junior high school
junior high school noun: a school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
Noun
junior high school (countable and uncountable, plural junior high schools)
- A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
- In California the term originally used was "intermediate high school," later shortened to "intermediate school," but the term "junior high school" is rapidly supplanting the others.1919, Guy Vernon Bennett, The Junior High School, Warwick & York, page 1
- A secondary education school for grades 7–10 (a continuation of elementary school). It is succeeded by senior high school.
- A secondary education school for grades 7–10 (a continuation of primary school), found in rural areas. It is succeeded by high school, though high schools also serve these grade levels in their immediate catchment areas.
junior high school meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese
junior high school in Tamil
- இடைநிலைப் பாடசாலை
junior high school in Indonesian
- school for children that have completed elementary school
- sekolah menengah pertama
junior high school in Vietnamese
- school for children that have completed elementary school
- trường trung học cơ sở
Synonyms of junior high school
- intermediate high school
- intermediate school
- junior high
- middle school
Forms of junior high school
| plural | junior high schools |
|---|---|
| alternative form | JHS |
Questions about junior high school
- What does junior high school mean?
- Junior high school means a school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
- What is junior high school in Tamil?
- Junior high school in Tamil is இடைநிலைப் பாடசாலை. See Junior high school meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is junior high school?
- Junior high school is a noun.
- What is the plural of junior high school?
- The plural of junior high school is junior high schools.
Words near junior high school in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: junior high school (page history and authors); junior high school (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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