SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ENEM 2020 PARTICIPANTS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VARGINHA-MG

Abstract

The National Secondary Education Examination (Enem), applied annually by the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), in addition to enabling entry into Higher Education and acting as a basis for student financing programs, has among its objectives to evaluate the general school performance of students from public and private schools in the country, at the end of high school. In this context, studies show the importance of analyzing the impact of different factors on student performance, given the different conditions of the Brazilian population. Therefore, this work aimed to identify the relevance and measure the impacts of socioeconomic variables on the average performance of Enem participants from public and private schools in the city of Varginha-MG, in the year 2020. For this purpose, the Linear Regression method was used. Multiple. The results confirmed the hypothesis that students with higher incomes and students from private schools present better performances. Male participants have higher average scores. Furthermore, variables such as race were not significant in the analysis of the average grade. The relevance of this study lies in understanding the variables with the greatest impact on the exam scores, supporting policies and guidelines for the educational context of the municipality.