What share of teenagers in Balsas are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Balsas, 81.3% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 28th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Balsas?

94.3% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Balsas passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 248.2 in mathematics and 251.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Balsas, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Balsas were attending school, the 100th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1110th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Maranhão state: 98.4%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.7

2025

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

81.2% of children aged 4 and 5 in Balsas attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 55th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 16.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 15th 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 Balsas?

Public primary schools in Balsas scored 5.5 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 48th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 4.9 in 2023 and 4.7 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 97.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Balsas' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 207.7 in mathematics and 201.2 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 Balsas score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Balsas' public schools scored 4.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 68th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.2 in 2023.

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

How Balsas compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Balsas ranks 221 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
218	Florianópolis	98.2%
219	Campinas	98.2%
220	Ilhéus	98.2%
221	Balsas	98.2%
222	Sinop	98.1%
223	Queimados	98.1%
224	Dourados	98.1%

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

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

Balsas ranks 266 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
263	Várzea Paulista	81.5%
264	Sinop	81.4%
265	Pelotas	81.3%
266	Balsas	81.2%
267	Maceió	81.0%
268	Santarém	80.9%
269	Dourados	80.8%

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

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

Balsas ranks 293 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
290	Vespasiano	81.6%
291	Altamira	81.5%
292	Macapá	81.3%
293	Balsas	81.3%
294	Três Lagoas	81.2%
295	Caruaru	81.0%
296	Juazeiro	80.9%

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

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

Balsas ranks 273 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
270	Mesquita	5.5
271	Caxias	5.5
272	Vitória de Santo Antão	5.5
273	Balsas	5.5
274	Porto Alegre	5.4
275	Parauapebas	5.4
276	Dourados	5.4

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

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

Balsas ranks 253 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
250	São Pedro da Aldeia	4.7
251	Camboriú	4.7
252	Manacapuru	4.7
253	Balsas	4.7
254	São Luís	4.6
255	João Pessoa	4.6
256	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	4.6

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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