high school junior

Third-year secondary student

A high school junior is a student in their third year of the four-year American secondary school system, typically sixteen or seventeen years old.

Junior year is often considered the most academically demanding, with college preparation intensifying: She took the SAT during her junior year.

The term applies only in American educational contexts.

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