junior high school

noun

Synonyms of junior high schoolnext
: a school usually including grades seven to nine

called also junior high

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Patwin students would be distributed among other elementary schools, and attendance boundaries for elementary and junior high schools could be redrawn. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026 Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus. Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025 The film, based on Koushun Takami’s novel of the same name, centers on a group of students in junior high school as they are forced to fight to the death by Japan’s totalitarian government. Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for junior high school

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of junior high school was in 1907

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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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junior high school

noun
: a school usually including the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades

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