What share of teenagers in Guarulhos are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Guarulhos, 83.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 64th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Guarulhos?

97.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Guarulhos passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 253.0 in mathematics and 258.4 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Guarulhos, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Guarulhos were attending school, the 61st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 764th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.1

2025

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

86.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Guarulhos attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 124th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 38.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 123rd 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 Guarulhos?

Public primary schools in Guarulhos scored 6.3 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 118th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.0 in 2023 and 6.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Guarulhos' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 228.9 in mathematics and 219.2 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 Guarulhos score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Guarulhos' public schools scored 5.1 on the 2025 Ideb, the 145th 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

How Guarulhos compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Guarulhos ranks 260 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
257	Itaperuna	97.8%
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%

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

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

Guarulhos ranks 197 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
194	Ribeirão das Neves	86.4%
195	Itaquaquecetuba	86.4%
196	Jequié	86.4%
197	Guarulhos	86.4%
198	Cambé	86.3%
199	Camaçari	86.3%
200	Mogi Guaçu	86.3%

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

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

Guarulhos ranks 257 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
254	São José de Ribamar	83.5%
255	Bento Gonçalves	83.5%
256	Franco da Rocha	83.4%
257	Guarulhos	83.4%
258	Angra dos Reis	83.3%
259	Salvador	83.3%
260	Barueri	83.3%

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

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

Guarulhos ranks 118 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
115	Pinhais	6.4
116	Sorriso	6.4
117	Belo Horizonte	6.3
118	Guarulhos	6.3
119	Osasco	6.3
120	Anápolis	6.3
121	São José dos Pinhais	6.3

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

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

Guarulhos ranks 145 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
142	Ituiutaba	5.2
143	Assis	5.2
144	Manaus	5.1
145	Guarulhos	5.1
146	Florianópolis	5.1
147	Ananindeua	5.1
148	Mogi das Cruzes	5.1

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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