What share of teenagers in Araucária are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Araucária, 87.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 99th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Araucária?

98.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Araucária passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 259.2 in mathematics and 261.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Araucária, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Araucária were attending school, the 24th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2326th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.3

2025

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

86.9% of children aged 4 and 5 in Araucária attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 140th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 34.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 156th 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 Araucária?

Public primary schools in Araucária scored 6.5 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 92nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.9 in 2023 and 6.1 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 97.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Araucária's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 238.4 in mathematics and 224.6 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 Araucária score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Araucária's public schools scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb, the 101st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.0 in 2023.

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

How Araucária compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Araucária ranks 24 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
21	Maringá	99.3%
22	Nova Serrana	99.3%
23	Ourinhos	99.3%
24	Araucária	99.3%
25	Brusque	99.3%
26	Vitória	99.2%
27	Volta Redonda	99.2%

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

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

Araucária ranks 181 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
178	Camaragibe	87.1%
179	Mogi das Cruzes	87.0%
180	Itanhaém	87.0%
181	Araucária	86.9%
182	Caxias	86.9%
183	Uberlândia	86.8%
184	Fazenda Rio Grande	86.8%

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

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

Araucária ranks 99 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
96	Santa Luzia	87.1%
97	Taboão da Serra	87.1%
98	Poços de Caldas	87.1%
99	Araucária	87.1%
100	Rio Claro	87.0%
101	Caxias	87.0%
102	Colombo	87.0%

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

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

Araucária ranks 92 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
89	Jacareí	6.5
90	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	6.5
91	Itu	6.5
92	Araucária	6.5
93	Votorantim	6.5
94	Valinhos	6.5
95	Bento Gonçalves	6.5

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

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

Araucária ranks 101 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
98	Luziânia	5.3
99	Itapecerica da Serra	5.3
100	Pouso Alegre	5.3
101	Araucária	5.3
102	Caraguatatuba	5.3
103	São Mateus	5.3
104	Tangará da Serra	5.3

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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