What share of teenagers in Santo André are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Santo André, 86.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 128th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Santo André?

96.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Santo André passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 260.6 in mathematics and 265.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Santo André, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Santo André were attending school, the 112th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1217th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.3

2025

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

91.3% of children aged 4 and 5 in Santo André attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 88th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 49.8% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 41st 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 Santo André?

Public primary schools in Santo André scored 6.6 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 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 Santo André do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 99.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Santo André's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 238.6 in mathematics and 225.2 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 Santo André score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Santo André's public schools scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb, the 92nd 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 Santo André compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Santo André ranks 209 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
206	Ipatinga	98.3%
207	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	98.3%
208	São Bernardo do Campo	98.2%
209	Santo André	98.2%
210	Marabá	98.2%
211	Marituba	98.2%
212	São José	98.2%

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

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

Santo André ranks 88 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
85	Jaú	91.3%
86	Barueri	91.3%
87	Chapecó	91.3%
88	Santo André	91.3%
89	Ribeirão Pires	91.1%
90	São Paulo	91.0%
91	Bauru	91.0%

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

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

Santo André ranks 128 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
125	Ji-Paraná	86.5%
126	Ananindeua	86.5%
127	Planaltina	86.5%
128	Santo André	86.4%
129	Canoas	86.4%
130	Balneário Camboriú	86.4%
131	Araruama	86.4%

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

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

Santo André ranks 68 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
65	Ourinhos	6.7
66	Assis	6.7
67	Goiânia	6.6
68	Santo André	6.6
69	Sorocaba	6.6
70	São José do Rio Preto	6.6
71	Vila Velha	6.6

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

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

Santo André ranks 92 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
89	Colatina	5.4
90	Guaratinguetá	5.4
91	Catanduva	5.4
92	Santo André	5.3
93	Vitória	5.3
94	Barueri	5.3
95	Taubaté	5.3

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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