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Table H6. Percentage of public schools with a 10th grade that offered occupational programs, by school type, program location, and program area: 2002
  School type   Program location
Program area All public
schools with
10th grade
Full-time
CTE school
Comprehensive
school served
by an area
CTE school
Comprehensive
school not
served by an
area CTE school
On-site Off-site1
Any program area 88.1100.090.884.2 82.953.1
Agriculture 48.9 50.5 57.6 40.7   39.1 9.8
Business 75.8 77.7 80.4 71.4   63.5 12.4
Child care and education 53.8 65.3 61.4 45.5   35.4 18.4
Communications technology 42.0 48.8 46.6 37.0   30.3 11.8
Computer technology 71.2 87.3 73.9 67.2   58.5 12.8
Other technology 43.9 45.8 49.0 38.9   25.2 18.7
Construction 58.1 72.0 72.3 43.6   25.7 32.4
Food service and hospitality 44.4 57.8 55.1 33.0   20.4 23.9
Healthcare 51.5 55.7 67.7 36.0   19.9 31.6
Marketing 45.5 54.9 49.9 40.3   34.1 11.4
Mechanics and repair 64.5 73.3 73.4 55.3   29.0 35.5
Personal services 37.8 48.9 49.7 25.7   10.0 27.8
Precision production 61.2 75.4 70.8 50.7   39.9 21.3
Public and protective services 20.2 33.7 25.6 13.9   4.9 15.4
Transportation 22.6 28.1 27.5 17.6   8.9 13.8
Other occupational program 36.1 28.1 45.7 28.0   9.4 26.7
1 Occupational programs may be available to high school students at off-site locations, including area CTE schools, postsecondary institutions, other high schools, and other locations.
NOTE: CTE is career/technical education. Area CTE schools were not included in the data collection and thus are not included in this table. Area CTE schools are described in tables H8 and H9.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "School Administrator Questionnaire Base Year."

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