upper school

noun

1. a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.

upper school

noun

1. the senior pupils in a secondary school, usually those in the fourth and fifth years and above

Word History and Origins

Origin of upper school¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Theo, who goes to Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, said he was nervous but "cautiously optimistic".

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McIlroy was schooled in Holywood - he first attended St Patrick's Primary School before moving on to Sullivan Upper School.

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Harvard-Westlake attempted for years to improve its parking situation for the upper school located on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard.

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The school plans for an after-school electric bus service to get students to River Park, but it won’t be an auxiliary lot for the upper school campus.

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"We are all incredibly shocked by the news," a spokesperson for London's Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, where Hannah was a former pupil, said.

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