What share of teenagers in Poá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Poá, 85.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 121st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Poá?

98.2% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Poá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 256.1 in mathematics and 260.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Poá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Poá were attending school, the 15th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1964th 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

6.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

93.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Poá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 38th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 38.3% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 132nd 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 Poá?

Public primary schools in Poá scored 6.3 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 140th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.2 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 Poá do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Poá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 227.7 in mathematics and 219.1 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 Poá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Poá's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 141st 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

Are city or state schools better in Poá?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Poá scored 5.4 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.1.

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

How Poá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Poá ranks 15 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
12	Criciúma	99.4%
13	Passos	99.4%
14	Lavras	99.4%
15	Poá	99.4%
16	Betim	99.4%
17	Caraguatatuba	99.4%
18	Araras	99.4%

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

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

Poá ranks 38 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
35	Araras	93.5%
36	Lavras	93.5%
37	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	93.4%
38	Poá	93.4%
39	São Bernardo do Campo	93.4%
40	Marília	93.4%
41	Catanduva	93.4%

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

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

Poá ranks 200 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
197	Cambé	85.1%
198	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	85.1%
199	Votorantim	85.1%
200	Poá	85.0%
201	Várzea Paulista	85.0%
202	Ponta Grossa	85.0%
203	São José	85.0%

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

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

Poá ranks 140 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
137	Itabira	6.3
138	Itanhaém	6.3
139	Nova Serrana	6.3
140	Poá	6.3
141	São Paulo	6.2
142	Rio de Janeiro	6.2
143	Florianópolis	6.2

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

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

Poá ranks 141 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
138	Paulo Afonso	5.2
139	Paulínia	5.2
140	Maranguape	5.2
141	Poá	5.2
142	Ituiutaba	5.2
143	Assis	5.2
144	Manaus	5.1

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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