Table 27-2. Percentage distribution of public high schools indicating which goals their guidance programs emphasized most, by selected school characteristics: 2002
|
|---|
| School characteristic |
Help students plan
and prepare for
their work roles
after high school |
Help students with
personal growth
and development |
Help students plan
and prepare for
postsecondary
schooling |
Help students with
their academic
achievement
in high school |
|
| Total |
8 |
17 |
26 |
48 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Enrollment |
|
|
|
|
| Less than 400 |
12 |
21 |
30 |
36 |
| 400–799 |
7 |
20 |
29 |
45 |
| 800–1,199 |
5! |
13 |
27 |
55 |
| 1,200–1,999 |
4! |
14 |
20 |
62 |
| 2,000 or more |
7! |
8 |
14 |
72 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| School locale |
|
|
|
|
| Central city |
7! |
15 |
19 |
59 |
| Urban fringe/large town |
4 |
14 |
24 |
59 |
| Small town |
6! |
18 |
24 |
51 |
| Rural |
11 |
20 |
30 |
39 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Percent college bound |
|
|
|
|
| Less than 50 |
11! |
17 |
20 |
52 |
| 50–74 |
8 |
19 |
27 |
46 |
| 75 or more |
7 |
16 |
27 |
49 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Percent minority |
|
|
|
|
| Less than 10 |
9 |
19 |
30 |
41 |
| 10–24 |
6! |
16 |
28 |
50 |
| 25–49 |
6! |
14 |
22 |
57 |
| 50–74 |
6! |
11 |
19 |
64 |
| 75 or more |
10! |
20 |
18 |
51 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Region |
|
|
|
|
| Northeast |
4! |
17 |
31 |
47 |
| Southeast |
8 |
17 |
24 |
51 |
| Central |
10 |
21 |
27 |
42 |
| West |
8! |
12 |
25 |
55 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Vocational courses per 100 students |
|
|
|
| Fewer than 3 |
8 |
12 |
22 |
58 |
| 3–6 |
5 |
17 |
25 |
52 |
| More than 6 |
11 |
21 |
30 |
38 |
|
!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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NOTE: These data come from a survey that was sent to the principal of each school in the sample with a letter introducing the study and requesting that the survey be completed by the school’s lead counselor or other staff member who is responsible for providing counseling services at the schools. See supplemental note 3 for more information on the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS). See supplemental note 1 for more information on school locale and region. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some numbers revised from previously published data.
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SOURCE: Parsad, B., Alexander, D., Farris, E., and Hudson, L. (2003). High School Guidance Counseling (NCES 2003–015), table 1 and 2 and previously unpublished tabulation (October 2003). Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), “Survey on High School Guidance Counseling,” FRSS 80, 2002.
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