What share of teenagers in Santana are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Santana, 86.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 133rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Santana?

94.1% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Santana passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 242.9 in mathematics and 250.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Santana, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Santana were attending school, the 44th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 623rd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Amapá state: 96.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.5%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

5.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

4.6

2025

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

69.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Santana attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 7th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 8.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 3rd 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 Santana?

Public primary schools in Santana scored 5.7 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 70th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.0 in 2023 and 4.8 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 97.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Santana's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 215.3 in mathematics and 207.7 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 Santana score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Santana's public schools scored 4.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 53rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.4 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 Santana?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Santana scored 4.7 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Amapá state in the city scored 4.6.

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

How Santana compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Santana ranks 277 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
274	Bragança	97.5%
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%

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

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

Santana ranks 314 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
311	Boa Vista	70.5%
312	Ji-Paraná	70.0%
313	Manaus	69.1%
314	Santana	69.1%
315	Gravataí	67.8%
316	Viamão	63.6%
317	Aparecida de Goiânia	59.8%

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

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

Santana ranks 133 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
130	Balneário Camboriú	86.4%
131	Araruama	86.4%
132	Cabo Frio	86.4%
133	Santana	86.4%
134	Arapiraca	86.3%
135	Bacabal	86.3%
136	Araguaína	86.3%

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

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

Santana ranks 251 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
248	Barreiras	5.7
249	Alagoinhas	5.7
250	Bagé	5.7
251	Santana	5.7
252	Açailândia	5.7
253	Salvador	5.6
254	Macapá	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)

Santana ranks 268 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
265	Caxias	4.6
266	Teixeira de Freitas	4.6
267	Altamira	4.6
268	Santana	4.6
269	Maceió	4.5
270	Aracaju	4.5
271	Porto Velho	4.5

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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