private school

noun

: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency

Examples of private school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The team trained in the trees behind a private school, shopped at a Walmart in the next county over, and left behind a story that Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly still can't quite get through without pausing. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Its endowment had topped $23 billion as of 2024 – the largest for any K-12 private school in the United States. — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

There’s a lot of kids who come from privilege, who go to private schools, who should know better, who are flirting with and embracing fascism. — Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

If your state offers public money to private school attendees through vouchers, savings accounts or tax credits, check to see if those programs set additional rules for schools. — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for private school

• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
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• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool