An analysis compared the high school and post-high school experiences and opinions of students from the classes of 1983, 1986, and 1989 in a five-district area served by one area vocational-technical school (AVTS) in rural west-central Pennsylvania. Responses were examined overall and a comparison made by graduation year secondary program of study: academic, general, area vocational-technical school, and high school vocational. A survey questionnaire was mailed to all 2,490 graduates; 34 percent were returned. Findings were as follows: only the academic area increased in enrollment; enrollment in the academic and AVTS areas reversed, with the AVTS enrollment plummeting 40 percent; students evidenced a strong degree of satisfaction with the education received; students evidenced little overall mobility, with over 66 percent continuing to reside in the same district; individual student curriculum was a poor predictor of postsecondary employment status; the majority selected four-year colleges as their program of choice; the majority entering postsecondary education tended to remain with their program; employer-operated, formal on-the-job training of new employees affected only 17.88 percent; the majority of those working were satisfied with employment; and 60.86 percent felt their school programs were "not related" to their occupations. A need for job placement activities was identified. (The 28-page narrative is followed by 54 charts and 45 graphs that illustrate survey findings.) (YLB)