What share of teenagers in Araruama are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Araruama, 86.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 131st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Araruama?

88.0% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Araruama passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 258.4 in mathematics and 262.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Araruama, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Araruama were attending school, the 89th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1037th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio de Janeiro state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.7

2025

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

81.6% of children aged 4 and 5 in Araruama attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 61st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 25.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 77th 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 Araruama?

Public primary schools in Araruama scored 5.8 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 89th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.5 in 2023 and 5.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 93.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Araruama's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 225.8 in mathematics and 216.3 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 Araruama score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Araruama's public schools scored 4.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 73rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.3 in 2023.

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

How Araruama compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Araruama ranks 232 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
229	Águas Lindas de Goiás	98.1%
230	Osasco	98.1%
231	Uberaba	98.1%
232	Araruama	98.1%
233	Belém	98.1%
234	São Vicente	98.1%
235	Camaçari	98.1%

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

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

Araruama ranks 260 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
257	Castanhal	81.8%
258	Campo Grande	81.7%
259	Olinda	81.7%
260	Araruama	81.6%
261	Parauapebas	81.6%
262	Caxias do Sul	81.6%
263	Várzea Paulista	81.5%

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

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

Araruama ranks 131 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
128	Santo André	86.4%
129	Canoas	86.4%
130	Balneário Camboriú	86.4%
131	Araruama	86.4%
132	Cabo Frio	86.4%
133	Santana	86.4%
134	Arapiraca	86.3%

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

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

Araruama ranks 232 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
229	Parnaíba	5.8
230	Camaragibe	5.8
231	Paranaguá	5.8
232	Araruama	5.8
233	Jandira	5.8
234	Itacoatiara	5.8
235	Maceió	5.7

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

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

Araruama ranks 248 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
245	Francisco Morato	4.7
246	Rio das Ostras	4.7
247	Três Lagoas	4.7
248	Araruama	4.7
249	Ji-Paraná	4.7
250	São Pedro da Aldeia	4.7
251	Camboriú	4.7

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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