What share of teenagers in Franca are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Franca, 87.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 88th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Franca?

98.0% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Franca passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 273.1 in mathematics and 270.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Franca, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Franca were attending school, the 68th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2574th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.2

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

83.2% of children aged 4 and 5 in Franca attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 75th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 48.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 50th 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 Franca?

Public primary schools in Franca scored 7.2 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 11th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 7.0 in 2023 and 7.1 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.6% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Franca's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 258.9 in mathematics and 238.2 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 Franca score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Franca's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 44th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.6 in 2023.

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

How Franca compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Franca ranks 68 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
65	Presidente Prudente	99.0%
66	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	99.0%
67	Blumenau	99.0%
68	Franca	99.0%
69	Itapevi	99.0%
70	Sobral	99.0%
71	Jataí	99.0%

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

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

Franca ranks 246 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
243	Rio Verde	83.7%
244	Itu	83.7%
245	Cariacica	83.6%
246	Franca	83.2%
247	Paragominas	83.1%
248	Cuiabá	83.0%
249	Uruguaiana	82.6%

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

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

Franca ranks 88 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
85	Pouso Alegre	87.3%
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%

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

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

Franca ranks 11 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
8	Birigui	7.4
9	Itaperuna	7.4
10	Arapongas	7.3
11	Franca	7.2
12	Americana	7.2
13	Araçatuba	7.2
14	Jaraguá do Sul	7.2

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

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

Franca ranks 44 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
41	Jundiaí	5.6
42	Piracicaba	5.6
43	Ponta Grossa	5.6
44	Franca	5.6
45	Limeira	5.6
46	São Carlos	5.6
47	Colombo	5.6

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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