What share of teenagers in Maricá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Maricá, 85.8% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 160th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Maricá?

96.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Maricá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 253.2 in mathematics and 257.8 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Maricá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Maricá were attending school, the 90th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2268th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio de Janeiro state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.4

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.0

2025

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

90.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Maricá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 102nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 34.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 158th 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 Maricá?

Public primary schools in Maricá 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 109th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.7 in 2023 and 5.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Maricá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 235.2 in mathematics and 220.4 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 Maricá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Maricá's public schools scored 5.0 on the 2025 Ideb, the 142nd 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 Maricá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Maricá ranks 90 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
87	Timon	98.9%
88	Paranaguá	98.9%
89	Palmas	98.8%
90	Maricá	98.8%
91	Guarapuava	98.8%
92	Sorriso	98.8%
93	Juazeiro do Norte	98.8%

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

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

Maricá ranks 102 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
99	Tubarão	90.8%
100	Jaraguá do Sul	90.8%
101	Itapetininga	90.8%
102	Maricá	90.7%
103	Betim	90.6%
104	Campos dos Goytacazes	90.6%
105	Blumenau	90.6%

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

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

Maricá ranks 161 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
158	Pinhais	85.8%
159	Teófilo Otoni	85.8%
160	Toledo	85.8%
161	Maricá	85.8%
162	Ipatinga	85.8%
163	Valparaíso de Goiás	85.7%
164	Rio das Ostras	85.7%

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

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

Maricá ranks 109 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
106	Chapecó	6.4
107	Colombo	6.4
108	Sete Lagoas	6.4
109	Maricá	6.4
110	Bragança Paulista	6.4
111	Itapetininga	6.4
112	Pouso Alegre	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)

Maricá ranks 179 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
176	Embu das Artes	5.0
177	São José de Ribamar	5.0
178	Palhoça	5.0
179	Maricá	5.0
180	Nova Friburgo	5.0
181	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	5.0
182	Botucatu	5.0

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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