The purpose of this research is to examine the profiles of the young individuals attending general high schools in the town center of Kırıkkale. For this purpose, a measuring device including students’ family status, education level, spending their leisure time and expectations from the education institute they attend was developed. Collected data was analyzed and interpreted by means of SPSS. The research revealed that most of the students come from families of medium socioeconomic level. The findings about their leisure time activities can be mentioned as listening to music and watching TV. As for the findings regarding expectations from schools, they generally wish to be provided with sports area and computer facilities, and to develop themselves by attending qualified higher education institutions. Besides; female students expressed that more emphasis must be attached to the fine arts while the participants who studied pre-school education stated that more rigid disciplinary practices must be used.