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Goal orientation is very decisive in the learning process. Todays students tend to have an instant mentality, lack of endurance and give up easily. Goal orientation affects student learning behavior and motivates them to make a great effort to achieve goals, not to avoid but overcome obstacles. It increases students resilience and ability to survive facing difficulties. So, students perceptions of social environment form goal orientation. This study uses quantitative research and a questionnaire as data collection. This study explores the impact of the social environment. It is parents, peers, and teachers on learning goal orientation (LGO) of students in Junior High School Santa Maria II Malang. The data obtained from 230 respondents were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling based on variants, namely Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM). As a result, parents involvement has the most significant impact and contribution (58,1780%), then the support of peer friends (22,4404%), and finally teachers support (19,3816%). Learning Goal Orientation of the students in Santa Maria II Malang is influenced mainly by the involvement of their parents. The school needs to plan or create programs that allow collaboration between school, teachers, and parents. In doing so, parents are more involved in the teaching and learning process.