职业高中所招收的学生是接受完九年义务教育的初中应届毕业生，他们的年龄大多数是十五六周岁。面对升学的选择，他们往往是在家长的主持下，依据初中阶段的学习成绩来决定报考普通高中或中等职业学校。某项调查显示，北京地区85％的家长都希望自己的子女读普通高中，进而升入 Students enrolled in vocational high schools are junior high school graduates who have completed nine years of compulsory education, most of whom are 15 or 16 years of age. Faced with the choice of entering a higher education, they often decide to enroll in an ordinary high school or secondary vocational school based on the academic performance of their junior high school under the guidance of their parents. A survey shows that 85% of parents in Beijing want their children to go to regular high schools