What share of teenagers in Blumenau are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Blumenau, 88.7% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 43rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Blumenau?

96.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Blumenau passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 263.6 in mathematics and 272.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Blumenau, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Blumenau were attending school, the 67th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2565th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Santa Catarina state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.4

2025

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

90.6% of children aged 4 and 5 in Blumenau attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 105th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 60.8% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 4th 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 Blumenau?

Public primary schools in Blumenau scored 6.6 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 74th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.3 in 2023 and 6.2 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Blumenau's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 239.6 in mathematics and 227.8 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 Blumenau score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Blumenau's public schools scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb, the 75th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.2 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 Blumenau?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Blumenau scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Santa Catarina state in the city scored 5.0.

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

How Blumenau compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Blumenau ranks 67 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
64	Formosa	99.0%
65	Presidente Prudente	99.0%
66	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	99.0%
67	Blumenau	99.0%
68	Franca	99.0%
69	Itapevi	99.0%
70	Sobral	99.0%

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

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

Blumenau ranks 105 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
102	Maricá	90.7%
103	Betim	90.6%
104	Campos dos Goytacazes	90.6%
105	Blumenau	90.6%
106	Vila Velha	90.5%
107	Rio das Ostras	90.4%
108	Bragança Paulista	90.2%

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

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

Blumenau ranks 43 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
40	Erechim	88.8%
41	Paulínia	88.8%
42	Açailândia	88.8%
43	Blumenau	88.7%
44	São José dos Campos	88.7%
45	Pelotas	88.7%
46	Joinville	88.6%

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

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

Blumenau ranks 74 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
71	Vila Velha	6.6
72	Mauá	6.6
73	Rio Branco	6.6
74	Blumenau	6.6
75	Araraquara	6.6
76	Hortolândia	6.6
77	Presidente Prudente	6.6

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

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

Blumenau ranks 75 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
72	São Bernardo do Campo	5.4
73	Uberlândia	5.4
74	Montes Claros	5.4
75	Blumenau	5.4
76	Cascavel	5.4
77	Araraquara	5.4
78	Maracanaú	5.4

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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