What share of teenagers in Olinda are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Olinda, 85.3% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 135th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Olinda?

98.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Olinda passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 238.4 in mathematics and 244.5 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Olinda, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Olinda were attending school, the 121st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1271st lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Pernambuco state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.6

2025

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

81.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Olinda attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 62nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 27.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 96th 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 Olinda?

Public primary schools in Olinda scored 5.6 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 66th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.3 in 2023 and 5.0 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Olinda's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 210.7 in mathematics and 202.4 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 Olinda score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Olinda's public schools scored 4.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 64th 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

Are city or state schools better in Olinda?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Olinda scored 4.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Pernambuco state in the city scored 4.8.

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

How Olinda compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Olinda ranks 200 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
197	Petrolina	98.3%
198	Vitória de Santo Antão	98.3%
199	Caxias do Sul	98.3%
200	Olinda	98.3%
201	Foz do Iguaçu	98.3%
202	Cachoeirinha	98.3%
203	Araraquara	98.3%

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

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

Olinda ranks 259 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
256	Guarapari	81.8%
257	Castanhal	81.8%
258	Campo Grande	81.7%
259	Olinda	81.7%
260	Araruama	81.6%
261	Parauapebas	81.6%
262	Caxias do Sul	81.6%

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

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

Olinda ranks 186 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
183	Paço do Lumiar	85.3%
184	Suzano	85.3%
185	Santos	85.3%
186	Olinda	85.3%
187	Betim	85.2%
188	Diadema	85.2%
189	Parauapebas	85.2%

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

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

Olinda ranks 255 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
252	Açailândia	5.7
253	Salvador	5.6
254	Macapá	5.6
255	Olinda	5.6
256	Juazeiro do Norte	5.6
257	Petrópolis	5.6
258	Alvorada	5.6

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

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

Olinda ranks 257 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
254	São Luís	4.6
255	João Pessoa	4.6
256	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	4.6
257	Olinda	4.6
258	Paulista	4.6
259	Petrópolis	4.6
260	Dourados	4.6

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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