- Catholic school students were twice as likely to have been assigned to academic track than to choose it.
- Congruity between educational aspirations and academic activities was much closer in the Catholic schools than in public schools.
- For the academic subjects, it is evident that Catholic School students enroll in substantially more courses than their public school counterparts.
- Advantage for more students in non-academic tracks in Catholic Schools is much greater.
- More differentiated academic structure of public High Schools
- Public High School is a social system that tends to amplify the initial differences that students bring to the school. The reverse seem to be true in Catholic schools.
- Students in the nonacademic tracks in Catholic schools showed a larger advantage in academic course enrollment than their counterparts in the nonacademic tracks in public schools.