What share of teenagers in Criciúma are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Criciúma, 87.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 89th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Criciúma?

97.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Criciúma passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 267.6 in mathematics and 271.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Criciúma, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Criciúma were attending school, the 12th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1888th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Santa Catarina state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.4%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.5

2025

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

91.6% of children aged 4 and 5 in Criciúma attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 79th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 49.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 43rd 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 Criciúma?

Public primary schools in Criciúma scored 6.7 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 52nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.4 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 Criciúma do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Criciúma's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 242.1 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 Criciúma score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Criciúma's public schools scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 57th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.0 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 Criciúma?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Criciúma scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Santa Catarina state in the city scored 5.2.

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

How Criciúma compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Criciúma ranks 12 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
9	Ituiutaba	99.5%
10	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	99.5%
11	Paulínia	99.4%
12	Criciúma	99.4%
13	Passos	99.4%
14	Lavras	99.4%
15	Poá	99.4%

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

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

Criciúma ranks 79 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
76	São José de Ribamar	91.7%
77	Salto	91.6%
78	Lagarto	91.6%
79	Criciúma	91.6%
80	Parnaíba	91.6%
81	Ubá	91.4%
82	Varginha	91.4%

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

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

Criciúma ranks 89 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
86	Francisco Morato	87.3%
87	Itabuna	87.2%
88	Franca	87.2%
89	Criciúma	87.2%
90	Passos	87.2%
91	Alagoinhas	87.2%
92	Codó	87.2%

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

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

Criciúma ranks 52 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
49	Ubá	6.8
50	Patos	6.8
51	Montes Claros	6.7
52	Criciúma	6.7
53	Guarapuava	6.7
54	Timon	6.7
55	Patos de Minas	6.7

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

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

Criciúma ranks 57 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
54	Sorocaba	5.5
55	São José dos Pinhais	5.5
56	Arapiraca	5.5
57	Criciúma	5.5
58	Araçatuba	5.5
59	Pindamonhangaba	5.5
60	Atibaia	5.5

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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