What share of teenagers in Itapipoca are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Itapipoca, 87.7% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 68th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Itapipoca?

99.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Itapipoca passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 272.1 in mathematics and 273.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Itapipoca, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Itapipoca were attending school, the 121st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2012th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Ceará state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.7

2025

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

91.9% of children aged 4 and 5 in Itapipoca attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 69th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 30.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 121st 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 Itapipoca?

Public primary schools in Itapipoca scored 6.7 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 58th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.4 in 2023 and 6.2 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Itapipoca's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 240.5 in mathematics and 227.5 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 Itapipoca score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Itapipoca's public schools scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 36th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.7 in 2023.

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

How Itapipoca compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Itapipoca ranks 121 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
118	Embu das Artes	98.7%
119	Santana de Parnaíba	98.7%
120	Garanhuns	98.7%
121	Itapipoca	98.7%
122	Diadema	98.7%
123	Itaboraí	98.7%
124	São Pedro da Aldeia	98.7%

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

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

Itapipoca ranks 69 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
66	Valinhos	92.1%
67	Sorocaba	92.1%
68	São José do Rio Preto	92.1%
69	Itapipoca	91.9%
70	Linhares	91.9%
71	Nova Serrana	91.9%
72	Apucarana	91.8%

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

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

Itapipoca ranks 68 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
65	Juazeiro do Norte	87.7%
66	São João de Meriti	87.7%
67	Marília	87.7%
68	Itapipoca	87.7%
69	Vitória da Conquista	87.7%
70	Nova Friburgo	87.6%
71	Caxias do Sul	87.6%

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

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

Itapipoca ranks 58 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
55	Patos de Minas	6.7
56	Santana de Parnaíba	6.7
57	Botucatu	6.7
58	Itapipoca	6.7
59	Barbacena	6.7
60	Guaratinguetá	6.7
61	Umuarama	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)

Itapipoca ranks 36 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
33	Ipatinga	5.7
34	Salto	5.7
35	Santa Cruz do Sul	5.7
36	Itapipoca	5.7
37	Birigui	5.7
38	Sarandi	5.7
39	Catalão	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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