Brazil's 2025 IDEB scores hit historic highs in states and cities FAST-MOVING

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• [○ 1 SOURCE] The Ministry of Education announced that future Ideb calculations for high school will be based on ENEM scores. (Ministry of Education announcement)
• [● 2 SOURCES] Bahia's school evasion rate fell from 13 % to 3.1 % between the previous period and 2025. (State Education Secretariat)
• [● 2 SOURCES] Bahia's school reproval rate fell from 16.6 % to 4.4 % by 2025. (State Education Secretariat)
• [● 3 SOURCES] Bahia's Ideb increased by 0.6 points from 2019 to 2025, ranking ninth among states with the greatest growth. (Ministry of Education data)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Private schools in Bahia scored 5.5 on the high‑school Ideb in 2025. (Ministry of Education data)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] The national Ideb average in 2025 was 4.5, and the Northeast average was 4.3. (Ministry of Education data)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Bahia's Ideb for early years of elementary education reached 5.7 in 2025, the highest since the series began in 2005. (INEP report)
• [● 3 SOURCES] Bahia's public school network scored 3.8 on the high‑school Ideb in 2025. (Ministry of Education data)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Balsas (Maranhão) achieved its highest IDEB in 19 years, with a score of 5.0 for the initial years and 4.7 for the final years of elementary school in 2025. (e5f82c23-edbc-43ec-8f4f-ead51e3f57d1)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Indaiatuba (São Paulo) recorded an IDEB score of 7.5 for the early years of elementary education in 2025, ranking first among municipalities with over 200 000 inhabitants in the state and fourth in a (a72dd686-40ee-4404-92e9-2cb4d9079f25)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Pernambuco’s public high‑school network achieved an IDEB score of 4.7 in 2025, placing it among the three best in Brazil and second in the Northeast. (ba5bb923-29ed-4970-9528-4ceddd333446)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] The Federal District’s high‑school IDEB fell to 4.1 in 2025, making it the only federation unit with a decline between 2023 and 2025. (fe827466-d6a6-48e3-a238-6d83a36ae166)