What share of teenagers in Araxá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Araxá, 87.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 94th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Araxá?

97.1% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Araxá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 272.3 in mathematics and 275.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Araxá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.6% of children aged 6 to 14 in Araxá were attending school, the 5th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1388th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Minas Gerais state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.6%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

92.3% of children aged 4 and 5 in Araxá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 62nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 46.3% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 61st 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 Araxá?

Public primary schools in Araxá scored 6.7 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 63rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.6 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 Araxá do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 98.1% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Araxá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 245.8 in mathematics and 229.2 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 Araxá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Araxá's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 53rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.9 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 Araxá?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Araxá scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Minas Gerais state in the city scored 5.7.

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

How Araxá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Araxá ranks 5 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
2	Pindamonhangaba	99.8%
3	Erechim	99.7%
4	Toledo	99.7%
5	Araxá	99.6%
6	Patos	99.6%
7	Santa Cruz do Sul	99.6%
8	Apucarana	99.6%

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

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

Araxá ranks 62 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
59	Divinópolis	92.4%
60	Paço do Lumiar	92.4%
61	Juazeiro do Norte	92.3%
62	Araxá	92.3%
63	Itaperuna	92.3%
64	São Luís	92.2%
65	Coronel Fabriciano	92.2%

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

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

Araxá ranks 94 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
91	Alagoinhas	87.2%
92	Codó	87.2%
93	Teresópolis	87.1%
94	Araxá	87.1%
95	Divinópolis	87.1%
96	Santa Luzia	87.1%
97	Taboão da Serra	87.1%

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

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

Araxá ranks 63 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
60	Guaratinguetá	6.7
61	Umuarama	6.7
62	Nova Lima	6.7
63	Araxá	6.7
64	Paulínia	6.7
65	Ourinhos	6.7
66	Assis	6.7

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

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

Araxá ranks 53 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
50	Mogi Guaçu	5.6
51	Pinhais	5.6
52	Barbacena	5.6
53	Araxá	5.6
54	Sorocaba	5.5
55	São José dos Pinhais	5.5
56	Arapiraca	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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