What share of teenagers in Marabá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Marabá, 83.6% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 72nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Marabá?

96.2% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Marabá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 242.6 in mathematics and 249.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Marabá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Marabá were attending school, the 111th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1213th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Pará state: 97.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.7

2025

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

86.3% of children aged 4 and 5 in Marabá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 118th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 20.0% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 37th 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 Marabá?

Public primary schools in Marabá scored 5.5 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 55th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.4 in 2023 and 5.1 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Marabá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 209.2 in mathematics and 202.2 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 Marabá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Marabá's public schools scored 4.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 84th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.6 in 2023.

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

How Marabá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Marabá ranks 210 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
207	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	98.3%
208	São Bernardo do Campo	98.2%
209	Santo André	98.2%
210	Marabá	98.2%
211	Marituba	98.2%
212	São José	98.2%
213	Petrópolis	98.2%

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

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

Marabá ranks 203 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
200	Mogi Guaçu	86.3%
201	Salvador	86.3%
202	Passos	86.3%
203	Marabá	86.3%
204	Juazeiro	86.2%
205	Juiz de Fora	86.2%
206	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	86.0%

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

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

Marabá ranks 249 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
246	Dourados	83.8%
247	Tubarão	83.7%
248	Tangará da Serra	83.7%
249	Marabá	83.6%
250	Rondonópolis	83.6%
251	Sapucaia do Sul	83.6%
252	Itajaí	83.5%

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

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

Marabá ranks 266 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
263	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	5.5
264	Niterói	5.5
265	Canoas	5.5
266	Marabá	5.5
267	Juazeiro	5.5
268	São Leopoldo	5.5
269	Rio Grande	5.5

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

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

Marabá ranks 237 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
234	Itaquaquecetuba	4.7
235	Várzea Grande	4.7
236	Imperatriz	4.7
237	Marabá	4.7
238	Viamão	4.7
239	Santa Luzia	4.7
240	São Leopoldo	4.7

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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