What share of teenagers in Ponta Grossa are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Ponta Grossa, 85.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 119th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Ponta Grossa?

99.0% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Ponta Grossa passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 269.5 in mathematics and 267.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Ponta Grossa, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Ponta Grossa were attending school, the 45th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2679th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Paraná state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.9

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

89.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Ponta Grossa attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 123rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 28.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 106th 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 Ponta Grossa?

Public primary schools in Ponta Grossa scored 6.9 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 34th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.5 in 2023 and 6.5 in 2019.

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

How do 5th-graders in Ponta Grossa do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Ponta Grossa's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 249.8 in mathematics and 230.7 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 Ponta Grossa score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Ponta Grossa's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 43rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.2 in 2023.

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

How Ponta Grossa compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Ponta Grossa ranks 45 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
42	Itajaí	99.1%
43	Itabaiana	99.1%
44	Bauru	99.1%
45	Ponta Grossa	99.1%
46	Santo Antônio de Jesus	99.1%
47	São José dos Campos	99.1%
48	Jaraguá do Sul	99.1%

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

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

Ponta Grossa ranks 123 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
120	Hortolândia	89.8%
121	Curitiba	89.8%
122	Simões Filho	89.8%
123	Ponta Grossa	89.7%
124	Mauá	89.7%
125	Parnamirim	89.7%
126	Praia Grande	89.7%

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

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

Ponta Grossa ranks 202 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
199	Votorantim	85.1%
200	Poá	85.0%
201	Várzea Paulista	85.0%
202	Ponta Grossa	85.0%
203	São José	85.0%
204	Lauro de Freitas	85.0%
205	São Mateus	85.0%

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

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

Ponta Grossa ranks 34 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
31	Curitiba	6.9
32	São José dos Campos	6.9
33	Diadema	6.9
34	Ponta Grossa	6.9
35	Mogi Guaçu	6.9
36	Toledo	6.9
37	Trindade	6.9

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

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

Ponta Grossa ranks 43 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
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
46	São Carlos	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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