What share of teenagers in Caruaru are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Caruaru, 81.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 26th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Caruaru?

98.3% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Caruaru passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 256.6 in mathematics and 262.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Caruaru, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Caruaru were attending school, the 39th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 570th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Pernambuco state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.4%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.1

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

79.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Caruaru attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 46th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 26.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 92nd 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 Caruaru?

Public primary schools in Caruaru 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 149th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.2 in 2023 and 5.5 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Caruaru's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 225.6 in mathematics and 216.4 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 Caruaru score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Caruaru's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 120th 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 Caruaru?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Caruaru scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Pernambuco state in the city scored 5.2.

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

How Caruaru compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Caruaru ranks 282 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
279	Senador Canedo	97.5%
280	Corumbá	97.5%
281	Itabuna	97.5%
282	Caruaru	97.4%
283	Itaituba	97.4%
284	Catalão	97.4%
285	Santa Rita	97.3%

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

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

Caruaru ranks 275 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
272	Ananindeua	80.5%
273	Novo Gama	80.0%
274	São João de Meriti	79.8%
275	Caruaru	79.4%
276	Belford Roxo	79.4%
277	São Gonçalo	79.3%
278	Nossa Senhora do Socorro	79.2%

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

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

Caruaru ranks 295 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
292	Macapá	81.3%
293	Balsas	81.3%
294	Três Lagoas	81.2%
295	Caruaru	81.0%
296	Juazeiro	80.9%
297	São Lourenço da Mata	80.8%
298	Senador Canedo	80.7%

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

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

Caruaru ranks 172 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
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
175	Praia Grande	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)

Caruaru ranks 120 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
117	Betim	5.2
118	Diadema	5.2
119	Petrolina	5.2
120	Caruaru	5.2
121	Suzano	5.2
122	Taboão da Serra	5.2
123	Santa Maria	5.2

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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