What share of teenagers in Lages are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Lages, 90.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 20th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Lages?

95.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Lages passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 248.5 in mathematics and 255.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Lages, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.6% of children aged 6 to 14 in Lages were attending school, the 152nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1732nd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Santa Catarina state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.6%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.8

2025

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

88.6% of children aged 4 and 5 in Lages attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 148th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 50.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 34th 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 Lages?

Public primary schools in Lages scored 5.8 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 93rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.3 in 2023 and 5.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Lages' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 216.9 in mathematics and 208.3 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 Lages score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Lages' public schools scored 4.8 on the 2025 Ideb, the 96th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.3 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 Lages?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Lages scored 5.1 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Santa Catarina state in the city scored 4.7.

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

How Lages compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Lages ranks 152 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
149	Votorantim	98.6%
150	Bento Gonçalves	98.6%
151	Jundiaí	98.6%
152	Lages	98.6%
153	Paulista	98.6%
154	Mossoró	98.6%
155	Luziânia	98.6%

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

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

Lages ranks 148 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
145	Santa Luzia	88.8%
146	Contagem	88.6%
147	Cametá	88.6%
148	Lages	88.6%
149	Itaituba	88.6%
150	Petrolina	88.6%
151	Embu das Artes	88.4%

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

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

Lages ranks 20 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
17	Lagarto	90.1%
18	Santo Antônio de Jesus	90.1%
19	Jacareí	90.0%
20	Lages	90.0%
21	Vitória	90.0%
22	Lavras	89.8%
23	Barcarena	89.8%

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

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

Lages ranks 228 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
225	Guarujá	5.8
226	São José de Ribamar	5.8
227	Valparaíso de Goiás	5.8
228	Lages	5.8
229	Parnaíba	5.8
230	Camaragibe	5.8
231	Paranaguá	5.8

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

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

Lages ranks 225 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
222	Guarujá	4.8
223	Valparaíso de Goiás	4.8
224	Ibirité	4.8
225	Lages	4.8
226	Abaetetuba	4.8
227	Senador Canedo	4.8
228	Uruguaiana	4.8

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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