# secondary school

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
2. The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.
3. Middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia).

## Source
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