intermediate school vs secondary school

intermediate school

noun
  • A school for children that serves grades between elementary school and high school, and occasionally between the former and middle school. These grades vary from anywhere from grade 4 to grade 8. 

secondary school

noun
  • School with education level between primary school and university. 

  • In the UK and Ireland, a state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18. 

  • 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. 

  • 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). 

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