The aim of this research was to explore the perception of students toward parental expectations, i.e. to determine whether there are differences in the perception of students toward parental expectations with regard to gender and whether there are differences in the perceptation of students toward parental expectations with regard to the school they attend. This study has been carried out on a sample of 105 participants of two secondary schools in Zadar. The reserch included the fourth grade students of secondary schools. Of the total number of participants, 51,5% (N=54) were students of „Prirodoslovno grafiĉke škole“ and 48,5% (N=51) students of „Gimnazija Vladimir Nazor“. The number of male respodents was 48,5% (N=51) and females 51,5% (N=54). Several instrument was questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of general data (gender and name of school) and 32 randomly assigned claims. Some claims showed significant differences. Results showed that parents are satisfied with female and of them have higher expectations than male students. Considering to the school that students attend the results showed that parents expect more of the gymnasium students to continue their education after secondary school than of Prirodoslovno grafiĉke school students while the opposite parents expected more of vocational school to be the best than of gymnasium students. The perception of gymnasium students and of vocational school about the importance of a college education was approximately equally. The obtained results correspond to numerous previous researchs.