In Britain, a high school is a school for children aged between eleven and eighteen.
...Sunderland High School.
2. variable noun & countable noun
In the United States, a high school is a school for children usually aged between fourteen and eighteen.
...an 18-year-old inner-city kid who dropped out of high school.
...the high school football team.
high school in British English
noun
1. British another term for grammar school
2. US and New Zealand
a secondary school from grade 7 to grade 12
3. Canadian
a secondary school, the grades covered depending on the province
high school in American English
US
a secondary school that usually includes grades 10, 11, and 12, and sometimes grade 9 (and occasionally, esp. formerly, grades 7 and 8), and that offers academic or vocational subjects
see also junior high school, senior high school
Derived forms
high-school (ˈhigh-ˌschool)
adjective
high schooler or high-schooler (ˈhigh-ˌschooler)
Examples of 'high school' in a sentence
high school
The protest has steadily gained support and is spreading to colleges and high schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The trio all work at high school academies, payroll figures show.
The Sun (2016)
His best friend in high school was Polish.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
He said:'I was bullied in high school.
The Sun (2016)
He was probably a junior in high school.
Stanko, Elizabeth Everyday Violence (1990)
But they all played on their high school tennis teams.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In fact, it predicts about as well as high school grades.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
Recently, one of our high school students was involved in a serious automobile accident.
Christianity Today (2000)
It features two vice principals at an American high school who despise one another.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a published writer who teaches literature in a high school; she runs an art gallery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I was left with a reputation that followed me throughout high school.
Herman, Judith Lewis Trauma and Recovery (1992)
A high school and a court house had been built recently.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
I was a quarterback on the high school football team.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The first time I came across one was in high school for our class photo.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
For example, we know of one Baltimore high school teacher who has a course on civil liberties.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
In other languages
high school
British English: high school NOUN
A high school is a school for children aged between eleven and eighteen.
...an 18-year-old inner-city kid who dropped out of high school.
American English: high school
Brazilian Portuguese: escola secundária
Chinese: 中学14至18岁学生就读的
European Spanish: centro {or} instituto de secundaria
French: établissement d'enseignement secondaire
German: Oberschule
Italian: scuola secondaria
Japanese: ハイスクール>11歳から18歳の生徒が通う中等・高等学校
Korean: 고등학교
European Portuguese: escola secundária
Latin American Spanish: centro {or} instituto de secundaria
Chinese translation of 'high school'
high school
n(c/u)
(Brit, for students aged 11-18) 中学(學) (zhōngxué) (所, suǒ)
(US, for students aged 14-18) 中学(學) (zhōngxué) (所, suǒ)