high school

noun

1. a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.

high school

noun

1. See grammar school
   another term for grammar school
2. a secondary school from grade 7 to grade 12
3. a secondary school, the grades covered depending on the province

Other Words From

• high school adjective
• high schooler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of high school¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The pandemic is showing us which friendships are worth keepingThey met in high school.

From Washington Post

The ease with which he had dominated in high school, the defensive lapses he got away with because of his physical tools — that was all nonexistent against the grown men, some of whom had collected NBA paychecks, he was playing against now.

From Washington Post

Pacific Lutheran Coach Brant McAdams, Thomas’s former defensive coordinator, mentioned the idea after he’d seen high school football coaches discussing it on Twitter in the fall.

From Washington Post

Gelfond is hoping his senior year of high school will take place inside a school building.

From Washington Post

After dropping out of high school and working, you then applied to The Citadel, where you would be the first woman to graduate.

From Washington Post

President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.

From The Daily Beast

Interviews in Serial (including ones from Adnan) do acknowledge that Jay was known as a resident bad boy at Woodlawn High School.

From The Daily Beast

In this clip, a teenage Minaj gets heated and throws a phone in a play rehearsal during her tenure at LaGuardia High School.

From The Daily Beast

In 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.

From The Daily Beast

Why had teachers at Jamaica High School resorted to overusing 911 for common classroom disruptions?

From The Daily Beast

Keeps her gal in high school when shed ought to be in a store or a factory, earnin her keep.

From Project Gutenberg

And all the fal-lals and di-does they larn em in high school now doesnt amount to a row of pins in practical life.

From Project Gutenberg

It is now a generally accepted truth that the study of English should continue through the four years of a high-school course.

From Project Gutenberg

Nowadays a high-school would ignore such distinctions and absorb them all—whether for better or worse is a matter of opinion.

From Project Gutenberg

For the first time in years there was to be a prize contest in the Sunbridge High School.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• secondary school