What share of teenagers in Sorocaba are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Sorocaba, 87.5% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 75th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Sorocaba?

98.2% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Sorocaba passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 265.6 in mathematics and 268.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Sorocaba, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.7% of children aged 6 to 14 in Sorocaba were attending school, the 133rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1903rd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.7%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.6

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.5

2025

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

92.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Sorocaba attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 67th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 46.6% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 57th 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 Sorocaba?

Public primary schools in Sorocaba 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 69th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.3 in 2023 and 6.7 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 98.7% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Sorocaba's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 240.1 in mathematics and 227.0 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 Sorocaba score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Sorocaba's public schools scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 54th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.5 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 Sorocaba?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Sorocaba scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.4.

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

How Sorocaba compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Sorocaba ranks 133 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
130	Taubaté	98.7%
131	Belo Horizonte	98.7%
132	Araçatuba	98.7%
133	Sorocaba	98.7%
134	Pinhais	98.7%
135	São Mateus	98.7%
136	Ribeirão Pires	98.7%

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

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

Sorocaba ranks 67 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
64	São Luís	92.2%
65	Coronel Fabriciano	92.2%
66	Valinhos	92.1%
67	Sorocaba	92.1%
68	São José do Rio Preto	92.1%
69	Itapipoca	91.9%
70	Linhares	91.9%

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

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

Sorocaba ranks 75 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
72	Paulista	87.6%
73	Garanhuns	87.6%
74	Queimados	87.6%
75	Sorocaba	87.5%
76	Caraguatatuba	87.5%
77	Igarassu	87.5%
78	Londrina	87.5%

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

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

Sorocaba ranks 69 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
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
72	Mauá	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)

Sorocaba ranks 54 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
51	Pinhais	5.6
52	Barbacena	5.6
53	Araxá	5.6
54	Sorocaba	5.5
55	São José dos Pinhais	5.5
56	Arapiraca	5.5
57	Criciúma	5.5

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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