What share of teenagers in Goiânia are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Goiânia, 84.6% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 99th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Goiânia?

99.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Goiânia passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 273.0 in mathematics and 275.0 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Goiânia, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Goiânia were attending school, the 60th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 748th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Goiás state: 98.1%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.8

2025

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

76.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Goiânia attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 28th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 30.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 117th 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 Goiânia?

Public primary schools in Goiânia 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 67th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.5 in 2023 and 6.0 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Goiânia's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 237.7 in mathematics and 229.2 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 Goiânia score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Goiânia's public schools scored 5.8 on the 2025 Ideb, the 20th 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

Are city or state schools better in Goiânia?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Goiânia scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Goiás state in the city scored 5.9.

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

How Goiânia compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Goiânia ranks 261 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
258	Duque de Caxias	97.8%
259	Santarém	97.8%
260	Guarulhos	97.8%
261	Goiânia	97.7%
262	São Paulo	97.7%
263	Santos	97.7%
264	Cariacica	97.7%

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

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

Goiânia ranks 293 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
290	Formosa	76.9%
291	Duque de Caxias	76.8%
292	Queimados	76.7%
293	Goiânia	76.5%
294	Santa Rita	76.5%
295	Passo Fundo	76.3%
296	Eunápolis	76.0%

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

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

Goiânia ranks 222 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
219	Sumaré	84.6%
220	Almirante Tamandaré	84.6%
221	Teixeira de Freitas	84.6%
222	Goiânia	84.6%
223	Ribeirão das Neves	84.5%
224	Atibaia	84.5%
225	Mogi Guaçu	84.5%

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

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

Goiânia ranks 67 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
64	Paulínia	6.7
65	Ourinhos	6.7
66	Assis	6.7
67	Goiânia	6.6
68	Santo André	6.6
69	Sorocaba	6.6
70	São José do Rio Preto	6.6

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

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

Goiânia ranks 20 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
17	Formosa	5.9
18	Itumbiara	5.9
19	Jataí	5.9
20	Goiânia	5.8
21	Joinville	5.8
22	Londrina	5.8
23	Foz do Iguaçu	5.8

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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