(FOLHAPRESS) - The country's private schools should readjust next year's enrollment and monthly fees by between 7% and 11%, according to a study carried out by consultancy Meira Fernandes, specialized in educational management.
School fees should increase by 7% to 11% in 2027, study shows
(FOLHAPRESS) - The country's private schools should readjust next year's enrollment and monthly fees by between 7% and 11%, according to a study carried out by consultancy Meira Fernandes, specialized in educational management. The index...
According to the consultancy, the planned adjustment is also above that recorded in previous years. Last year, for example, the research identified a variation between 9% and 10%.
- This year's survey interviewed 1,500 schools in eight states (São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Ceará and Roraima), between June 11th and August 3rd.
- Together, these schools have almost 120 thousand students enrolled.
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The index is above the 5.03% inflation projected by the market for this year by the IPCA (Broad National Consumer Price Index), according to the Central Bank's latest Focus Bulletin.
According to the consultancy, the planned adjustment is also above that recorded in previous years. Last year, for example, the research identified a variation between 9% and 10%.
This year's survey interviewed 1,500 schools in eight states (São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Ceará and Roraima), between June 11th and August 3rd. Together, these schools have almost 120 thousand students enrolled.
The data also shows that 98.9% of private institutions intend to make some type of adjustment to monthly fees, with 80.6% projecting an increase of between 7% and 11%.
Those responsible for the research also identified that the adjustment occurs, above all, to balance the accounts in the face of the increase in defaults and the requirement for investments, such as hiring specialized professionals and digital security.
"The result is that the 2027 monthly fees begin to be defined not just as an annual adjustment, but as a real action to, minimally, rebuild a budget subject to simultaneous and permanent costs", says the research.
More than half of the schools interviewed (51.93%) report having had delays of 2% to 5% of payments in the first semester. In the same period of 2025, the share of schools with this level of default was lower, at 46.59%.
Schools report, however, that most of the pressure on costs has come from the investments needed to promote inclusive special education and the hiring of specialized professionals. These reasons were cited by 35.9% and 16% of institutions, respectively.
Furthermore, 28.8% of schools indicate that they have faced high expenses due to high employee turnover. The increase in the so-called "turnover" of labor has generated higher costs with terminations, new selection processes and training, in addition to negatively impacting the institutions' cash flow.
Another 6.08% of schools said they needed to invest in document review, training, tools, communication with families, prevention of cyberbullying, data protection and procedures related to the digital environment and ECA Digital.
The consultancy highlights that these indices only reveal an average and a survey of the adjustment values. By law, schools can only adjust tuition fees once a year. The percentage must be informed to families at least 45 days before the final date for registration.
Institutions are also required to present parents and guardians with a cost sheet.
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