The inability of an
individual's social status to
change in a school hierarchy. Can also apply to colleges and universities. Usually a consequence of a school environment where cliques are a strong and omnipresent
force. Generally results in cliques sticking together for longer than usual, stark contrasts of quality in the social lives of individual students, and close relationships (plus other social luxuries) being limited to the school alpha males and alpha females while those less fortunate are crushed through drudgery such as homework. Antonym of "academic social mobility".
One of the foundations of an
elitist "student body" is academic
social immobility. Wherever you happen to be in the school hierarchy, whether you be
popular and successful or excluded and oppressed, you will stay there for the rest of your school days.