What share of teenagers in Paço do Lumiar are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Paço do Lumiar, 85.3% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 138th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Paço do Lumiar?

93.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Paço do Lumiar passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 237.4 in mathematics and 250.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Paço do Lumiar, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Paço do Lumiar were attending school, the 83rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 990th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Maranhão state: 98.4%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.5

2025

How many young children in Paço do Lumiar attend pre-school or crèche?

92.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Paço do Lumiar attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 60th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 33.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 139th 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 Paço do Lumiar?

Public primary schools in Paço do Lumiar scored 6.3 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 130th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.9 in 2023 and 5.6 in 2019.

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

How do 5th-graders in Paço do Lumiar do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 98.2% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Paço do Lumiar's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 232.5 in mathematics and 220.9 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 Paço do Lumiar score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Paço do Lumiar's public schools scored 4.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 43rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.2 in 2023.

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

How Paço do Lumiar compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Paço do Lumiar ranks 238 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
235	Camaçari	98.1%
236	Campo Grande	98.1%
237	Vespasiano	98.0%
238	Paço do Lumiar	98.0%
239	Trindade	98.0%
240	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	98.0%
241	Uruguaiana	98.0%

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

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

Paço do Lumiar ranks 60 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
57	Itatiba	92.5%
58	Bento Gonçalves	92.4%
59	Divinópolis	92.4%
60	Paço do Lumiar	92.4%
61	Juazeiro do Norte	92.3%
62	Araxá	92.3%
63	Itaperuna	92.3%

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

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

Paço do Lumiar ranks 183 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
180	Maranguape	85.4%
181	São Leopoldo	85.4%
182	Paranaguá	85.3%
183	Paço do Lumiar	85.3%
184	Suzano	85.3%
185	Santos	85.3%
186	Olinda	85.3%

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

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

Paço do Lumiar ranks 130 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
127	Rio Claro	6.3
128	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	6.3
129	Itapecerica da Serra	6.3
130	Paço do Lumiar	6.3
131	Resende	6.3
132	Guarapari	6.3
133	Tatuí	6.3

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

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

Paço do Lumiar ranks 278 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
275	Mossoró	4.5
276	Macaé	4.5
277	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	4.5
278	Paço do Lumiar	4.5
279	Vitória de Santo Antão	4.5
280	Boa Vista	4.4
281	Corumbá	4.4

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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