What share of teenagers in Paragominas are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Paragominas, 85.6% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 153rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Paragominas?

96.3% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Paragominas passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 248.8 in mathematics and 251.8 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Paragominas, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.9% of children aged 6 to 14 in Paragominas were attending school, the 73rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 873rd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Pará state: 97.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.9%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.2

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.8

2025

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

83.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Paragominas attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 74th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 17.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 20th 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 Paragominas?

Public primary schools in Paragominas scored 6.2 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 160th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.4 in 2023 and 5.8 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Paragominas' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 225.9 in mathematics and 218.0 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 Paragominas score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Paragominas' public schools scored 4.8 on the 2025 Ideb, the 90th 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 Paragominas compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Paragominas ranks 248 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
245	Mesquita	98.0%
246	Teixeira de Freitas	98.0%
247	Paulo Afonso	98.0%
248	Paragominas	97.9%
249	Vila Velha	97.9%
250	Atibaia	97.9%
251	Natal	97.9%

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

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

Paragominas ranks 247 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
244	Itu	83.7%
245	Cariacica	83.6%
246	Franca	83.2%
247	Paragominas	83.1%
248	Cuiabá	83.0%
249	Uruguaiana	82.6%
250	Itapevi	82.5%

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

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

Paragominas ranks 168 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
165	Fazenda Rio Grande	85.7%
166	Belo Horizonte	85.7%
167	Foz do Iguaçu	85.6%
168	Paragominas	85.6%
169	Itabaiana	85.6%
170	Patos	85.6%
171	Embu das Artes	85.6%

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

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

Paragominas ranks 161 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
158	Marituba	6.2
159	Tubarão	6.2
160	Tangará da Serra	6.2
161	Paragominas	6.2
162	Fortaleza	6.1
163	Uberlândia	6.1
164	Ribeirão Preto	6.1

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

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

Paragominas ranks 231 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
228	Uruguaiana	4.8
229	Sorriso	4.8
230	Açailândia	4.8
231	Paragominas	4.8
232	Brasília	4.7
233	Porto Alegre	4.7
234	Itaquaquecetuba	4.7

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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