junior high school

noun

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: a school usually including grades seven to nine

called also junior high

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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026 All public elementary and junior high schools in the city were closed starting Monday, according to the city board of education. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Two days after the hearing a class of junior high school students unrolled a fifty-foot-long petition down the middle aisle of the city council chamber in nearby Baytown. — Scott W. Stern, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2026 At junior high schools, phones must be away during classes and passing periods, but students may use them during lunch for communication purposes only. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for junior high school

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1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of junior high school was in 1907

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junior high school

noun
: a school usually including the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades

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