Education in Sergipe, Brazil: official figures
Schools in Sergipe scored 5.8 out of 10 on the Ideb basic education index for the early primary years (grades 1 to 5) in 2025, 6th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 6.3); the score was 5.4 in 2023 and 3.0 in 2005.
What is the Ideb score of Sergipe?
For the lower secondary years (grades 6 to 9), Sergipe's Ideb score was 4.8 in 2025, joint 6th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 5.3), compared with 4.4 in 2023.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education · saved copyHow good are high schools in Sergipe?
Sergipe's Ideb score for upper secondary school (ensino medio) was 4.3 in 2025, joint 11th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 4.5); it was 3.2 in 2015. The Ideb combines pass rates with Saeb test results in Portuguese and mathematics.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education · saved copyWhat is the literacy rate in Sergipe?
10.8% of people aged 15 and over in Sergipe could not read and write a simple note in 2024, 6th highest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 5.3%); in 2019 the rate was 12.7%.
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many people in Sergipe have a degree?
15.1% of adults aged 25 and over in Sergipe had completed higher education in 2024, 7th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 20.4%), while 42.0% had no schooling or had not finished primary school (Brazil: 32.0%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many years of schooling do young people in Sergipe have?
Young adults aged 18 to 29 in Sergipe had spent 11.0 years in education on average in 2024, and 62.3% had at least 12 years of schooling (Brazil: 11.9 years and 74.2%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyWhat is the high school graduation rate in Sergipe?
61.4% of young people in Sergipe had completed upper secondary school by the expected age range in 2024 (65.6% of women and 57.2% of men), the lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 75.1%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many young people in Sergipe go to university?
In 2024, 71.8% of 15- to 17-year-olds in Sergipe were in upper secondary school or had finished it, and 25.1% of 18- to 24-year-olds were in or had completed higher education (adjusted net attendance; Brazil: 76.8% and 27.3%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many young children in Sergipe go to nursery?
36.4% of children aged 0 to 3 in Sergipe attended a creche (day nursery) in 2024, 13th highest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 39.7%), and 96.0% of 4- and 5-year-olds attended pre-school.
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow big are school classes in Sergipe?
Public school classes in Sergipe had an average of 21.0 pupils in the early primary years, 25.7 in the lower secondary years and 32.6 in upper secondary school in 2024 (School Census; Brazil: 22.3, 26.6 and 29.3).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow Sergipe compares with other states
Ideb, early primary years (grades 1-5) (2025)
Sergipe ranks 22 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, early primary years (grades 1-5) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 5.9 |
| 20 | Tocantins | 5.9 |
| 21 | Roraima | 5.9 |
| 22 | Sergipe | 5.8 |
| 23 | Bahia | 5.7 |
| 24 | Maranhao | 5.7 |
| 25 | Rio Grande do Norte | 5.7 |
Ideb, lower secondary years (grades 6-9) (2025)
Sergipe ranks 21 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, lower secondary years (grades 6-9) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Tocantins | 4.9 |
| 19 | Acre | 4.9 |
| 20 | Para | 4.8 |
| 21 | Sergipe | 4.8 |
| 22 | Rondonia | 4.8 |
| 23 | Maranhao | 4.7 |
| 24 | Rio Grande do Norte | 4.6 |
Ideb, upper secondary school (2025)
Sergipe ranks 16 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, upper secondary school |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Mato Grosso | 4.4 |
| 14 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 4.4 |
| 15 | Alagoas | 4.3 |
| 16 | Sergipe | 4.3 |
| 17 | Tocantins | 4.3 |
| 18 | Rio de Janeiro | 4.2 |
| 19 | Rio Grande do Norte | 4.2 |
Illiteracy rate, people aged 15 and over (%) (2024)
Sergipe ranks 6 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Illiteracy rate, people aged 15 and over (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Paraiba | 12.7% |
| 4 | Ceara | 11.8% |
| 5 | Maranhao | 11.2% |
| 6 | Sergipe | 10.8% |
| 7 | Rio Grande do Norte | 10.5% |
| 8 | Pernambuco | 10.1% |
| 9 | Bahia | 9.9% |
Adults 25+ with a completed degree (%) (2024)
Sergipe ranks 21 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Adults 25+ with a completed degree (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Rondonia | 16.7% |
| 19 | Piaui | 15.3% |
| 20 | Paraiba | 15.3% |
| 21 | Sergipe | 15.1% |
| 22 | Pernambuco | 14.7% |
| 23 | Para | 14.2% |
| 24 | Alagoas | 14.1% |
Upper secondary completion rate (%) (2024)
Sergipe ranks 27 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Upper secondary completion rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Paraiba | 69.4% |
| 22 | Bahia | 67.7% |
| 23 | Rondonia | 66.4% |
| 24 | Para | 64.4% |
| 25 | Acre | 63.9% |
| 26 | Rio Grande do Norte | 63.3% |
| 27 | Sergipe | 61.4% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025: results for regions and federative units (early primary, lower secondary and upper secondary, all school networks), 2005-2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a8ecdb2cef93…)
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE): Sintese de Indicadores Sociais 2025, chapter 4 tables (education): Tables 4.1, 4.3, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.21, 4.22 (PNAD Continua 2024; School Census 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fc0eefb8a6ad…)
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