What share of teenagers in Piracicaba are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Piracicaba, 84.2% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 86th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Piracicaba?

96.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Piracicaba passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 273.9 in mathematics and 274.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Piracicaba, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Piracicaba were attending school, the 126th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1961st lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

7.0

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

93.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Piracicaba attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 26th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 55.9% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 17th 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 Piracicaba?

Public primary schools in Piracicaba scored 7.0 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 24th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.5 in 2023 and 6.9 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Piracicaba's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 254.6 in mathematics and 235.1 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 Piracicaba score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Piracicaba's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 42nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.4 in 2023.

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

How Piracicaba compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Piracicaba ranks 126 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
123	Itaboraí	98.7%
124	São Pedro da Aldeia	98.7%
125	Contagem	98.7%
126	Piracicaba	98.7%
127	Francisco Morato	98.7%
128	Alagoinhas	98.7%
129	Joinville	98.7%

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

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

Piracicaba ranks 26 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
23	Sorriso	93.9%
24	Limeira	93.9%
25	Araraquara	93.8%
26	Piracicaba	93.8%
27	Belo Horizonte	93.7%
28	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	93.7%
29	Taubaté	93.6%

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

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

Piracicaba ranks 235 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
232	Sabará	84.3%
233	Rio Branco	84.2%
234	Imperatriz	84.2%
235	Piracicaba	84.2%
236	Campo Grande	84.2%
237	Guarujá	84.1%
238	Cotia	84.1%

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

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

Piracicaba ranks 24 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
21	Campo Largo	7.1
22	Joinville	7.0
23	Londrina	7.0
24	Piracicaba	7.0
25	Cascavel	7.0
26	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	7.0
27	Conselheiro Lafaiete	7.0

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

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

Piracicaba ranks 42 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
39	Catalão	5.7
40	Muriaé	5.7
41	Jundiaí	5.6
42	Piracicaba	5.6
43	Ponta Grossa	5.6
44	Franca	5.6
45	Limeira	5.6

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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