What share of teenagers in Ubá are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Ubá, 80.1% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 16th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Ubá?

97.7% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Ubá passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 265.8 in mathematics and 269.9 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Ubá, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 97.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Ubá were attending school, the 30th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 460th lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Minas Gerais state: 98.8%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

97.1%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.8

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.5

2025

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

91.4% of children aged 4 and 5 in Ubá attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 81st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 38.4% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 130th 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 Ubá?

Public primary schools in Ubá 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 49th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.9 in 2023 and 6.8 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 99.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Ubá's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 247.2 in mathematics and 229.4 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 Ubá score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Ubá's public schools scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 71st highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.9 in 2023.

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

How Ubá compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Ubá ranks 291 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
288	Carapicuíba	97.2%
289	Canoas	97.2%
290	Marília	97.1%
291	Ubá	97.1%
292	Mogi das Cruzes	97.1%
293	Barbacena	97.1%
294	Hortolândia	97.0%

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

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

Ubá ranks 81 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
78	Lagarto	91.6%
79	Criciúma	91.6%
80	Parnaíba	91.6%
81	Ubá	91.4%
82	Varginha	91.4%
83	Açailândia	91.4%
84	Birigui	91.4%

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

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

Ubá ranks 305 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
302	Novo Hamburgo	80.2%
303	Cuiabá	80.2%
304	Passo Fundo	80.2%
305	Ubá	80.1%
306	Porto Seguro	80.1%
307	Itapecerica da Serra	80.0%
308	Várzea Grande	80.0%

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

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

Ubá ranks 49 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
46	Ribeirão Pires	6.8
47	Passos	6.8
48	Erechim	6.8
49	Ubá	6.8
50	Patos	6.8
51	Montes Claros	6.7
52	Criciúma	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)

Ubá ranks 71 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
68	Passos	5.5
69	Lavras	5.5
70	Coronel Fabriciano	5.5
71	Ubá	5.5
72	São Bernardo do Campo	5.4
73	Uberlândia	5.4
74	Montes Claros	5.4

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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