senior high school

noun

Definition of senior high schoolnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior high school
  1. high school
  2. junior high school
  3. public school
  4. secondary school
  5. elementary school
  6. grammar school
  7. middle school
  8. primary school
Noun
  • Hilliard served as the administrator of Colorado’s Nike Elite program from 2021 to 2025, managing funds from the sportswear giant’s program to provide high school athletes with mentorship and equipment.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Every year, the AJC chooses the 11 top graduating high school football players in the state.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • So the Sephora Performance Center might as well be a junior high school gym.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Before the Taliban returned to power five years ago — on August 15, 2021 — Mubariz remembered his public school as friendly and relatively open.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • With that money, the foundation offered to train 82 Orange County public school teachers for free.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Music lessons followed, and English instruction was extended to elementary school students.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 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
  • Optimal size devices will differ, depending on the individual middle school student.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Kayleigh Smith, a middle school art teacher in North Providence, Rhode Island, brought her Scottish Straight cat, Pinecone, to class for the better part of the last school year.
    — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of middle school
Noun
  • Any students attending primary school in either district won't be able to use their phones, while high school students will face restrictions.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Many schools don’t devote nearly enough time to letting kids play, which is one of the key ways primary school-age children learn.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of primary school

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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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