What share of teenagers in Araras are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Araras, 90.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 15th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Araras?

96.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Araras passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 267.4 in mathematics and 268.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Araras, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Araras were attending school, the 18th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2020th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.4%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.0

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.4

2025

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

93.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Araras attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 35th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 48.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 46th 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 Araras?

Public primary schools in Araras scored 7.0 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 28th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.8 in 2023 and 7.0 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Araras' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 254.8 in mathematics and 234.4 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 Araras score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Araras' public schools scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb, the 86th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.5 in 2023.

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

Are city or state schools better in Araras?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Araras scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.4.

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

How Araras compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Araras ranks 18 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
15	Poá	99.4%
16	Betim	99.4%
17	Caraguatatuba	99.4%
18	Araras	99.4%
19	Campo Largo	99.3%
20	Bagé	99.3%
21	Maringá	99.3%

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

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

Araras ranks 35 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
32	Votorantim	93.5%
33	São Gonçalo do Amarante	93.5%
34	Pouso Alegre	93.5%
35	Araras	93.5%
36	Lavras	93.5%
37	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	93.4%
38	Poá	93.4%

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

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

Araras ranks 15 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
12	Pindamonhangaba	90.6%
13	Aracaju	90.5%
14	Abaetetuba	90.3%
15	Araras	90.2%
16	Barbacena	90.1%
17	Lagarto	90.1%
18	Santo Antônio de Jesus	90.1%

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

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

Araras ranks 28 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
25	Cascavel	7.0
26	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	7.0
27	Conselheiro Lafaiete	7.0
28	Araras	7.0
29	Barretos	7.0
30	Cambé	7.0
31	Curitiba	6.9

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

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

Araras ranks 86 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
83	Santana de Parnaíba	5.4
84	Brusque	5.4
85	Crato	5.4
86	Araras	5.4
87	Votorantim	5.4
88	Barretos	5.4
89	Colatina	5.4

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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