What share of teenagers in Lavras are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Lavras, 89.8% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 22nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Lavras?

97.5% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Lavras passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 269.4 in mathematics and 268.1 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Lavras, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Lavras were attending school, the 14th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1934th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Minas Gerais state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.4%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.5

2025

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

93.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Lavras attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 36th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 42.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 86th 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 Lavras?

Public primary schools in Lavras 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 100th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.2 in 2023 and 6.3 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Lavras' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 238.0 in mathematics and 222.1 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 Lavras score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Lavras' public schools scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 69th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.7 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 Lavras?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Lavras scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Minas Gerais state in the city scored 5.6.

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

How Lavras compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Lavras ranks 14 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
11	Paulínia	99.4%
12	Criciúma	99.4%
13	Passos	99.4%
14	Lavras	99.4%
15	Poá	99.4%
16	Betim	99.4%
17	Caraguatatuba	99.4%

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

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

Lavras ranks 36 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
33	São Gonçalo do Amarante	93.5%
34	Pouso Alegre	93.5%
35	Araras	93.5%
36	Lavras	93.5%
37	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	93.4%
38	Poá	93.4%
39	São Bernardo do Campo	93.4%

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

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

Lavras ranks 22 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
19	Jacareí	90.0%
20	Lages	90.0%
21	Vitória	90.0%
22	Lavras	89.8%
23	Barcarena	89.8%
24	Niterói	89.8%
25	Americana	89.6%

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

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

Lavras ranks 100 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
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
103	Mogi das Cruzes	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)

Lavras ranks 69 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
66	Ribeirão Pires	5.5
67	Itabira	5.5
68	Passos	5.5
69	Lavras	5.5
70	Coronel Fabriciano	5.5
71	Ubá	5.5
72	São Bernardo do Campo	5.4

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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