The following statistics provide information about Nebraska's
Career Education students. All information was collected through
the Nebraska Student and Staff Record System (NSSRS) using data
reported for the 2010-2011 school year. The objective in
analyzing this data is to find out just who the Nebraska Career
Education student really is and how he/she differs from the
average Nebraska student. In the 2010-2011 Nebraska school year,
63 percent of Nebraska students in grades 7-12 were identified
as CTE Participants (taking at least one CTE semester-course
during the 2010-2011 academic year). In the same year, 34
percent of Nebraska high school seniors were identified as CTE
Concentrators (taking at least three CTE semester-courses
throughout their academic career within a particular Career
Education program of study). CTE Students by Grade About 58
percent of Nebraska junior high students (7-8th grades) were
classified as Career Education Participants. About 65.5 percent
of Nebraska high school students (9th-1