What share of teenagers in Catanduva are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Catanduva, 89.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 38th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Catanduva?

98.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Catanduva passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 261.6 in mathematics and 263.8 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Catanduva, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Catanduva were attending school, the 106th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2164th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.4

2025

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

93.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Catanduva attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 41st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 52.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 27th 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 Catanduva?

Public primary schools in Catanduva 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 135th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.8 in 2023 and 6.7 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.6% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Catanduva's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 233.1 in mathematics and 217.9 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 Catanduva score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Catanduva's public schools scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb, the 91st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.3 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 Catanduva?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Catanduva scored 5.0 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.5.

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

How Catanduva compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Catanduva ranks 106 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
103	Parauapebas	98.8%
104	Chapecó	98.8%
105	Itapecerica da Serra	98.8%
106	Catanduva	98.8%
107	Lagarto	98.8%
108	Campina Grande	98.8%
109	São Carlos	98.8%

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

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

Catanduva ranks 41 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
38	Poá	93.4%
39	São Bernardo do Campo	93.4%
40	Marília	93.4%
41	Catanduva	93.4%
42	São José dos Campos	93.3%
43	Paulínia	93.2%
44	Maranguape	93.1%

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

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

Catanduva ranks 38 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
35	Santa Cruz do Sul	89.2%
36	Varginha	89.2%
37	Praia Grande	89.1%
38	Catanduva	89.1%
39	Jaú	89.0%
40	Erechim	88.8%
41	Paulínia	88.8%

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

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

Catanduva ranks 135 of 320, highest first.

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

Catanduva ranks 91 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
88	Barretos	5.4
89	Colatina	5.4
90	Guaratinguetá	5.4
91	Catanduva	5.4
92	Santo André	5.3
93	Vitória	5.3
94	Barueri	5.3

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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