<p>Educational inequality is one of the most reiterated social reproductions in Latin America (LA). In Colombia, the second most unequal country in LA, educational inequality persists despite recent educational policies. Inequality trends in compulsory education in Colombia were analyzed concerning context, access, and results from indicators in 1) Education System included in the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the year 2016); and, 2) Information System of Educational Trends in Latin America (years 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018). For the OECD, poverty, and inequality become significant challenges, which have a positive or negative impact on the indicators analyzed and on educational quality. For SITEAL(Sistema de Información de Tendencias Educativas en América Latina- Information System on Educational Trends in Latin America), it was found that about 10% of people still do not attend the education system, and of those who manage to access, the graduation in basic secondary education does not exceed 80%; access tends to increase over time, although it is higher when the economic income get bigger. It is evident that women attend and leave the educational system more than men, which shows that educational inequality is closely related to social and demographic aspects. Poverty continues to be a cause of educational exclusion. Further research on these indicators in more focused contexts is called for to discover more detailed explanations and possible localized emerging opportunities in the face of this inequality.</p>