What share of teenagers in Maringá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Maringá, 86.9% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 107th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Maringá?

98.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Maringá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 279.0 in mathematics and 277.8 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Maringá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Maringá were attending school, the 21st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2229th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.4

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.9

2025

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

95.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Maringá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 10th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 56.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 14th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 33.9%).

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

What is the Ideb score of Maringá?

Public primary schools in Maringá scored 7.4 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 5th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 7.2 in 2023 and 7.2 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 97.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Maringá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 267.0 in mathematics and 247.7 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 Maringá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Maringá's public schools scored 5.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 11th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.4 in 2023.

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

How Maringá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Maringá ranks 21 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
18	Araras	99.4%
19	Campo Largo	99.3%
20	Bagé	99.3%
21	Maringá	99.3%
22	Nova Serrana	99.3%
23	Ourinhos	99.3%
24	Araucária	99.3%

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

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

Maringá ranks 10 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
7	Macaé	96.0%
8	Bacabal	95.9%
9	Botucatu	95.2%
10	Maringá	95.1%
11	Brusque	95.0%
12	Erechim	95.0%
13	Assis	94.8%

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

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

Maringá ranks 107 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
104	Belford Roxo	87.0%
105	Governador Valadares	87.0%
106	Florianópolis	87.0%
107	Maringá	86.9%
108	Itaguaí	86.8%
109	Cametá	86.8%
110	São Bernardo do Campo	86.8%

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

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

Maringá ranks 5 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
2	Rio Verde	8.1
3	Foz do Iguaçu	7.7
4	Indaiatuba	7.5
5	Maringá	7.4
6	Atibaia	7.4
7	Apucarana	7.4
8	Birigui	7.4

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

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

Maringá ranks 11 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
8	Toledo	6.0
9	Campo Largo	6.0
10	Conselheiro Lafaiete	6.0
11	Maringá	5.9
12	Divinópolis	5.9
13	Rio Verde	5.9
14	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	5.9

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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