Education in Narino, Colombia: official figures
The net enrolment rate from the transition year to upper secondary in Narino was 76.3% in 2024, according to the Ministry of Education (7th lowest of 33), against 84.0% in 2019 and 80.5% in 2011.
How many teenagers in Narino attend upper secondary school?
41.9% of young people of upper-secondary age (15 and 16) in Narino were enrolled at that level in 2024 (13th lowest of 33); net enrolment was 63.1% in lower secondary and 53.4% in the transition year.
Source: Ministerio de Educacion Nacional (MEN) · saved copyWhat is the school dropout rate in Narino?
2.5% of pupils in Narino dropped out of school during the 2024 school year (5th lowest of 33), against 2.1% in 2023. 5.5% failed their year and 9.1% were repeating a grade.
Source: Ministerio de Educacion Nacional (MEN) · saved copyHow do students in Narino do in the Saber 11 exam?
Students at schools in Narino averaged 248.1 out of 500 in the Saber 11 school-leaving exam in the 2022 calendar-A round (12th highest of 33; Colombia 250.1), against 244.4 in 2019. 16,465 students sat the exam there.
Source: Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluacion de la Educacion (ICFES) · saved copyHow good are maths results in Narino?
In the 2022 Saber 11 exam, students at schools in Narino averaged 50.8 out of 100 in mathematics (12th highest of 33; Colombia 50.6), 51.8 in critical reading (Colombia 52.8) and 48.2 in English (Colombia 49.9).
Source: Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluacion de la Educacion (ICFES) · saved copyWhat is the literacy rate in Narino?
8.8% of people in Narino lived in households with an adult aged 15 or over who could not read and write in 2025 (10th highest of 33; Colombia 6.4%), and 55.5% in households whose adults averaged fewer than nine years of schooling (Colombia 36.8%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow many children in Narino are behind at school?
In 2025, 1.6% of people in Narino lived in households with a child aged 6 to 16 not attending school (Colombia 1.8%), and 18.2% in households with a child aged 7 to 17 behind the normal grade for their age (Colombia 19.7%).
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE) · saved copyHow Narino compares with other departments
Net enrolment rate, transition to upper secondary (2024)
Narino ranks 27 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Net enrolment rate, transition to upper secondary |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Caqueta | 82.1% |
| 25 | Putumayo | 80.0% |
| 26 | Caldas | 77.8% |
| 27 | Narino | 76.3% |
| 28 | Valle del Cauca | 75.8% |
| 29 | Amazonas | 74.8% |
| 30 | Guaviare | 74.1% |
Net enrolment rate, upper secondary (2024)
Narino ranks 21 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Net enrolment rate, upper secondary |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Huila | 46.5% |
| 19 | Valle del Cauca | 45.7% |
| 20 | Magdalena | 44.1% |
| 21 | Narino | 41.9% |
| 22 | Cauca | 41.6% |
| 23 | Arauca | 40.8% |
| 24 | Cesar | 39.8% |
School dropout rate (2024)
Narino ranks 29 of 33, highest first.
| Rank | Region | School dropout rate |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Sucre | 3.2% |
| 27 | La Guajira | 2.8% |
| 28 | Bogota | 2.5% |
| 29 | Narino | 2.5% |
| 30 | Choco | 2.4% |
| 31 | Boyaca | 2.4% |
| 32 | Atlantico | 2.2% |
Average Saber 11 score (0-500) (2022)
Narino ranks 12 of 33, highest first. Calendar-A round, by department of the school
| Rank | Region | Average Saber 11 score (0-500) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Casanare | 253.6 |
| 10 | Caldas | 253.1 |
| 11 | Meta | 252.9 |
| 12 | Narino | 248.1 |
| 13 | Valle del Cauca | 247.9 |
| 14 | Antioquia | 245.9 |
| 15 | Atlantico | 245.2 |
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Sources
- Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluacion de la Educacion (ICFES): Resultados unicos Saber 11: average scores and number of candidates by department of the school, rounds 2019-4 and 2022-4 (datos.gov.co API response, aggregated by the API from ICFES microdata), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f4b8bdc7c323…)
- Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE): Pobreza multidimensional, anexo departamental 2025 (Encuesta Nacional de Calidad de Vida): incidence by department and area, household deprivations by indicator, intensity and incidence by sex, 2018-2025 (updated 14 April 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 73caab08046d…)
- Ministerio de Educacion Nacional (MEN): MEN_ESTADISTICAS_EN_EDUCACION_EN_PREESCOLAR, BASICA Y MEDIA_POR_DEPARTAMENTO, 2011-2024: net and gross enrolment coverage, dropout, failure and repetition rates by department (datos.gov.co API response), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bac11bda6cae…)
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