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

Recent Examples on the Web

The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Further measures followed, such as mandatory dress requirements, restrictions that require many women to be accompanied by a male guardian when leaving home, the closure of secondary schools for girls, and barring women from attending universities. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

The Taliban soon barred girls from secondary schools and later expanded the restrictions to universities, employment and other areas of public life. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

In 2014, Boko Haram took almost three hundred girls from a secondary school in Chibok; the whereabouts of some ninety are still unknown. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for secondary school

• macromolecule
• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule

Kids Definition

secondary school

noun

: a school for students above elementary or grammar school level and below college level