What share of teenagers in Pelotas are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Pelotas, 88.7% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 45th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Pelotas?

88.0% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Pelotas passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 247.7 in mathematics and 257.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Pelotas, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Pelotas were attending school, the 115th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2077th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio Grande do Sul state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.5

2025

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

81.3% of children aged 4 and 5 in Pelotas attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 56th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 28.0% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 104th 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 Pelotas?

Public primary schools in Pelotas scored 5.3 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 37th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 4.8 in 2023 and 5.2 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 93.2% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Pelotas' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 210.6 in mathematics and 203.8 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 Pelotas score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Pelotas' public schools scored 4.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 48th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.0 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 Pelotas?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Pelotas scored 4.2 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Rio Grande do Sul state in the city scored 4.9.

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

How Pelotas compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Pelotas ranks 115 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
112	Franco da Rocha	98.8%
113	Guarapari	98.8%
114	Divinópolis	98.8%
115	Pelotas	98.8%
116	Bacabal	98.8%
117	Valparaíso de Goiás	98.8%
118	Embu das Artes	98.7%

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

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

Pelotas ranks 265 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
262	Caxias do Sul	81.6%
263	Várzea Paulista	81.5%
264	Sinop	81.4%
265	Pelotas	81.3%
266	Balsas	81.2%
267	Maceió	81.0%
268	Santarém	80.9%

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

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

Pelotas ranks 45 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
42	Açailândia	88.8%
43	Blumenau	88.7%
44	São José dos Campos	88.7%
45	Pelotas	88.7%
46	Joinville	88.6%
47	Santa Maria	88.5%
48	Cubatão	88.2%

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

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

Pelotas ranks 284 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
281	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	5.4
282	Lagarto	5.4
283	São João de Meriti	5.3
284	Pelotas	5.3
285	Camaçari	5.3
286	Cabo Frio	5.3
287	Castanhal	5.3

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

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

Pelotas ranks 273 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
270	Aracaju	4.5
271	Porto Velho	4.5
272	Macapá	4.5
273	Pelotas	4.5
274	Parauapebas	4.5
275	Mossoró	4.5
276	Macaé	4.5

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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