The research found that school burnout (feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork, cynicism toward the value of school, and inadequacy in schoolwork) and depressive symptoms (feeling sad and hopeless about the future) showed moderate stability during the transition from comprehensive school to their subsequent education track and across the 3 years of secondary education. Both studies that composed the research showed that school burnout predicted subsequent depressive symptoms more strongly than depressive symptoms predicted school burnout; however, cumulative cycles between school burnout and depressive symptoms were also found. The authors advise that school burnout both during middle and late adolescence should be taken seriously, as it can lead to subsequent depressive symptoms. The first study involved 611 15 year-olds at time 1, 614 at time 2, and 725 at time 3. The participants completed the School Burnout Inventory and a measure of depressive symptoms twice during their final term of comprehensive school and once after the transition to upper secondary high school or vocational school. The second study involved 17 year-olds whose school burnout and depressive symptoms were measured three times annually (474 at time 1, 412 at time 2, and 414 at time 3) during their 3 years of secondary education. 2 tables, 4 figures, and 51 references