junior high school

American  

noun

1. a school attended after elementary school and usually consisting of grades seven through nine.

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Etymology

Origin of junior high school

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

Next fall she would be going to junior high school.

From Literature

“Just think. If we win, I’ll be sure to get on the team in junior high school next year.”

From Literature

And then he talked about Greenland, teasing his remarks as if he were standing on a junior high school stage introducing an eighth-grade production of “We’re No Angels.”

From Salon

We wrote a story about it for our mimeographed junior high school newspaper; at first the teacher didn’t believe we had really talked with him.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the Yongsan school gate, junior high school students, who will take the crucial exam in the coming years, cheered the test-takers, holding encouraging signs and chanting slogans, including: "Get 100 score on Suneung".

From Barron's

Related Words

• high school
• middle school
• prep school
• preparatory school
• senior high school