Public School Definition

noun
In the U.S., an elementary or secondary school that is part of a system of free schools maintained by public taxes and supervised by local authorities.
Webster's New World
In much of Great Britain, any of a number of endowed, private boarding schools, generally not coeducational, which prepare students for the universities.
Webster's New World
(North America, Australia) A publicly administered school.
Wiktionary
Attributive form of public school.
Public-school student.
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Other Word Forms of Public School

Noun

Singular:
public school
Plural:
public-schools

Origin of Public School

  • From public (in the English sense, "open to all members of a community"; in the North American/Australian sense, "carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the people") + school.

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Public School Sentence Examples

  • A law enacted in 1908 requires that children between eight and fifteen years of age shall attend school twenty-four weeks each year, provided the public school in their district is in session that length of time.

  • Most of these hotlines are free and are supported by public school systems, government or other charitable funding.

  • The public school system was established in 1839, being based on the programme for state education prepared in 1816-1817 by Archibald Debow Murphey (1777-1832), whose educational ideas were far in advance of his day.

  • He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1840; and in 1847, at the request of Prof. Andrews Norton, went to Cambridge, where he was principal of a public school until 1856.

  • The public school system, however, was not established until 1825, and then it developed very slowly.

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