secondary schools

Post-elementary educational institutions

Secondary schools are educational institutions for students who have completed primary or elementary education, typically serving ages roughly 11–18.

The term encompasses middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools in American usage, while in British English it usually refers specifically to schools for ages 11–16 or 18.

She teaches mathematics at the local secondary school.

Opposites
educational level

secondary schoolselementary schools

Institutions for young learners

primary schools · universities · colleges · kindergartens · nursery schools

institutional formality

secondary schoolshomeschooling

Family-directed academic instruction

unschooling · self-directed learning · informal education · apprenticeships · tutoring

Family

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