secondary school
noun
: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
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a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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This is Heartlands Academy, a secondary school in Nechells, Birmingham, close to Spaghetti Junction and precisely two miles from Villa Park.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025
The trend began slowly, in the nineteen-eighties, when secondary schools with big-time basketball programs—notably, Oak Hill Academy, in rural Virginia, the alma mater of Rod Strickland, Anthony, and Durant—began recruiting the country’s best players.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
For example, enrollment in Catholic secondary schools in the United States was at just over one million students around the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to NCES data.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
The selective integration of Austin secondary schools was expanded.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025
The trend began slowly, in the nineteen-eighties, when secondary schools with big-time basketball programs—notably, Oak Hill Academy, in rural Virginia, the alma mater of Rod Strickland, Anthony, and Durant—began recruiting the country’s best players.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
For example, enrollment in Catholic secondary schools in the United States was at just over one million students around the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to NCES data.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
The selective integration of Austin secondary schools was expanded.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for secondary school
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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