks 10 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
7	Apucarana	7.4
8	Birigui	7.4
9	Itaperuna	7.4
10	Arapongas	7.3
11	Franca	7.2
12	Americana	7.2
13	Araçatuba	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)

Arapongas ranks 3 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
1	Sobral	8.0
2	Itatiba	6.2
3	Arapongas	6.2
4	Umuarama	6.2
5	Cambé	6.1
6	Jaraguá do Sul	6.0
7	São Caetano do Sul	6.0

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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