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The purpose this page is to show a general landscape the current evidence of Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways that contain green career awareness and/or a focus on sustainability across the state's public high schools.
Key Questions
Core Questions:
Which schools have pathways with evidence of sustainability/green careers?
In which pathways and industry sectors are we seeing the most green career evidence?
Green CTE Statewide Visuals and Findings
Statewide Overview
In the Spring of 2025 through 2026, interns for Ten Strands reviewed school websites/SARCs for 1,664 schools:
Public high schools: 1,287
K-12 schools: 369
High schools in 1 school districts: 8
Total number of high schools in 24-25 according to the CDE is 1,669 (these are from the nearly 425 school districts with a high school, and a mix of charter schools).
we found that some schools from the school directory on the CDE website were no longer active at the time of the study
some schools we were unable to find a website with information
The map below shows information related to the schools with CTE reviewed as part of this initiative. The filters to the right can be used to explore the number of overall CTE pathways found for each school and the number of pathways where green career evidence was found.
Findings:
1,301 schools showed evidence of having at least 1 CTE pathway
391 schools showed evidence of at least 1 “green” pathway (~24%)
Total of 8,275 pathways found. Of those, 843 (~10%) had evidence of environmental literacy, sustainability concepts, and/or green career awareness
Evidence of at least 1 green pathway was found in 50 out of 58 counties across the state.
Sector and Pathway Breakdown
The visulzations below show the number of pathways where green career evidence was identified by industry sector.
Use the tabs at the top of the visualization below to view the pathways for each of the different industry sectors.
Findings:
The most frequently found pathway was the Design, Visual, and Media Arts, found in 742 schools. However, green career evidence was found for only 9 of these schools.
The most frequently found pathway with green career evidence was Agriscience, with 131 schools identified as having green career evidence in this pathway (out of 203 schools with the pathway).
Site Level Data
This data was collected by searching schools' SARCs, Websites, and/or Course Catalogues and has yet to be validated. This is a living dataset and can be updated by school representatives.
Below, you can find the data for individual schools across the state.
The data are filterable by county and district name (or any other field) using the filter at the top of the visualization. The magnifying glass on the right of the visualization allows for searching of specific schools.
Below, you can find the data organized by industry sector and pathway.
The data can be filtered, sorted, and searched using the buttons at the top of the table. A larger version can be viewed using the button at the bottom right of the table.
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