What share of teenagers in Cascavel are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Cascavel, 86.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 141st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Cascavel?

98.5% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Cascavel passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 265.6 in mathematics and 262.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Cascavel, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Cascavel were attending school, the 41st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2595th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.0

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.4

2025

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

90.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Cascavel attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 111th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 39.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 115th 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 Cascavel?

Public primary schools in Cascavel scored 7.0 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 25th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.8 in 2023 and 6.5 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Cascavel's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 254.2 in mathematics and 234.1 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 Cascavel score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Cascavel's public schools scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb, the 76th 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

How Cascavel compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Cascavel ranks 41 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
38	Açailândia	99.2%
39	Sete Lagoas	99.2%
40	Sabará	99.2%
41	Cascavel	99.2%
42	Itajaí	99.1%
43	Itabaiana	99.1%
44	Bauru	99.1%

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

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

Cascavel ranks 111 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
108	Bragança Paulista	90.2%
109	Tangará da Serra	90.1%
110	Nova Friburgo	90.1%
111	Cascavel	90.1%
112	Suzano	90.0%
113	Timon	90.0%
114	Colatina	90.0%

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

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

Cascavel ranks 141 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
138	Palhoça	86.3%
139	Itaboraí	86.2%
140	Corumbá	86.2%
141	Cascavel	86.2%
142	Juiz de Fora	86.1%
143	Guaratinguetá	86.1%
144	Piraquara	86.1%

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

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

Cascavel ranks 25 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
22	Joinville	7.0
23	Londrina	7.0
24	Piracicaba	7.0
25	Cascavel	7.0
26	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	7.0
27	Conselheiro Lafaiete	7.0
28	Araras	7.0

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

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

Cascavel ranks 76 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
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
79	Presidente Prudente	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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