What share of teenagers in Itumbiara are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Itumbiara, 80.7% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 22nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Itumbiara?

99.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Itumbiara passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 280.9 in mathematics and 276.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Itumbiara, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Itumbiara were attending school, the 50th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2768th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Goiás state: 98.1%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.9

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.9

2025

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

88.9% of children aged 4 and 5 in Itumbiara attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 144th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 33.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 142nd 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 Itumbiara?

Public primary schools in Itumbiara scored 6.9 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 39th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.7 in 2023 and 6.9 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Itumbiara's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 247.9 in mathematics and 232.6 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 Itumbiara score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Itumbiara's public schools scored 5.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 18th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 6.1 in 2023.

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

How Itumbiara compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Itumbiara ranks 50 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
47	São José dos Campos	99.1%
48	Jaraguá do Sul	99.1%
49	Itatiba	99.1%
50	Itumbiara	99.1%
51	Assis	99.1%
52	Itapetininga	99.1%
53	Fazenda Rio Grande	99.1%

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

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

Itumbiara ranks 144 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
141	Barbacena	89.0%
142	Palmas	89.0%
143	Resende	88.9%
144	Itumbiara	88.9%
145	Santa Luzia	88.8%
146	Contagem	88.6%
147	Cametá	88.6%

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

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

Itumbiara ranks 299 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
296	Juazeiro	80.9%
297	São Lourenço da Mata	80.8%
298	Senador Canedo	80.7%
299	Itumbiara	80.7%
300	Aparecida de Goiânia	80.5%
301	Limeira	80.3%
302	Novo Hamburgo	80.2%

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

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

Itumbiara ranks 39 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
36	Toledo	6.9
37	Trindade	6.9
38	Salto	6.9
39	Itumbiara	6.9
40	Teresina	6.8
41	São Bernardo do Campo	6.8
42	Maracanaú	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)

Itumbiara ranks 18 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
15	Guarapuava	5.9
16	Apucarana	5.9
17	Formosa	5.9
18	Itumbiara	5.9
19	Jataí	5.9
20	Goiânia	5.8
21	Joinville	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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