What share of teenagers in Bagé are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Bagé, 87.5% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 80th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Bagé?

91.3% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Bagé passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 259.6 in mathematics and 264.5 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Bagé, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Bagé were attending school, the 20th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2081st highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio Grande do Sul state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.9

2025

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

89.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Bagé attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 127th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 36.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 143rd 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 Bagé?

Public primary schools in Bagé scored 5.7 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 71st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.7 in 2023 and 5.8 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 95.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Bagé's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 219.2 in mathematics and 209.9 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 Bagé score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Bagé's public schools scored 4.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 106th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.6 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 Bagé?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Bagé scored 4.6 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Rio Grande do Sul state in the city scored 5.4.

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

How Bagé compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Bagé ranks 20 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
17	Caraguatatuba	99.4%
18	Araras	99.4%
19	Campo Largo	99.3%
20	Bagé	99.3%
21	Maringá	99.3%
22	Nova Serrana	99.3%
23	Ourinhos	99.3%

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

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

Bagé ranks 127 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
124	Mauá	89.7%
125	Parnamirim	89.7%
126	Praia Grande	89.7%
127	Bagé	89.7%
128	Campina Grande	89.7%
129	Patos de Minas	89.6%
130	Balneário Camboriú	89.6%

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

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

Bagé ranks 80 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
77	Igarassu	87.5%
78	Londrina	87.5%
79	Sobral	87.5%
80	Bagé	87.5%
81	Timon	87.4%
82	Montes Claros	87.4%
83	Botucatu	87.3%

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

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

Bagé ranks 250 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
247	Passo Fundo	5.7
248	Barreiras	5.7
249	Alagoinhas	5.7
250	Bagé	5.7
251	Santana	5.7
252	Açailândia	5.7
253	Salvador	5.6

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

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

Bagé ranks 215 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
212	Franco da Rocha	4.9
213	Resende	4.9
214	Bragança	4.9
215	Bagé	4.9
216	Igarassu	4.9
217	Ribeirão Preto	4.8
218	Cuiabá	4.8

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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