Tables: Secondary/High School

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Table H155. Percentage of fall 2009 public school ninth-graders in 2012 whose counselors report various career-related education programs and activities are offered by the school: 2012

Programs and activities offered		Percent

Employment-related activities
Students whose school counselors report that their schools:
Share relevant student information with local employers		35.4
Guarantee student skills to local employers		16.5
Have formal or informal linkages with local employers to aid in student preparation for transition from school to work		46.9

Graduation, career, or education plan
Students whose school counselors report the school requires a graduation, career, or education plan		72.4

Students whose school counselors report that students are:
Required to create personalized career plans		43.5
Able to choose one of several career plans offered by the school		23.4
Assigned to career plan by the school		4.7
Assigned one of several career plans offered by the school		2.1
All assigned to a single career plan offered by the school		3.3

Dropout prevention program
Students whose school counselors report the school has a dropout prevention program		41.9

Among students whose school counselors report the school has a dropout prevention program, percentage
of students in schools with a program that includes:
Occupationally focused courses		35.1
Job counseling		52.3

NOTE: The total number of 2009 public high school ninth-graders in 2012 is estimated at 3,811,000, with a standard error of 9,400.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) First Follow-up Restricted-Use Data File.

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