What share of teenagers in Bauru are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Bauru, 86.6% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 121st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Bauru?

95.1% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Bauru passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 255.1 in mathematics and 256.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Bauru, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Bauru were attending school, the 44th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2672nd highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.1

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.9

2025

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

91.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Bauru attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 91st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 42.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 88th 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 Bauru?

Public primary schools in Bauru scored 6.1 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 150th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.9 in 2023 and 6.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.4% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Bauru's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 228.0 in mathematics and 213.0 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 Bauru score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Bauru's public schools scored 4.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 118th lowest 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 Bauru?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Bauru scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 4.9.

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

How Bauru compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Bauru ranks 44 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
41	Cascavel	99.2%
42	Itajaí	99.1%
43	Itabaiana	99.1%
44	Bauru	99.1%
45	Ponta Grossa	99.1%
46	Santo Antônio de Jesus	99.1%
47	São José dos Campos	99.1%

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

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

Bauru ranks 91 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
88	Santo André	91.3%
89	Ribeirão Pires	91.1%
90	São Paulo	91.0%
91	Bauru	91.0%
92	São José	91.0%
93	Diadema	91.0%
94	Maracanaú	91.0%

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

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

Bauru ranks 121 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
118	Cachoeirinha	86.6%
119	Colatina	86.6%
120	Resende	86.6%
121	Bauru	86.6%
122	São José do Rio Preto	86.5%
123	Camaçari	86.5%
124	Jundiaí	86.5%

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

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

Bauru ranks 171 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
168	Santos	6.1
169	Boa Vista	6.1
170	Betim	6.1
171	Bauru	6.1
172	Caruaru	6.1
173	Vitória da Conquista	6.1
174	Cariacica	6.1

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

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

Bauru ranks 203 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
200	Campo Grande	4.9
201	Osasco	4.9
202	Juiz de Fora	4.9
203	Bauru	4.9
204	Cariacica	4.9
205	Santarém	4.9
206	São Vicente	4.9

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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