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The present study was undertaken to study the level of educational aspiration, difference between gender and locale in their educational aspiration and of high school students within Aizawl City. The study was delimit to Aizawl Municipal Ward III, IV and V and 20.81% sample from the whole population i.e., 200 consisting of male and female students from Government Schools were selected through convenience sampling technique for the present study. For the collection of data the investigator used Level of Educational Aspiration Test which consists of 30 questions developed by Dr. Yasmin Ghani Khan and published by H.P. Bhargava Book House. The results of the study showed that majority of the students are well adjusted and optimistic and have realistic and normal academic goals. In relation to gender it was found that there is no significant difference between male and female. In relation to locality it was found that there is a significant difference at 0.01 level and the Mean score of students coming from rural area was higher than students coming from urban area.