The space of educational inequalities in the city of São Paulo

Abstract This article presents the partial results of a research on the current state of educational disparities in São Paulo. Based on a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of the IBGE 2010 Census data, the relationship between social position, life conditions, and the social uses of the educational system was analyzed. The results show that a first axis opposes, as expected, the rich and poor neighborhoods, and a second axis reveals a less evident opposition inside the regions. Based on high school credentials, this second opposition differentiates the neighborhoods in the middle and upper class regions as well as in the poorer regions of the city outskirts.