Mid Sweden University

This study intends to review existing correlations between marginalized adolescents and lower school results. This study examines underlying conditions for the current residential segregation in Sweden by applying segregation as a theory adequate to a qualitative study. Residential segregation has generated negative effects on the Swedish school system as a result. Previous research regarding the subject points toward residential segregation as a prime cause for the performance gap within the Swedish school system. It also conditions the qualifications of young adolescents regarding their pursuit of future opportunities. The youth's perception of their school attendance is inspected through an analysis divided into three themes regarding their experiences in relation to their residential areas. This study argues that existing social exclusion processes caused by residential segregation, affect how they perceive their opportunities. A typical disjunct resource allocations on the basis of socioeconomic status characterizes the means that marginalized adolescents possess to pursue their ambitions.