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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The cost of elementary and secondary school lunches rose 3.3% in May 2025 relative to May 2024, according to a consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Dalton developed a passion for hardscrabble rural agriculture in his first job, teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in Kenya.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
This is Heartlands Academy, a secondary school in Nechells, Birmingham, close to Spaghetti Junction and precisely two miles from Villa Park.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Dalton developed a passion for hardscrabble rural agriculture in his first job, teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in Kenya.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
This is Heartlands Academy, a secondary school in Nechells, Birmingham, close to Spaghetti Junction and precisely two miles from Villa Park.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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