Definition of "private school" [private school]

• A secondary or elementary school run and supported by private individuals or a corporation rather than by a government or public agency. (noun)

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• "In 2005, Kari Smith, a mother in Utah, sold the space on her forehead on eBay to raise funds to pay for private school tuition for her son, who was struggling in the local public school."
• "My parents gave me the choice between going to school at Visitation Academy or another private school where the society in Saint Louis sent their daughters."
• "He also attended Iolani School, the same private school Sun Yat-sen graduated from in 1882; unlike that famously fast-learning alumnus, Chu barely managed to graduate."