What share of teenagers in Caucaia are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Caucaia, 82.6% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 43rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Caucaia?

97.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Caucaia passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 243.4 in mathematics and 253.4 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Caucaia, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Caucaia were attending school, the 129th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1326th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Ceará state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.8

2025

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

90.9% of children aged 4 and 5 in Caucaia attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 96th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 33.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 149th 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 Caucaia?

Public primary schools in Caucaia scored 5.7 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 80th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.5 in 2023 and 5.2 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.3% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Caucaia's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 211.1 in mathematics and 207.6 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 Caucaia score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Caucaia's public schools scored 4.8 on the 2025 Ideb, the 101st lowest 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 Caucaia?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Caucaia scored 4.9 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Ceará state in the city scored 3.9.

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

How Caucaia compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Caucaia ranks 192 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
189	Niterói	98.3%
190	Barreiras	98.3%
191	Codó	98.3%
192	Caucaia	98.3%
193	Sapucaia do Sul	98.3%
194	Itanhaém	98.3%
195	Eunápolis	98.3%

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

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

Caucaia ranks 96 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
93	Diadema	91.0%
94	Maracanaú	91.0%
95	Americana	91.0%
96	Caucaia	90.9%
97	Sabará	90.9%
98	Uberaba	90.8%
99	Tubarão	90.8%

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

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

Caucaia ranks 278 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
275	Nova Iguaçu	82.7%
276	Itatiba	82.7%
277	São Paulo	82.7%
278	Caucaia	82.6%
279	Bragança	82.6%
280	Jataí	82.4%
281	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	82.4%

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

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

Caucaia ranks 241 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
238	Aracaju	5.7
239	Juiz de Fora	5.7
240	Campos dos Goytacazes	5.7
241	Caucaia	5.7
242	Paulista	5.7
243	Várzea Grande	5.7
244	Imperatriz	5.7

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

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

Caucaia ranks 220 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
217	Ribeirão Preto	4.8
218	Cuiabá	4.8
219	Campina Grande	4.8
220	Caucaia	4.8
221	Canoas	4.8
222	Guarujá	4.8
223	Valparaíso de Goiás	4.8

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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