What share of teenagers in Salvador are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Salvador, 83.3% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 62nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Salvador?

91.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Salvador passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 225.8 in mathematics and 228.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Salvador, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Salvador were attending school, the 43rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 596th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Bahia state: 98.4%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.5%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

3.9

2025

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

86.3% of children aged 4 and 5 in Salvador attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 120th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 34.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 152nd 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 Salvador?

Public primary schools in Salvador 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 68th 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 Salvador do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.1% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Salvador's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 211.1 in mathematics and 203.7 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 Salvador score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Salvador's public schools scored 3.9 on the 2025 Ideb, the 13th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 3.9 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 Salvador?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Salvador scored 4.5 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Bahia state in the city scored 3.7.

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

How Salvador compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Salvador ranks 278 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
275	Ananindeua	97.5%
276	Jequié	97.5%
277	Santana	97.5%
278	Salvador	97.5%
279	Senador Canedo	97.5%
280	Corumbá	97.5%
281	Itabuna	97.5%

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

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

Salvador ranks 201 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
198	Cambé	86.3%
199	Camaçari	86.3%
200	Mogi Guaçu	86.3%
201	Salvador	86.3%
202	Passos	86.3%
203	Marabá	86.3%
204	Juazeiro	86.2%

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

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

Salvador ranks 259 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
256	Franco da Rocha	83.4%
257	Guarulhos	83.4%
258	Angra dos Reis	83.3%
259	Salvador	83.3%
260	Barueri	83.3%
261	Rio Verde	83.3%
262	Jequié	83.3%

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

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

Salvador ranks 253 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
250	Bagé	5.7
251	Santana	5.7
252	Açailândia	5.7
253	Salvador	5.6
254	Macapá	5.6
255	Olinda	5.6
256	Juazeiro do Norte	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)

Salvador ranks 308 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
305	Mesquita	4.0
306	Jequié	4.0
307	Alagoinhas	4.0
308	Salvador	3.9
309	Natal	3.9
310	Belford Roxo	3.9
311	Itabuna	3.9

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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