What share of teenagers in Erechim are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Erechim, 88.8% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 40th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Erechim?

96.1% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Erechim passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 283.1 in mathematics and 281.5 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Erechim, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Erechim were attending school, the 3rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1195th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio Grande do Sul state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.8

2025

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

95.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Erechim attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 12th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 57.3% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 13th 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 Erechim?

Public primary schools in Erechim scored 6.8 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 48th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.6 in 2023 and 6.6 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Erechim's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 246.9 in mathematics and 230.4 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 Erechim score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Erechim's public schools scored 5.8 on the 2025 Ideb, the 26th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.3 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 Erechim?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Erechim scored 5.8 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Rio Grande do Sul state in the city scored 5.9.

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

How Erechim compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Erechim ranks 3 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
1	Varginha	99.8%
2	Pindamonhangaba	99.8%
3	Erechim	99.7%
4	Toledo	99.7%
5	Araxá	99.6%
6	Patos	99.6%
7	Santa Cruz do Sul	99.6%

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

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

Erechim ranks 12 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
9	Botucatu	95.2%
10	Maringá	95.1%
11	Brusque	95.0%
12	Erechim	95.0%
13	Assis	94.8%
14	Poços de Caldas	94.4%
15	Sete Lagoas	94.3%

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

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

Erechim ranks 40 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
37	Praia Grande	89.1%
38	Catanduva	89.1%
39	Jaú	89.0%
40	Erechim	88.8%
41	Paulínia	88.8%
42	Açailândia	88.8%
43	Blumenau	88.7%

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

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

Erechim ranks 48 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
45	Sertãozinho	6.8
46	Ribeirão Pires	6.8
47	Passos	6.8
48	Erechim	6.8
49	Ubá	6.8
50	Patos	6.8
51	Montes Claros	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)

Erechim ranks 26 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
23	Foz do Iguaçu	5.8
24	Americana	5.8
25	Trindade	5.8
26	Erechim	5.8
27	Itaperuna	5.8
28	Curitiba	5.7
29	Teresina	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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