本研究目的在於了解嘉義縣新住民子女之就學情況與對未來職業之期許。在447位填答者中，本研究發現：一、嘉義縣新住民子女自填學習成績，所有科目平均皆介於甲等和乙等之間；其英文科成績，自填在優等的人數最多；其數學科成績，在所有科目成績平均最低；英文科和數學科兩者分數標準差皆大於其他科目。二、嘉義縣新住民子女自評學校關係，各項關係皆在尚可以上；其以「我在學校有要好的朋友」符合度最高，「我喜歡我的班級」次高。三、嘉義縣新住民子女對未來工作之期許，有三分之二的新住民子女已經決定以後之理想工作，其餘三分之一表示還在探索中；其勾選在希望以後理想工作者，其選擇職業多元，以服務業居多，軍公教人員居次。

The purpose of the study focused on new immigrant children’s situation at school and their expectation for future career. According to the survey of 447 new immigrant children in Chiayi County, the results showed: 1. Grades of all subjects of new immigrant children in the study were between level A and level B. Most new immigrant children evaluated their English grade as level A. The average grade level of mathematics was the lowest among all the subjects. The standard deviations of English and mathematics grade levels were bigger than other subjects. 2. The new immigrant children in the study evaluated their relationships at school were above “O.K.” level. They agreed mostly with “I have good friends at school” and secondly with “I like my class.” 3. Concerning expectation for future career, two-thirds of children decided their future career and one-thirds of children thought they were still exploring it. Among new immigrant children who chose their future career, the results showed they had diverse choices. Service industry was chosen by most children, and public employee (e.g., soldiers, teachers, police officers, etc.) was the second popular choice.