What share of teenagers in Sobral are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Sobral, 87.5% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 79th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Sobral?

99.9% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Sobral passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 356.6 in mathematics and 325.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Sobral, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Sobral were attending school, the 70th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2582nd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Ceará state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.0%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

9.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

8.0

2025

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

96.7% of children aged 4 and 5 in Sobral attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 3rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 43.5% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 82nd 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 Sobral?

Public primary schools in Sobral scored 9.6 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 highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 9.6 in 2023 and 8.4 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 100.0% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Sobral's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 321.2 in mathematics and 304.8 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 Sobral score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Sobral's public schools scored 8.0 on the 2025 Ideb, the highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 7.9 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 Sobral?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Sobral scored 8.0 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Ceará state in the city scored 7.7.

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

How Sobral compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Sobral ranks 70 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
67	Blumenau	99.0%
68	Franca	99.0%
69	Itapevi	99.0%
70	Sobral	99.0%
71	Jataí	99.0%
72	Juiz de Fora	99.0%
73	Brasília	99.0%

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

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

Sobral ranks 3 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
1	São Caetano do Sul	97.8%
2	Crato	96.8%
3	Sobral	96.7%
4	Rio Claro	96.6%
5	Vitória	96.5%
6	Muriaé	96.3%
7	Macaé	96.0%

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

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

Sobral ranks 79 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
76	Caraguatatuba	87.5%
77	Igarassu	87.5%
78	Londrina	87.5%
79	Sobral	87.5%
80	Bagé	87.5%
81	Timon	87.4%
82	Montes Claros	87.4%

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

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

Sobral ranks 1 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
1	Sobral	9.6
2	Rio Verde	8.1
3	Foz do Iguaçu	7.7
4	Indaiatuba	7.5
5	Maringá	7.4
6	Atibaia	7.4
7	Apucarana	7.4

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

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

Sobral ranks 1 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
1	Sobral	8.0
2	Itatiba	6.2
3	Arapongas	6.2
4	Umuarama	6.2
5	Cambé	6.1
6	Jaraguá do Sul	6.0
7	São Caetano do Sul	6.0

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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