What share of teenagers in Colombo are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Colombo, 87.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 102nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Colombo?

99.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Colombo passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 266.9 in mathematics and 269.8 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Colombo, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Colombo were attending school, the 153rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1581st lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.5%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.4

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

86.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Colombo attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 129th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 32.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 136th 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 Colombo?

Public primary schools in Colombo scored 6.4 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 107th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.8 in 2023 and 6.2 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 95.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Colombo's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 241.0 in mathematics and 228.5 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 Colombo score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Colombo's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 47th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.1 in 2023.

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

How Colombo compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Colombo ranks 168 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
165	Linhares	98.5%
166	Vitória da Conquista	98.5%
167	Guarujá	98.5%
168	Colombo	98.5%
169	Curitiba	98.5%
170	São José de Ribamar	98.5%
171	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	98.5%

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

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

Colombo ranks 192 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
189	São Pedro da Aldeia	86.7%
190	Magé	86.7%
191	Natal	86.5%
192	Colombo	86.5%
193	Barra Mansa	86.5%
194	Ribeirão das Neves	86.4%
195	Itaquaquecetuba	86.4%

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

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

Colombo ranks 102 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
99	Araucária	87.1%
100	Rio Claro	87.0%
101	Caxias	87.0%
102	Colombo	87.0%
103	Macaé	87.0%
104	Belford Roxo	87.0%
105	Governador Valadares	87.0%

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

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

Colombo ranks 107 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
104	Vitória	6.4
105	Taubaté	6.4
106	Chapecó	6.4
107	Colombo	6.4
108	Sete Lagoas	6.4
109	Maricá	6.4
110	Bragança Paulista	6.4

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

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

Colombo ranks 47 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
44	Franca	5.6
45	Limeira	5.6
46	São Carlos	5.6
47	Colombo	5.6
48	Timon	5.6
49	Patos de Minas	5.6
50	Mogi Guaçu	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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