What share of teenagers in Tubarão are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Tubarão, 83.7% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 74th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Tubarão?

93.5% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Tubarão passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 257.4 in mathematics and 265.4 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Tubarão, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 96.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Tubarão were attending school, the 22nd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 358th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Santa Catarina state: 98.6%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

96.8%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.2

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.0

2025

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

90.8% of children aged 4 and 5 in Tubarão attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 99th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 58.0% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 9th 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 Tubarão?

Public primary schools in Tubarão 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 159th 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 Tubarão do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 97.4% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Tubarão's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 231.7 in mathematics and 217.9 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 Tubarão score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Tubarão's public schools scored 5.0 on the 2025 Ideb, the 128th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.5 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 Tubarão?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Tubarão scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Santa Catarina state in the city scored 5.0.

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

How Tubarão compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Tubarão ranks 299 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
296	Camboriú	97.0%
297	Nossa Senhora do Socorro	96.8%
298	Maceió	96.8%
299	Tubarão	96.8%
300	Camaragibe	96.8%
301	Porto Alegre	96.7%
302	Alvorada	96.7%

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

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

Tubarão ranks 99 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
96	Caucaia	90.9%
97	Sabará	90.9%
98	Uberaba	90.8%
99	Tubarão	90.8%
100	Jaraguá do Sul	90.8%
101	Itapetininga	90.8%
102	Maricá	90.7%

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

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

Tubarão ranks 247 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
244	Ribeirão Preto	83.9%
245	Barretos	83.9%
246	Dourados	83.8%
247	Tubarão	83.7%
248	Tangará da Serra	83.7%
249	Marabá	83.6%
250	Rondonópolis	83.6%

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

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

Tubarão ranks 159 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
156	Varginha	6.2
157	Três Lagoas	6.2
158	Marituba	6.2
159	Tubarão	6.2
160	Tangará da Serra	6.2
161	Paragominas	6.2
162	Fortaleza	6.1

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

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

Tubarão ranks 193 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
190	Jandira	5.0
191	Cubatão	5.0
192	Marituba	5.0
193	Tubarão	5.0
194	Novo Gama	5.0
195	Bacabal	5.0
196	Itacoatiara	5.0

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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