What share of teenagers in Jataí are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Jataí, 82.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 41st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Jataí?

99.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Jataí passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 276.4 in mathematics and 276.1 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Jataí, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Jataí were attending school, the 71st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2557th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Goiás state: 98.1%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.9

2025

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

87.9% of children aged 4 and 5 in Jataí attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 158th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 41.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 97th 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 Jataí?

Public primary schools in Jataí 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 99th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.9 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 Jataí do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.6% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Jataí's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 234.4 in mathematics and 224.8 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 Jataí score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Jataí's public schools scored 5.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 19th 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 Jataí compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Jataí ranks 71 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
68	Franca	99.0%
69	Itapevi	99.0%
70	Sobral	99.0%
71	Jataí	99.0%
72	Juiz de Fora	99.0%
73	Brasília	99.0%
74	Ribeirão das Neves	99.0%

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

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

Jataí ranks 163 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
160	Vitória de Santo Antão	88.0%
161	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	88.0%
162	Fortaleza	87.9%
163	Jataí	87.9%
164	Itaguaí	87.9%
165	Cabo Frio	87.9%
166	Montes Claros	87.7%

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

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

Jataí ranks 280 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
277	São Paulo	82.7%
278	Caucaia	82.6%
279	Bragança	82.6%
280	Jataí	82.4%
281	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	82.4%
282	Mogi das Cruzes	82.3%
283	Guarapuava	82.3%

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

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

Jataí ranks 99 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
96	Colatina	6.5
97	Araguari	6.5
98	Várzea Paulista	6.5
99	Jataí	6.5
100	Lavras	6.5
101	Manaus	6.4
102	Campinas	6.4

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

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

Jataí ranks 19 of 320, highest first.

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