What share of teenagers in Maceió are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Maceió, 84.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 80th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Maceió?

93.6% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Maceió passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 240.1 in mathematics and 245.1 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Maceió, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 96.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Maceió were attending school, the 23rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 364th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Alagoas state: 97.9%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

96.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.5

2025

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

81.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Maceió attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 54th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 23.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 67th 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 Maceió?

Public primary schools in Maceió scored 5.7 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 86th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.3 in 2023 and 5.3 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 96.4% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Maceió's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 215.6 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 Maceió score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Maceió's public schools scored 4.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 52nd 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 Maceió?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Maceió scored 4.3 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Alagoas state in the city scored 4.5.

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

How Maceió compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Maceió ranks 298 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
295	Várzea Grande	97.0%
296	Camboriú	97.0%
297	Nossa Senhora do Socorro	96.8%
298	Maceió	96.8%
299	Tubarão	96.8%
300	Camaragibe	96.8%
301	Porto Alegre	96.7%

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

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

Maceió ranks 267 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
264	Sinop	81.4%
265	Pelotas	81.3%
266	Balsas	81.2%
267	Maceió	81.0%
268	Santarém	80.9%
269	Dourados	80.8%
270	Carapicuíba	80.7%

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

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

Maceió ranks 241 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
238	Cotia	84.1%
239	Novo Gama	84.0%
240	Trindade	84.0%
241	Maceió	84.0%
242	Palmas	84.0%
243	Arapongas	84.0%
244	Ribeirão Preto	83.9%

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

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

Maceió ranks 235 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
232	Araruama	5.8
233	Jandira	5.8
234	Itacoatiara	5.8
235	Maceió	5.7
236	Campo Grande	5.7
237	João Pessoa	5.7
238	Aracaju	5.7

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

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

Maceió ranks 269 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
266	Teixeira de Freitas	4.6
267	Altamira	4.6
268	Santana	4.6
269	Maceió	4.5
270	Aracaju	4.5
271	Porto Velho	4.5
272	Macapá	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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