student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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Within the district’s student body, more than 16,800 children qualify for free or reduced lunch, nearly 4,000 students have a disability and about 5,500 are English language learners. Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025 Broward Estates, with a student body of about 200, is at 36% capacity. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025 Their film examines huge demonstrations that broke out at Gallaudet, the historic university in Washington, D.C., that serves a student body of deaf and hard-of-hearing-students. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025 An observer from the central office disagreed, but McKenna was transferred to Jordan High School — a campus with a nearly all-Black student body. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for student body 

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of student body was in 1841

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“Student body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20body. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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