What share of teenagers in Patos are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Patos, 85.6% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 151st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Patos?

97.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Patos passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 253.6 in mathematics and 252.4 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Patos, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.6% of children aged 6 to 14 in Patos were attending school, the 6th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1383rd highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraíba state: 98.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.6%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.0

2025

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

92.6% of children aged 4 and 5 in Patos attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 55th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 34.3% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 155th 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 Patos?

Public primary schools in Patos scored 6.8 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 50th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.0 in 2023 and 5.1 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 100.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Patos' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 245.7 in mathematics and 228.5 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 Patos score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Patos' public schools scored 5.0 on the 2025 Ideb, the 124th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.5 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 Patos?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Patos scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Paraíba state in the city scored 4.6.

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

How Patos compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Patos ranks 6 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
3	Erechim	99.7%
4	Toledo	99.7%
5	Araxá	99.6%
6	Patos	99.6%
7	Santa Cruz do Sul	99.6%
8	Apucarana	99.6%
9	Ituiutaba	99.5%

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

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

Patos ranks 55 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
52	Caraguatatuba	92.8%
53	Barretos	92.7%
54	Cubatão	92.6%
55	Patos	92.6%
56	Itajaí	92.5%
57	Itatiba	92.5%
58	Bento Gonçalves	92.4%

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

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

Patos ranks 170 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
167	Foz do Iguaçu	85.6%
168	Paragominas	85.6%
169	Itabaiana	85.6%
170	Patos	85.6%
171	Embu das Artes	85.6%
172	Manacapuru	85.6%
173	Itanhaém	85.6%

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

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

Patos ranks 50 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
47	Passos	6.8
48	Erechim	6.8
49	Ubá	6.8
50	Patos	6.8
51	Montes Claros	6.7
52	Criciúma	6.7
53	Guarapuava	6.7

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

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

Patos ranks 197 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
194	Novo Gama	5.0
195	Bacabal	5.0
196	Itacoatiara	5.0
197	Patos	5.0
198	Lagarto	5.0
199	Recife	4.9
200	Campo Grande	4.9

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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