The article presents the results of theoretical and empiric research of the adaptational potential of senior school pupils. Utilization of the «Methods of the social and psychological adaptation research» by K. Rogers and R. Diamond, Mini-Mult checklist (MMPI) and 16PF-checklist by R. Cattell, methods of comparative and correlative analyses allowed to single out the characteristics of the adaptational potential among school graduates of 2011 and 2013 (n = 101, 16–17 y.o.).