What share of teenagers in Santos are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Santos, 85.3% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 136th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Santos?

96.3% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Santos passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 262.3 in mathematics and 264.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Santos, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Santos were attending school, the 58th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 740th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.1

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

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

91.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Santos attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 74th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 55.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 18th 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 Santos?

Public primary schools in Santos scored 6.1 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 153rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.9 in 2023 and 5.8 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Santos' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 226.3 in mathematics and 214.7 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 Santos score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Santos' public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 115th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.1 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 Santos?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Santos scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.2.

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

How Santos compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Santos ranks 263 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
260	Guarulhos	97.8%
261	Goiânia	97.7%
262	São Paulo	97.7%
263	Santos	97.7%
264	Cariacica	97.7%
265	São Gonçalo	97.7%
266	Belford Roxo	97.6%

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

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

Santos ranks 74 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
71	Nova Serrana	91.9%
72	Apucarana	91.8%
73	Abaetetuba	91.8%
74	Santos	91.7%
75	Sertãozinho	91.7%
76	São José de Ribamar	91.7%
77	Salto	91.6%

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

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

Santos ranks 185 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
182	Paranaguá	85.3%
183	Paço do Lumiar	85.3%
184	Suzano	85.3%
185	Santos	85.3%
186	Olinda	85.3%
187	Betim	85.2%
188	Diadema	85.2%

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

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

Santos ranks 168 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
165	Cuiabá	6.1
166	Ananindeua	6.1
167	Caxias do Sul	6.1
168	Santos	6.1
169	Boa Vista	6.1
170	Betim	6.1
171	Bauru	6.1

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

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

Santos ranks 115 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
112	São José do Rio Preto	5.2
113	Vila Velha	5.2
114	Caxias do Sul	5.2
115	Santos	5.2
116	Mauá	5.2
117	Betim	5.2
118	Diadema	5.2

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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