junior high school

noun

1. a school attended after elementary school and usually consisting of grades seven through nine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of junior high school¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

A recovered video file showed Johnson adjusting the camera inside another bathroom at a junior high school Bible camp, where he worked as a chaperone.

From Los Angeles Times

A friend proudly told me about her daughter coming out while in junior high school, and then fretted for the future of all her kids.

From Salon

Voted most likely to succeed in junior high school, he considered the insignificance: “All it meant was that a lot of people had heard of you. Who wants to be heard of anyway?”

From Los Angeles Times

“Without air conditioning, it would be challenging to concentrate on studying,” Lin Yujun, the father of a junior high school student in Guangdong in southern China, told Shanghai-based news site Sixth Tone.

From BBC

Fishburn and Blair, both winless on the PGA Tour, have been playing golf together since their junior high school days in Ogden, Utah.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• high school
• middle school
• prep school
• preparatory school
• senior high school