The purpose of this study is to find out students’ perceptions of election and participation, draw up points of discussion, and then suggest the direction of democratic civic education in schools. To that end, a survey and interview were conducted on students of the Youth Education Council in Y area of Gyeonggi-do. The analysis results are as follows. Regarding student participation, first, the level of participation varied by student participation, and overall, participation was active in the area of comparative studies rather than in the curriculum, and participation level was lower in school management. Second, the student participation method was the most active in student self-governing activities, and the participation of the school management committee was the lowest. In relation to election education, first, school support for the expansion of election participation was proposed to expand discussion classes, participate in important decision-making, and establish new political education. Second, schools, election management committees, and teachers played an important role in student election education. Finally, all the students answered positively, and after the lowering of the election age, they responded positively in terms of williㅗngness to participate in elections, interest in community affairs, interest in elections and politics, and efficacy. Based on the analysis results, the direction of future student participation and election education was proposed.