What share of teenagers in Catalão are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Catalão, 85.9% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 151st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Catalão?

97.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Catalão passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 272.8 in mathematics and 276.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Catalão, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Catalão were attending school, the 37th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 553rd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Goiás state: 98.1%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.4%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.7

2025

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

85.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Catalão attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 110th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 36.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 144th 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 Catalão?

Public primary schools in Catalão scored 6.3 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 136th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.3 in 2023 and 6.3 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Catalão's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 231.4 in mathematics and 221.9 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 Catalão score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Catalão's public schools scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 39th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.5 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 Catalão?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Catalão scored 4.7 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Goiás state in the city scored 5.7.

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

How Catalão compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Catalão ranks 284 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
281	Itabuna	97.5%
282	Caruaru	97.4%
283	Itaituba	97.4%
284	Catalão	97.4%
285	Santa Rita	97.3%
286	Araguari	97.3%
287	Nova Iguaçu	97.2%

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

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

Catalão ranks 211 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
208	Barcarena	85.9%
209	Arapongas	85.8%
210	Francisco Morato	85.8%
211	Catalão	85.7%
212	Joinville	85.7%
213	Petrópolis	85.7%
214	Sapucaia do Sul	85.7%

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

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

Catalão ranks 151 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
148	Viamão	86.0%
149	Gravataí	86.0%
150	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	85.9%
151	Catalão	85.9%
152	Curitiba	85.9%
153	Duque de Caxias	85.9%
154	Vitória de Santo Antão	85.8%

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

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

Catalão ranks 136 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
133	Tatuí	6.3
134	Sarandi	6.3
135	Catanduva	6.3
136	Catalão	6.3
137	Itabira	6.3
138	Itanhaém	6.3
139	Nova Serrana	6.3

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

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

Catalão ranks 39 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
36	Itapipoca	5.7
37	Birigui	5.7
38	Sarandi	5.7
39	Catalão	5.7
40	Muriaé	5.7
41	Jundiaí	5.6
42	Piracicaba	5.6

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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