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high school

noun

Definition of high schoolnext
as in public school

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Recent Examples of high school Magnet schools, whether at the elementary, middle or high school level, tend to attract students from wealthier homes and draw particularly white populations. — Beth Lloyd, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 One group of high school students in Turkey were allowed to use a generative AI platform similar to ChatGPT when studying for a math test. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 These dramas also touch on the pressure of high school football and the high expectations that communities have for their teams. — Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Reilly had attended my high school in Huntington Station, New York. — Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
  1. public school
  2. junior high school
  3. senior high school
  4. secondary school
  5. elementary school
  6. middle school
  7. common school
  8. primary school
Noun
  • Roughly 12 hours after Georgia Tech announced one of its students was missing, the Midtown Atlanta public school said he’s been found.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • End-of-year ATLAS results for Arkansas public school students showed a rise in student proficiency in math and English across grade levels from spring 2025 to spring 2026, according to the Education Department.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.
    — Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of senior high school
Noun
  • The killing took place last October at the secondary school in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, defense attorney Kitson Foong said, per the Independent.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy noted that George, however, is the first future monarch to attend a secondary school like Eton in the age of smartphones and social media, requiring even more privacy precautions than in the past.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • The museum tends to attract a broad swath of ages, from middle school on up to senior citizens—though school vacation periods do bring in a younger, elementary school–aged crowd, too.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Three children and a woman were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle near a Modesto elementary school.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Fourteen other elementary schools, one high school, one middle school and one K-8 school were slightly fuller but under the 65% bar.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Flynn sent the texts just months before his wife Ashley, a beloved middle school volleyball coach, was fatally shot in the head inside their family’s suburban home in February, Watkins said.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of middle school
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of common school
Noun
  • This week, as Spanish children across the country started their school year, the Reina Sofia primary school in Ceuta did its best to prepare for a normal first week, too – getting the front entrance clean and putting photos of teachers on the wall.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026
  • In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of primary school

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