What share of teenagers in Crato are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Crato, 88.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 53rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Crato?

99.7% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Crato passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 263.1 in mathematics and 261.8 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Crato, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Crato were attending school, the 59th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2690th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Ceará state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.4

2025

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

96.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Crato attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 2nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 33.8% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 150th 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 Crato?

Public primary schools in Crato scored 6.6 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 83rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.5 in 2023 and 5.5 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 100.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Crato's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 236.1 in mathematics and 228.7 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 Crato score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Crato's public schools scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb, the 85th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.4 in 2023.

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

How Crato compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Crato ranks 59 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
56	Colatina	99.0%
57	Montes Claros	99.0%
58	Rio Grande	99.0%
59	Crato	99.0%
60	Resende	99.0%
61	São Gonçalo do Amarante	99.0%
62	Cubatão	99.0%

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

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

Crato ranks 2 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
1	São Caetano do Sul	97.8%
2	Crato	96.8%
3	Sobral	96.7%
4	Rio Claro	96.6%
5	Vitória	96.5%
6	Muriaé	96.3%
7	Macaé	96.0%

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

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

Crato ranks 53 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
50	Natal	88.2%
51	Luziânia	88.2%
52	Brusque	88.2%
53	Crato	88.2%
54	Araçatuba	88.2%
55	Formosa	88.2%
56	Contagem	88.2%

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

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

Crato ranks 83 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
80	Brusque	6.6
81	Jaú	6.6
82	Santa Cruz do Sul	6.6
83	Crato	6.6
84	Coronel Fabriciano	6.6
85	Muriaé	6.6
86	São José	6.5

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

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

Crato ranks 85 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
82	Itapetininga	5.4
83	Santana de Parnaíba	5.4
84	Brusque	5.4
85	Crato	5.4
86	Araras	5.4
87	Votorantim	5.4
88	Barretos	5.4

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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