Objective This study was performed to determine the prevalen ce of hypertension and risk factors between rural andurban areas of the Isparta city, among elementary andhigh school students whose socioeconomic level isthought to differ from each other. Materials and Methods This study is a cross-sectional one that was condu cted in a primary school and a high school in IspartaProvincial Center urbanly and in a high school in Ata bey district of Isparta in a rural area, with a total of 702students (31.2% male (219 people), 68.8% of them(483 people). The descriptive features of the studentswere taken by a questionnaire form filled out by theirparents or themselves; and anthropometric and bloodpressure measurements and blood values measure ments were performed with three researchers. Afterthe data obtained from the measurements were trans ferred to the SPSS 9.05 package program, statisticalanalyzes were made. Results Accordingly, 28 (5.8%) out of 483 female students inc luded in the study, 11 (5%) out of 219 male studentsincluded in the study were hypertensive. The frequ ency of general hypertension was found to be 5.5%(39 students). In the study, it was observed that bloodpressure values increased with increasing age, hei ght and weight. Overweight people with a body massindex of 85% and above and obese with 95% andabove were evaluated together, and the prevalenceof obesity was determined as 16.5%. Conclusion The prevalence of HT we found as a result of ourresearch is 5.5% and it is considerable. Therefore,following the age of three, regular monitoring of riskfactors with obesity should be a part of physical exa mination in children.