英文翻译：school-leavers和graduates有什么区别吗？

In earlier studies many of the men came from previous careers and were not school leavers. The lack of male school leavers on nursing courses has been noted before, perhaps because of school counsellors' failure to suggest nursing, negative peer pressure or biased advice in favour of male dominated professions.
同问这个school-leavers是啥意思啊

看这个意思应该是高中毕业生？

school-leavers 特指中学的毕业生