What share of teenagers in Teresina are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Teresina, 89.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 33rd highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Teresina?

98.4% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Teresina passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 273.5 in mathematics and 273.3 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Teresina, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Teresina were attending school, the 98th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2220th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Piauí state: 98.9%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.7

2025

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

94.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Teresina attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 18th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 26.7% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 93rd 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 Teresina?

Public primary schools in Teresina scored 6.8 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 40th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.4 in 2023 and 7.3 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.5% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Teresina's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 242.3 in mathematics and 234.8 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 Teresina score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Teresina's public schools scored 5.7 on the 2025 Ideb, the 29th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.7 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 Teresina?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Teresina scored 5.9 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Piauí state in the city scored 5.3.

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

How Teresina compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Teresina ranks 98 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
95	Uberlândia	98.8%
96	Limeira	98.8%
97	Maracanaú	98.8%
98	Teresina	98.8%
99	Santa Luzia	98.8%
100	Barueri	98.8%
101	Conselheiro Lafaiete	98.8%

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

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

Teresina ranks 18 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
15	Sete Lagoas	94.3%
16	Itabaiana	94.3%
17	Nova Lima	94.2%
18	Teresina	94.1%
19	Indaiatuba	94.1%
20	Santo Antônio de Jesus	94.0%
21	Santana de Parnaíba	94.0%

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

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

Teresina ranks 33 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
30	Sertãozinho	89.5%
31	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	89.5%
32	Muriaé	89.4%
33	Teresina	89.4%
34	Marituba	89.3%
35	Santa Cruz do Sul	89.2%
36	Varginha	89.2%

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

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

Teresina ranks 40 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
37	Trindade	6.9
38	Salto	6.9
39	Itumbiara	6.9
40	Teresina	6.8
41	São Bernardo do Campo	6.8
42	Maracanaú	6.8
43	Divinópolis	6.8

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

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

Teresina ranks 29 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
26	Erechim	5.8
27	Itaperuna	5.8
28	Curitiba	5.7
29	Teresina	5.7
30	São José dos Campos	5.7
31	Anápolis	5.7
32	Indaiatuba	5.7

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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