What share of teenagers in Mauá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Mauá, 88.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 58th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Mauá?

96.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Mauá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 258.2 in mathematics and 264.5 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Mauá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.9% of children aged 6 to 14 in Mauá were attending school, the 81st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2396th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.9%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

89.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Mauá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 124th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 39.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 114th 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 Mauá?

Public primary schools in Mauá scored 6.6 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 72nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.1 in 2023 and 6.7 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.3% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Mauá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 239.3 in mathematics and 226.7 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 Mauá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Mauá's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 116th 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

How Mauá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Mauá ranks 81 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
78	Poços de Caldas	98.9%
79	Jaú	98.9%
80	Guaratinguetá	98.9%
81	Mauá	98.9%
82	Magé	98.9%
83	Rio das Ostras	98.9%
84	Nova Lima	98.9%

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

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

Mauá ranks 124 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
121	Curitiba	89.8%
122	Simões Filho	89.8%
123	Ponta Grossa	89.7%
124	Mauá	89.7%
125	Parnamirim	89.7%
126	Praia Grande	89.7%
127	Bagé	89.7%

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

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

Mauá ranks 58 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
55	Formosa	88.2%
56	Contagem	88.2%
57	Uruguaiana	88.1%
58	Mauá	88.1%
59	Ilhéus	88.0%
60	Nova Lima	87.9%
61	Umuarama	87.9%

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

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

Mauá ranks 72 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
69	Sorocaba	6.6
70	São José do Rio Preto	6.6
71	Vila Velha	6.6
72	Mauá	6.6
73	Rio Branco	6.6
74	Blumenau	6.6
75	Araraquara	6.6

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

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

Mauá ranks 116 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
113	Vila Velha	5.2
114	Caxias do Sul	5.2
115	Santos	5.2
116	Mauá	5.2
117	Betim	5.2
118	Diadema	5.2
119	Petrolina	5.2

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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