junior high school

noun

: a school usually including grades seven to nine

called also junior high

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The Castaic Union School District closed all schools, while the William S. Hart Union High School District shut down multiple campuses, including Castaic, Valencia, and Rio Norte junior high schools, impacting 21,000 students in the Santa Clarita Valley. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 Here's what's changing for next school year: West Corridor Ethel M. Taylor Academy will become a junior high school serving students in seventh and eighth grades. Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024 Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets. Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024 But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor. Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for junior high school 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of junior high school was in 1907

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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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junior high school

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

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