SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

senior high school

noun

as in high school

US an educational institution that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade

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Recent Examples of senior high school The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired. — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026 Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication. — Corinne Brion, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026 Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025 The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science. — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 20 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for senior high school

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Noun

Despite those difficulties, Fiesta Hispana remained free and continued its support of educational opportunities for high school and college students and nonprofit organizations.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
But the changes came after the early signing day for high school recruits and just before the transfer portal opened — not much time for new staffers to assess FSU’s personnel and fortify its roster.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of high 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

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

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

Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026

Definition of grammar 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

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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