What share of teenagers in Paulínia are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Paulínia, 88.8% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 41st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Paulínia?

97.2% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Paulínia passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 256.9 in mathematics and 262.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Paulínia, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Paulínia were attending school, the 11th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1844th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.4%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

93.2% of children aged 4 and 5 in Paulínia attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 43rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 67.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 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 Paulínia?

Public primary schools in Paulínia scored 6.7 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 64th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.3 in 2023 and 6.6 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.3% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Paulínia's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 241.8 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 Paulínia score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Paulínia's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 139th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.2 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 Paulínia?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Paulínia scored 5.0 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.4.

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

How Paulínia compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Paulínia ranks 11 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
8	Apucarana	99.6%
9	Ituiutaba	99.5%
10	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	99.5%
11	Paulínia	99.4%
12	Criciúma	99.4%
13	Passos	99.4%
14	Lavras	99.4%

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

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

Paulínia ranks 43 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
40	Marília	93.4%
41	Catanduva	93.4%
42	São José dos Campos	93.3%
43	Paulínia	93.2%
44	Maranguape	93.1%
45	Mossoró	93.1%
46	Florianópolis	93.0%

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

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

Paulínia ranks 41 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
38	Catanduva	89.1%
39	Jaú	89.0%
40	Erechim	88.8%
41	Paulínia	88.8%
42	Açailândia	88.8%
43	Blumenau	88.7%
44	São José dos Campos	88.7%

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

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

Paulínia ranks 64 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
61	Umuarama	6.7
62	Nova Lima	6.7
63	Araxá	6.7
64	Paulínia	6.7
65	Ourinhos	6.7
66	Assis	6.7
67	Goiânia	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)

Paulínia ranks 139 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
136	Piraquara	5.2
137	Várzea Paulista	5.2
138	Paulo Afonso	5.2
139	Paulínia	5.2
140	Maranguape	5.2
141	Poá	5.2
142	Ituiutaba	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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