What share of teenagers in Manaus are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Manaus, 85.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 130th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Manaus?

97.6% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Manaus passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 254.8 in mathematics and 259.0 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Manaus, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 96.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Manaus were attending school, the 16th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 313th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Amazonas state: 95.9%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

96.5%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.4

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.1

2025

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

69.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Manaus attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 8th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 12.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 9th 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 Manaus?

Public primary schools in Manaus scored 6.4 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 101st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.2 in 2023 and 6.0 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Manaus' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 233.7 in mathematics and 220.7 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 Manaus score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Manaus' public schools scored 5.1 on the 2025 Ideb, the 144th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.1 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 Manaus?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Manaus scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Amazonas state in the city scored 4.9.

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

How Manaus compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Manaus ranks 305 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
302	Alvorada	96.7%
303	Passo Fundo	96.7%
304	Botucatu	96.6%
305	Manaus	96.5%
306	Arapongas	96.3%
307	Cuiabá	96.3%
308	Aparecida de Goiânia	96.3%

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

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

Manaus ranks 313 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
310	Almirante Tamandaré	71.0%
311	Boa Vista	70.5%
312	Ji-Paraná	70.0%
313	Manaus	69.1%
314	Santana	69.1%
315	Gravataí	67.8%
316	Viamão	63.6%

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

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

Manaus ranks 191 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
188	Diadema	85.2%
189	Parauapebas	85.2%
190	Chapecó	85.2%
191	Manaus	85.2%
192	Nossa Senhora do Socorro	85.2%
193	Nilópolis	85.2%
194	Ourinhos	85.2%

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

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

Manaus ranks 101 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
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
104	Vitória	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)

Manaus ranks 144 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
141	Poá	5.2
142	Ituiutaba	5.2
143	Assis	5.2
144	Manaus	5.1
145	Guarulhos	5.1
146	Florianópolis	5.1
147	Ananindeua	5.1

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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