What share of teenagers in Timon are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Timon, 87.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 81st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Timon?

98.5% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Timon passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 272.8 in mathematics and 269.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Timon, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.9% of children aged 6 to 14 in Timon were attending school, the 87th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2322nd lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Maranhão state: 98.4%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.9%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.7

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.6

2025

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

90.0% of children aged 4 and 5 in Timon attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 113th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 19.2% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 29th 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 Timon?

Public primary schools in Timon scored 6.7 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 54th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.8 in 2023 and 5.7 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.8% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Timon's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 238.2 in mathematics and 229.0 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 Timon score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Timon's public schools scored 5.6 on the 2025 Ideb, the 48th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.9 in 2023.

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

How Timon compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Timon ranks 87 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
84	Nova Lima	98.9%
85	Rio Claro	98.9%
86	Novo Gama	98.9%
87	Timon	98.9%
88	Paranaguá	98.9%
89	Palmas	98.8%
90	Maricá	98.8%

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

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

Timon ranks 113 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
110	Nova Friburgo	90.1%
111	Cascavel	90.1%
112	Suzano	90.0%
113	Timon	90.0%
114	Colatina	90.0%
115	Imperatriz	90.0%
116	Niterói	90.0%

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

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

Timon ranks 81 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
78	Londrina	87.5%
79	Sobral	87.5%
80	Bagé	87.5%
81	Timon	87.4%
82	Montes Claros	87.4%
83	Botucatu	87.3%
84	Campina Grande	87.3%

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

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

Timon ranks 54 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
51	Montes Claros	6.7
52	Criciúma	6.7
53	Guarapuava	6.7
54	Timon	6.7
55	Patos de Minas	6.7
56	Santana de Parnaíba	6.7
57	Botucatu	6.7

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

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

Timon ranks 48 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
45	Limeira	5.6
46	São Carlos	5.6
47	Colombo	5.6
48	Timon	5.6
49	Patos de Minas	5.6
50	Mogi Guaçu	5.6
51	Pinhais	5.6

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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