What share of teenagers in Sinop are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Sinop, 75.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 5th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Sinop?

99.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Sinop passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 255.5 in mathematics and 253.5 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Sinop, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Sinop were attending school, the 99th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1088th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Mato Grosso state: 97.7%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.2

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.1

2025

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

81.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Sinop attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 57th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 33.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 143rd 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 Sinop?

Public primary schools in Sinop scored 6.2 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 152nd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.0 in 2023 and 5.9 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.4% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Sinop's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 227.2 in mathematics and 214.8 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 Sinop score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Sinop's public schools scored 5.1 on the 2025 Ideb, the 160th 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 Sinop compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Sinop ranks 222 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
219	Campinas	98.2%
220	Ilhéus	98.2%
221	Balsas	98.2%
222	Sinop	98.1%
223	Queimados	98.1%
224	Dourados	98.1%
225	Ibirité	98.1%

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

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

Sinop ranks 264 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
261	Parauapebas	81.6%
262	Caxias do Sul	81.6%
263	Várzea Paulista	81.5%
264	Sinop	81.4%
265	Pelotas	81.3%
266	Balsas	81.2%
267	Maceió	81.0%

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

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

Sinop ranks 316 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
313	Itaituba	76.5%
314	Jandira	76.0%
315	Campo Largo	76.0%
316	Sinop	75.1%
317	Sarandi	73.9%
318	Sorriso	73.8%
319	Breves	72.4%

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

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

Sinop ranks 152 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
149	Taboão da Serra	6.2
150	Novo Hamburgo	6.2
151	Luziânia	6.2
152	Sinop	6.2
153	Linhares	6.2
154	Francisco Morato	6.2
155	Rio das Ostras	6.2

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

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

Sinop ranks 160 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
157	Marília	5.1
158	Novo Hamburgo	5.1
159	Águas Lindas de Goiás	5.1
160	Sinop	5.1
161	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	5.1
162	Linhares	5.1
163	Parnaíba	5.1

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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