What share of teenagers in Cotia are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Cotia, 84.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 83rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Cotia?

95.6% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Cotia passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 251.6 in mathematics and 255.0 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Cotia, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Cotia were attending school, the 102nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2163rd 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

6.2

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.9

2025

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

88.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Cotia attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 158th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 43.7% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 79th 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 Cotia?

Public primary schools in Cotia scored 6.2 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 148th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.0 in 2023 and 6.0 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.3% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Cotia's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 229.7 in mathematics and 218.4 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 Cotia score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Cotia's public schools scored 4.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 113th 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 Cotia?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Cotia scored 4.8 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 4.9.

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

How Cotia compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Cotia ranks 102 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
99	Santa Luzia	98.8%
100	Barueri	98.8%
101	Conselheiro Lafaiete	98.8%
102	Cotia	98.8%
103	Parauapebas	98.8%
104	Chapecó	98.8%
105	Itapecerica da Serra	98.8%

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

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

Cotia ranks 158 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
155	Rondonópolis	88.2%
156	Londrina	88.2%
157	Feira de Santana	88.1%
158	Cotia	88.1%
159	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	88.1%
160	Vitória de Santo Antão	88.0%
161	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	88.0%

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

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

Cotia ranks 238 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
235	Piracicaba	84.2%
236	Campo Grande	84.2%
237	Guarujá	84.1%
238	Cotia	84.1%
239	Novo Gama	84.0%
240	Trindade	84.0%
241	Maceió	84.0%

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

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

Cotia ranks 148 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
145	Petrolina	6.2
146	Itaquaquecetuba	6.2
147	Palmas	6.2
148	Cotia	6.2
149	Taboão da Serra	6.2
150	Novo Hamburgo	6.2
151	Luziânia	6.2

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

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

Cotia ranks 208 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
205	Santarém	4.9
206	São Vicente	4.9
207	Ribeirão das Neves	4.9
208	Cotia	4.9
209	Araguaína	4.9
210	Barreiras	4.9
211	Camaragibe	4.9

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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