What share of teenagers in Curitiba are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Curitiba, 85.9% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 152nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Curitiba?

99.1% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Curitiba passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 272.2 in mathematics and 270.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Curitiba, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Curitiba were attending school, the 152nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1565th 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

6.9

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.7

2025

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

89.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Curitiba attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 121st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 46.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 62nd 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 Curitiba?

Public primary schools in Curitiba scored 6.9 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 31st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.3 in 2023 and 6.5 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Curitiba's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 248.2 in mathematics and 231.3 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 Curitiba score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Curitiba's public schools scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 28th 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

Are city or state schools better in Curitiba?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Curitiba scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Paraná state in the city scored 5.7.

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

How Curitiba compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Curitiba ranks 169 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
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%
172	Londrina	98.5%

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

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

Curitiba ranks 121 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
118	Franco da Rocha	90.0%
119	Araguaína	89.8%
120	Hortolândia	89.8%
121	Curitiba	89.8%
122	Simões Filho	89.8%
123	Ponta Grossa	89.7%
124	Mauá	89.7%

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

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

Curitiba ranks 152 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
149	Gravataí	86.0%
150	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	85.9%
151	Catalão	85.9%
152	Curitiba	85.9%
153	Duque de Caxias	85.9%
154	Vitória de Santo Antão	85.8%
155	Tatuí	85.8%

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

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

Curitiba ranks 31 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
28	Araras	7.0
29	Barretos	7.0
30	Cambé	7.0
31	Curitiba	6.9
32	São José dos Campos	6.9
33	Diadema	6.9
34	Ponta Grossa	6.9

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

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

Curitiba ranks 28 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
25	Trindade	5.8
26	Erechim	5.8
27	Itaperuna	5.8
28	Curitiba	5.7
29	Teresina	5.7
30	São José dos Campos	5.7
31	Anápolis	5.7

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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