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Plans of High School Graduates: Class of 2002
Vocational-Technical Schools
6,226 students graduated from Massachusetts public vocational-technical schools in 2002. Of these graduates, 47 percent planned on working, 24 percent planned to attend a two-year college, and 13 percent planned to attend a four-year college. Four percent of these graduates intended to enter the military, two percent planned to attend some other type of post-secondary institution, two percent reported having plans other than those listed above, and data was not available for the remaining eight percent (Figure 9).
| The percentage of vocational-technical |  |
| school graduates planning | |
| to work after graduation was more | |
| than three times greater than | |
| graduates from all school types (47 | |
| versus 13 percent). The percentage | |
| of vocational-technical school | |
| graduates planning to attend a 2-year | |
| college was also greater than the | |
| percentage of graduates from all | |
| school types with the same plans (24 | |
| versus 20 percent). The percentage | |
| of vocational-technical school | |
| graduates intending to enter the military was also greater than graduates from all school types | |
| (four versus two percent) | |
Charter Schools
Of the 12 charter schools reporting graduates in 2002, there were a total of 361 graduates. Of this total, 69 percent planned to attend a 4-year college, 17 percent planned to attend a 2-year college, six percent intended to work, and two percent planned to enter the military. Additionally, two percent planned to attend some other type of post-secondary institution, one percent had plans other than those listed above, and data was not available for three percent (Figure 10).
 | The 69 percent of charter school |
| graduates planning to attend a 4-year | |
| college was higher than the 52 | |
| percent of graduates from all school | |
| types with the same post-graduate | |
| intentions. The percentage of | |
| charter school graduates planning to | |
| attend two-year college (17 percent) | |
| and the percentage intending to work | |
| (six percent) were both less than the | |
| percentage of graduates from all | |
| school types (20 percent and 13 | |
| percent respectively). |
Reporting by Individual Schools and Districts
Consistent with past reports, the data table beginning on page 9 presents the Plans of High School Graduates: Class of 2002 by district and school. The schools in this data table are classified as follows:
- Academic High Schools (A) – offer academic courses, both college preparatory and general.
- Comprehensive High Schools (C) – offer academic courses and at least five Chapter 74 approved occupational education programs.
- Vocational High Schools (V) – offer Chapter 74 approved vocational-technical education programs.