What share of teenagers in Brasília are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Brasília, 89.5% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 28th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Brasília?

93.0% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Brasília passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 248.9 in mathematics and 252.0 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Brasília, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Brasília were attending school, the 73rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2506th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.0

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.7

2025

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

85.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Brasília attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 96th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 30.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 120th 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 Brasília?

Public primary schools in Brasília scored 6.0 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 134th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.9 in 2023 and 6.1 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 95.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Brasília's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 228.3 in mathematics and 218.0 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 Brasília score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Brasília's public schools scored 4.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 89th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.6 in 2023.

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

How Brasília compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Brasília ranks 73 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
70	Sobral	99.0%
71	Jataí	99.0%
72	Juiz de Fora	99.0%
73	Brasília	99.0%
74	Ribeirão das Neves	99.0%
75	Parnamirim	99.0%
76	Rondonópolis	99.0%

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

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

Brasília ranks 225 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
222	Recife	85.1%
223	Paranaguá	85.1%
224	Barreiras	85.1%
225	Brasília	85.0%
226	Guarujá	85.0%
227	Mesquita	84.8%
228	Arapiraca	84.8%

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

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

Brasília ranks 28 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
25	Americana	89.6%
26	Jaraguá do Sul	89.5%
27	Assis	89.5%
28	Brasília	89.5%
29	Mossoró	89.5%
30	Sertãozinho	89.5%
31	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	89.5%

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

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

Brasília ranks 187 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
184	São Mateus	6.1
185	Maranguape	6.1
186	Ituiutaba	6.1
187	Brasília	6.0
188	São Luís	6.0
189	Contagem	6.0
190	Serra	6.0

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

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

Brasília ranks 232 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
229	Sorriso	4.8
230	Açailândia	4.8
231	Paragominas	4.8
232	Brasília	4.7
233	Porto Alegre	4.7
234	Itaquaquecetuba	4.7
235	Várzea Grande	4.7

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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