What share of teenagers in Ipatinga are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Ipatinga, 85.8% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 159th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Ipatinga?

97.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Ipatinga passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 274.7 in mathematics and 277.4 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Ipatinga, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Ipatinga were attending school, the 115th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1236th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Minas Gerais state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.7

2025

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

89.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Ipatinga attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 133rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 38.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 131st 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 Ipatinga?

Public primary schools in Ipatinga 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 44th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.5 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 Ipatinga do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Ipatinga's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 242.5 in mathematics and 231.8 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 Ipatinga score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Ipatinga's public schools scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 33rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.2 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 Ipatinga?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Ipatinga scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Minas Gerais state in the city scored 6.1.

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

How Ipatinga compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Ipatinga ranks 206 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
203	Araraquara	98.3%
204	Rio Verde	98.3%
205	Teresópolis	98.3%
206	Ipatinga	98.3%
207	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	98.3%
208	São Bernardo do Campo	98.2%
209	Santo André	98.2%

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

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

Ipatinga ranks 133 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
130	Balneário Camboriú	89.6%
131	Taboão da Serra	89.5%
132	Campinas	89.5%
133	Ipatinga	89.5%
134	Sumaré	89.4%
135	Governador Valadares	89.4%
136	Marituba	89.3%

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

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

Ipatinga ranks 162 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
159	Teófilo Otoni	85.8%
160	Toledo	85.8%
161	Maricá	85.8%
162	Ipatinga	85.8%
163	Valparaíso de Goiás	85.7%
164	Rio das Ostras	85.7%
165	Fazenda Rio Grande	85.7%

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

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

Ipatinga ranks 44 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
41	São Bernardo do Campo	6.8
42	Maracanaú	6.8
43	Divinópolis	6.8
44	Ipatinga	6.8
45	Sertãozinho	6.8
46	Ribeirão Pires	6.8
47	Passos	6.8

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

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

Ipatinga ranks 33 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
30	São José dos Campos	5.7
31	Anápolis	5.7
32	Indaiatuba	5.7
33	Ipatinga	5.7
34	Salto	5.7
35	Santa Cruz do Sul	5.7
36	Itapipoca	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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