What share of teenagers in Macapá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Macapá, 81.3% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 29th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Macapá?

92.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Macapá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 239.0 in mathematics and 249.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Macapá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 95.9% of children aged 6 to 14 in Macapá were attending school, the 7th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 207th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Amapá state: 96.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

95.9%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.5

2025

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

58.5% of children aged 4 and 5 in Macapá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 3rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 10.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 5th 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 Macapá?

Public primary schools in Macapá scored 5.6 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 67th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.1 in 2023 and 4.9 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 96.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Macapá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 212.3 in mathematics and 205.9 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 Macapá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Macapá's public schools scored 4.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 49th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.1 in 2023.

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

How Macapá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Macapá ranks 314 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
311	Altamira	96.2%
312	Manacapuru	96.0%
313	Porto Velho	95.9%
314	Macapá	95.9%
315	São Leopoldo	95.6%
316	Várzea Paulista	95.6%
317	Itacoatiara	95.6%

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

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

Macapá ranks 318 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
314	Santana	69.1%
315	Gravataí	67.8%
316	Viamão	63.6%
317	Aparecida de Goiânia	59.8%
318	Macapá	58.5%
319	Breves	55.9%
320	Alvorada	52.4%

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

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

Macapá ranks 292 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
289	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	81.8%
290	Vespasiano	81.6%
291	Altamira	81.5%
292	Macapá	81.3%
293	Balsas	81.3%
294	Três Lagoas	81.2%
295	Caruaru	81.0%

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

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

Macapá ranks 254 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
251	Santana	5.7
252	Açailândia	5.7
253	Salvador	5.6
254	Macapá	5.6
255	Olinda	5.6
256	Juazeiro do Norte	5.6
257	Petrópolis	5.6

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

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

Macapá ranks 272 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
269	Maceió	4.5
270	Aracaju	4.5
271	Porto Velho	4.5
272	Macapá	4.5
273	Pelotas	4.5
274	Parauapebas	4.5
275	Mossoró	4.5

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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