What share of teenagers in Petrópolis are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Petrópolis, 85.8% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 156th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Petrópolis?

89.7% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Petrópolis passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 251.2 in mathematics and 258.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Petrópolis, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Petrópolis were attending school, the 108th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1179th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio de Janeiro state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.6

2025

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

85.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Petrópolis attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 108th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 37.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 138th 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 Petrópolis?

Public primary schools in Petrópolis scored 5.6 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 lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.7 in 2023 and 5.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 95.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Petrópolis' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 217.8 in mathematics and 209.9 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 Petrópolis score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Petrópolis' public schools scored 4.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 62nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.8 in 2023.

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

How Petrópolis compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Petrópolis ranks 213 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
210	Marabá	98.2%
211	Marituba	98.2%
212	São José	98.2%
213	Petrópolis	98.2%
214	Cambé	98.2%
215	Angra dos Reis	98.2%
216	Tatuí	98.2%

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

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

Petrópolis ranks 213 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
210	Francisco Morato	85.8%
211	Catalão	85.7%
212	Joinville	85.7%
213	Petrópolis	85.7%
214	Sapucaia do Sul	85.7%
215	Vespasiano	85.6%
216	Vitória da Conquista	85.6%

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

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

Petrópolis ranks 156 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
153	Duque de Caxias	85.9%
154	Vitória de Santo Antão	85.8%
155	Tatuí	85.8%
156	Petrópolis	85.8%
157	Castanhal	85.8%
158	Pinhais	85.8%
159	Teófilo Otoni	85.8%

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

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

Petrópolis ranks 257 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
254	Macapá	5.6
255	Olinda	5.6
256	Juazeiro do Norte	5.6
257	Petrópolis	5.6
258	Alvorada	5.6
259	Senador Canedo	5.6
260	Paulo Afonso	5.6

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

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

Petrópolis ranks 259 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
256	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	4.6
257	Olinda	4.6
258	Paulista	4.6
259	Petrópolis	4.6
260	Dourados	4.6
261	Itapevi	4.6
262	Castanhal	4.6

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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