Ideb 2025 Shows Local Elementary Gains but High School Scores Fall Short

Overview

• On August 5 the Ministry of Education released Ideb 2025 showing gains across school stages while the national public ensino médio average rose to 4.3, still below the 5.2 target set for 2021.
• Correntina, Bahia, posted the biggest local turnaround with municipal Ideb rising from 4.8 to 5.4 in the early years and Sabe reporting 51% of 2nd‑graders literate in 2025, up from about 27% in 2024.
• Piracicaba recorded improvements in the early and final years of elementary school (6.5→7.0 and 5.4→5.6) but remained short of the high‑school goal, reflecting a common municipal pattern.
• A separate G1 analysis found 147 schools in the Federal District had no Ideb score because they failed Saeb participation or census reporting rules, and experts warn missing data hinders local diagnosis and planning.
• Municipalities are scaling teacher training, diagnostic testing and reading programs such as Alfabetiza Correntina, and the federal education minister has signaled a priority on mathematics to address lagging secondary results.