secondary school
noun
: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
Examples of secondary school in a Sentence
a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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Republicans vow to appeal Arkansas ruling Last year, seven Arkansas families of various religious and nonreligious backgrounds filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library.
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Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.
—William McCorkle, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Narcisse previously was the chief of secondary schools at the District of Columbia Public Schools.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
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Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.
—William McCorkle, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Narcisse previously was the chief of secondary schools at the District of Columbia Public Schools.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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