student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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The 64 selected last fall are a highly motivated group that represents a true cross-section of the student body, including six different home languages, students with disabilities and all academic levels. Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 19 June 2025 Additionally, to increase the school’s main dining space in preparation for a larger student body using it, the renovation plans include moving the current faculty lunch room and relocating several special education classrooms to other parts of the building. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025 Foreign students at Harvard, making up to 27 percent of the student body, had their lives uprooted by the Trump administration’s move. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 16 June 2025 David Narain, who was principal at Hirsch until 2023, said the school’s smaller size allowed his staff to focus intensely on a highly mobile student body, where many students came in reading at the third or fourth grade level. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for student body

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of student body was in 1841

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“Student body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20body. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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