School trajectories of high school students of public schools in the municipality of Sao Leopoldo, RS: School performance, profile and characteristics

Abstract

In this academic paper, we show the results of a research whose objective was to analyze school trajectories of high school students of public schools in the municipality of São Leopoldo, through the identification of profiles that interfere in the school inequalities, especially concerning the school flow, leading to school approval, repetition and evasion. For this, we performed a quantitative study with descriptive analysis of data collected by a self-applied structured questionnaire. Bibliographical and literature reviews were used as support. We have identified evidence that allows us to affirm that the differences of profiles associated with the characteristics of public school students are related to the production of educational inequalities and that also indicates situations of social vulnerability reproduced in the school spaces. In the public schools surveyed there are heterogeneity and diversity of student profiles, especially in relation to those who attend high school at night.