What share of teenagers in Valinhos are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Valinhos, 91.0% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 8th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Valinhos?

94.5% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Valinhos passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 274.9 in mathematics and 274.7 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Valinhos, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Valinhos were attending school, the 30th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2470th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; São Paulo state: 98.3%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.5

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.5

2025

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

92.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Valinhos attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 66th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 48.8% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 48th 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 Valinhos?

Public primary schools in Valinhos scored 6.5 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 94th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.4 in 2023 and 6.5 in 2019.

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

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

In 2025, 97.1% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Valinhos' public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 239.4 in mathematics and 226.7 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 Valinhos score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Valinhos' public schools scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb, the 63rd 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 Valinhos?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Valinhos scored 5.5 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by São Paulo state in the city scored 5.6.

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

How Valinhos compares with other cities in Brazil

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

Valinhos ranks 30 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
27	Volta Redonda	99.2%
28	Itaguaí	99.2%
29	Praia Grande	99.2%
30	Valinhos	99.2%
31	Patos de Minas	99.2%
32	Piraquara	99.2%
33	Umuarama	99.2%

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

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

Valinhos ranks 66 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
63	Itaperuna	92.3%
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%

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

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

Valinhos ranks 8 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
5	Volta Redonda	91.7%
6	Rio Grande	91.7%
7	Itaperuna	91.7%
8	Valinhos	91.0%
9	Conselheiro Lafaiete	90.9%
10	Itabira	90.8%
11	Parnamirim	90.8%

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

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

Valinhos ranks 94 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
91	Itu	6.5
92	Araucária	6.5
93	Votorantim	6.5
94	Valinhos	6.5
95	Bento Gonçalves	6.5
96	Colatina	6.5
97	Araguari	6.5

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

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

Valinhos ranks 63 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
60	Atibaia	5.5
61	Fazenda Rio Grande	5.5
62	Sertãozinho	5.5
63	Valinhos	5.5
64	Bento Gonçalves	5.5
65	Araguari	5.5
66	Ribeirão Pires	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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