What share of teenagers in Itu are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Itu, 78.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 9th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Itu?

96.7% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Itu passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 260.6 in mathematics and 263.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Itu, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 96.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Itu were attending school, the 12th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 258th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

96.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

83.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Itu attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 77th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 40.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 109th 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 Itu?

Public primary schools in Itu scored 6.5 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 91st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.3 in 2023 and 6.1 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.3% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Itu's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 235.8 in mathematics and 222.0 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 Itu score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Itu's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 128th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.1 in 2023.

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

How Itu compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Itu ranks 309 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
306	Arapongas	96.3%
307	Cuiabá	96.3%
308	Aparecida de Goiânia	96.3%
309	Itu	96.3%
310	São Lourenço da Mata	96.3%
311	Altamira	96.2%
312	Manacapuru	96.0%

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

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

Itu ranks 244 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
241	Guarapuava	83.7%
242	São Vicente	83.7%
243	Rio Verde	83.7%
244	Itu	83.7%
245	Cariacica	83.6%
246	Franca	83.2%
247	Paragominas	83.1%

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

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

Itu ranks 312 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
309	Itapevi	79.8%
310	Carapicuíba	79.6%
311	Camboriú	79.5%
312	Itu	78.2%
313	Itaituba	76.5%
314	Jandira	76.0%
315	Campo Largo	76.0%

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

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

Itu ranks 91 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
88	Embu das Artes	6.5
89	Jacareí	6.5
90	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	6.5
91	Itu	6.5
92	Araucária	6.5
93	Votorantim	6.5
94	Valinhos	6.5

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

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

Itu ranks 128 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
125	Jacareí	5.2
126	Hortolândia	5.2
127	Sete Lagoas	5.2
128	Itu	5.2
129	Poços de Caldas	5.2
130	Paranaguá	5.2
131	Garanhuns	5.2

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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