What share of teenagers in Barbacena are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Barbacena, 90.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 16th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Barbacena?

96.1% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Barbacena passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 275.4 in mathematics and 275.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Barbacena, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Barbacena were attending school, the 28th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 451st lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Minas Gerais state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

89.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Barbacena attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 141st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 27.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 101st 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 Barbacena?

Public primary schools in Barbacena 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 59th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.6 in 2023 and 6.7 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.1% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Barbacena's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 245.7 in mathematics and 232.4 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 Barbacena score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Barbacena's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 52nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.8 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 Barbacena?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Barbacena scored 5.1 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Minas Gerais state in the city scored 5.8.

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

How Barbacena compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Barbacena ranks 293 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
290	Marília	97.1%
291	Ubá	97.1%
292	Mogi das Cruzes	97.1%
293	Barbacena	97.1%
294	Hortolândia	97.0%
295	Várzea Grande	97.0%
296	Camboriú	97.0%

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

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

Barbacena ranks 141 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
138	São Mateus	89.3%
139	Ituiutaba	89.2%
140	Serra	89.1%
141	Barbacena	89.0%
142	Palmas	89.0%
143	Resende	88.9%
144	Itumbiara	88.9%

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

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

Barbacena ranks 16 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
13	Aracaju	90.5%
14	Abaetetuba	90.3%
15	Araras	90.2%
16	Barbacena	90.1%
17	Lagarto	90.1%
18	Santo Antônio de Jesus	90.1%
19	Jacareí	90.0%

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

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

Barbacena ranks 59 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
56	Santana de Parnaíba	6.7
57	Botucatu	6.7
58	Itapipoca	6.7
59	Barbacena	6.7
60	Guaratinguetá	6.7
61	Umuarama	6.7
62	Nova Lima	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)

Barbacena ranks 52 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
49	Patos de Minas	5.6
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

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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