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Enem (exam)

Enem is a non-mandatory Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school education in Brazil. It stands for Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio. Students' grades are used to generate their schools' scores, so that the Ministry of Education knows which are the best and worst schools in the country.

Every year, the press publishes a ranking of the best schools in Brazil, based on information given by Inep, a government institution.

The exam consists in two tests: a multiple-choice one about different subjects (Portuguese, History, Geography, Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and a composition. The composition correction is different from the regular vestibular correction, as the student is required to fulfill some tasks, among them to write a human-rights-based composition.

Even if its purpose is to be a national evaluation exam, the student can use his or her score to be admitted at a university. However, not all universities accept it. Usually, private ones, such as PUC-Rio, a major private Brazilian university, accept Enem as an admission exam.

Top 20: Best schools in Brazil 2007 (released in 2008)

Name	Location	Type	Average Grade
Colégio de Santo Bento	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	82,96
Colégio Santo Agostinho	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	82,04
Colégio Vértice	São Paulo - SP	Private	81,67
Colégio Helyos	Feira de Santana - BA	Private	80,29
Colégio Santo Inácio	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	79,68
Moderna Organização Pedagógica Integrada	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	79,66
Colégio de Aplicação da UFRJ	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Public	79,63
Colégio Bionatus	Campo Grande - MS	Private	79,40
Coluni Colégio de Aplicação da UFV	Viçosa - MG	Public	79,30
Colégio Santo Agostinho - Novo Leblon	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	79,20
Instituto Dom Barreto	Teresina - PI	Private	79,13
Colégio Bernoulli	Belo Horizonte - MG	Private	79,09
Instituto de Tecnologia ORT	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	78,95
Colégio Bandeirantes	São Paulo - SP	Private	78,88
Colégio Santo Antônio	Belo Horizonte - MG	Private	78,61
Colégio Magnum Agostiniano	Belo Horizonte - MG	Private	78,48
Educandário Santa Maria Goretti	Teresina - PI	Private	78,42
Colégio São Vicente de Paulo	Rio de Janeiro - RJ	Private	78,28
Colégio Equipe	Recife - PE	Private	78,22
Colégio Móbile	São Paulo - SP	Private	78