Definition of "high school" []

• A secondary school that usually includes grades 9 or 10 through 12. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "“What kind of high school is this?” he demanded, referring to the division between the expensively but hideously dressed “richies” driving convertible Beemers and the equally hideously but more cheaply dressed friends of Andie Walsh."
• "I remained boyfriendless and pining for Tony until I left that high school for Putney—a boarding school where the groovy clothes Emily had taught me to wear served my social standing well."
• "Maybe Marcy Becker was a porn star, or sold drugs to high school kids."