vocational high schools

Career-focused secondary education

Vocational high schools are secondary schools that emphasize practical job training alongside academic education.

Students learn trades like automotive repair, cosmetology, electrical work, or healthcare.

The term distinguishes these from college-preparatory high schools: She attended a vocational high school and became a licensed welder at eighteen.

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educational purpose/track

vocational high schoolsprep schools

Tuition-based college-track institutions

grammar schools · boarding schools · magnet schools

curriculum orientation

vocational high schoolsWaldorf schools

Anthroposophy-based educational institutions

socioeconomic and prestige positioning

vocational high schoolsboarding schools

Residential institutions for pupils

private academies · finishing schools

Family

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