What share of teenagers in Piraquara are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Piraquara, 86.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 144th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Piraquara?

99.5% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Piraquara passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 255.3 in mathematics and 258.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Piraquara, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Piraquara were attending school, the 32nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2495th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.9

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

84.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Piraquara attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 84th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 25.7% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 83rd 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 Piraquara?

Public primary schools in Piraquara scored 5.9 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 105th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.3 in 2023 and 5.6 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 97.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Piraquara's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 221.2 in mathematics and 211.7 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 Piraquara score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Piraquara's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 136th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.9 in 2023.

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

How Piraquara compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Piraquara ranks 32 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
29	Praia Grande	99.2%
30	Valinhos	99.2%
31	Patos de Minas	99.2%
32	Piraquara	99.2%
33	Umuarama	99.2%
34	Suzano	99.2%
35	Sertãozinho	99.2%

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

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

Piraquara ranks 237 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
234	Ibirité	84.3%
235	Campo Largo	84.1%
236	Nilópolis	84.1%
237	Piraquara	84.0%
238	Aracaju	83.8%
239	Conselheiro Lafaiete	83.7%
240	Três Lagoas	83.7%

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

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

Piraquara ranks 144 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
141	Cascavel	86.2%
142	Juiz de Fora	86.1%
143	Guaratinguetá	86.1%
144	Piraquara	86.1%
145	Uberaba	86.1%
146	Ribeirão Pires	86.0%
147	São Luís	86.0%

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

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

Piraquara ranks 216 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
213	Nilópolis	5.9
214	Cachoeirinha	5.9
215	Itaituba	5.9
216	Piraquara	5.9
217	Uruguaiana	5.9
218	Cubatão	5.9
219	Planaltina	5.9

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

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

Piraquara ranks 136 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
133	Jaú	5.2
134	Guarapari	5.2
135	Almirante Tamandaré	5.2
136	Piraquara	5.2
137	Várzea Paulista	5.2
138	Paulo Afonso	5.2
139	Paulínia	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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