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Abstract: This study examines the association between sexual risks taught in school and sexual risk perception in adolescence. The data used in this study was from the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADDHEALTH). Chi-square tests as well as logistic regressions were used to observe the relationship. When examining the association between if students had been taught about AIDS in school and risk perception in regards to AIDS there was a statistical significance in how their risk perception is affected when considering if getting AIDS would cause them to suffer a great deal. X-squared = 16.616, df = 4, p-value = 0.002295. There was no statistical significance between if students had been taught about pregnancy in school and risk perception in regards to pregnancy, but there was a significant relationship between biological sex and pregnancy risk perception X-squared = 10.493, df = 4, p-value = 0.03289.