What share of teenagers in Boa Vista are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Boa Vista, 81.9% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 33rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Boa Vista?

93.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Boa Vista passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 241.1 in mathematics and 241.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Boa Vista, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 94.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Boa Vista were attending school, the 2nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 105th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Roraima state: 91.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

94.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.1

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.4

2025

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

70.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Boa Vista attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 10th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 16.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 17th 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 Boa Vista?

Public primary schools in Boa Vista 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 152nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.7 in 2023 and 5.9 in 2019.

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

How do 5th-graders in Boa Vista do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 98.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Boa Vista's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 226.9 in mathematics and 211.8 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 Boa Vista score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Boa Vista's public schools scored 4.4 on the 2025 Ideb, the 41st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.4 in 2023.

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

How Boa Vista compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Boa Vista ranks 319 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
314	Macapá	95.9%
315	São Leopoldo	95.6%
316	Várzea Paulista	95.6%
317	Itacoatiara	95.6%
318	Jandira	94.5%
319	Boa Vista	94.2%
320	Breves	92.7%

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

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

Boa Vista ranks 311 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
308	Itacoatiara	71.3%
309	Corumbá	71.1%
310	Almirante Tamandaré	71.0%
311	Boa Vista	70.5%
312	Ji-Paraná	70.0%
313	Manaus	69.1%
314	Santana	69.1%

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

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

Boa Vista ranks 288 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
285	Eunápolis	82.2%
286	Santana de Parnaíba	82.0%
287	Santa Rita	81.9%
288	Boa Vista	81.9%
289	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	81.8%
290	Vespasiano	81.6%
291	Altamira	81.5%

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

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

Boa Vista ranks 169 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
166	Ananindeua	6.1
167	Caxias do Sul	6.1
168	Santos	6.1
169	Boa Vista	6.1
170	Betim	6.1
171	Bauru	6.1
172	Caruaru	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)

Boa Vista ranks 280 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
277	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	4.5
278	Paço do Lumiar	4.5
279	Vitória de Santo Antão	4.5
280	Boa Vista	4.4
281	Corumbá	4.4
282	Nossa Senhora do Socorro	4.3
283	Porto Seguro	4.3

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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