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Civil Beat requested data from the ±á²¹·É²¹¾±Ê»¾± Department of Education breaking down the enrollment of students in career and technical education programs at every high school. Students typically enroll in CTE programs throughout their high school years and receive specialized training preparing them for jobs like nursing or construction.

Despite the growing popularity of these programs, however, they’re not attracting boys and girls equally. DOE has reported large gender gaps in programs like architecture and STEM — short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics — that mainly enroll boys and can lead to high-paying jobs.

Now, readers can search for individual public schools and see how many boys and girls enrolled in the seven most popular CTE programs during the 2022-23 academic year. Schools’ enrollment counts come from adding the number of boys and girls enrolled in a CTE program.

Not all schools offer CTE classes, and some have low participation in their programs. When fewer than 10 boys or girls are in a program, enrollment numbers are not available due to DOE’s guidelines related to student privacy. The way DOE reports enrollment data also may be slightly different than the way schools organize their programs, since campuses can customize their CTE offerings and courses based on staffing and student demand.

Using the database below, readers can see how their schools measure up when it comes to closing gender gaps in CTE.

This story is a collaboration between ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ and Open Campus, with support from Ascendium Education Group.

Civil Beat’s education reporting is supported by a grant from Chamberlin Family Philanthropy.