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When I was in school in North Carolina, you could be on different "tracks." Almost like a college major.
"University Prep" was for the AP kids who were going to graduate with a 5.0 GPA and half a semester of college credit. They took up through Calc 1, sometimes at the local community college, they did two extra semesters of English class (11th and 12th grade English were full year courses) and such.
"College Prep" was the "Hope you get good SAT scores" tier. A bit more room for electives, you were usually in "honors" classes, and graduated with no college credit to your name but ready to start in the fall as a Freshman at a state school. You typically took up through pre-calculus Algebra in college and Trigonometry or Calc 1 would be in your first semester of college. Two semesters of a foreign language were required, which is why I can kinda sound out French.
"College Tech Prep" was "Sew your name to your shirt because you're going to trade school." They had their own math classes which I think got most of the way through Algebra 1 and 2. They took shop classes, which didn't trust the student to have ever been awake in a math class in their lives, hell I've gone to trade school at a community college, the first week they spent "teaching" us addition of whole numbers. Or, you were in JROTC.
"Career Prep" was the "You're gonna be a parent before the end of high school, knock over an Advanced Auto Parts when you're 20 and spend the rest of your life in and out of prison" tier. These were the kids that did eight semesters of PE, some of them could read.