OBJECTIVE: We intend to evaluate the prevalence of visual disorders among 8 to 10-year-old students from a public school in Pouso Alegre, state of Minas Gerais, as well as verify the possible legitimacy of the correlation between a poor school performance and some kind of visual deficit. METHODS: We conducted a transversal and quantitative study whose target were the students enrolled in the elementary course (2nd to 4th grade) of Pio XII Municipal School in the academic year of 2009. […]