High School

A high school, called a secondary school in most of the world, is an institution that provides secondary education to adolescents, typically covering the years between primary school and university or working life. Lower secondary education generally serves students from about eleven to fifteen years old and upper secondary from about fifteen to eighteen, though the exact ages, names and structure vary by country. In the United States most systems separate a middle school for grades six through eight from a high school for grades nine through twelve, while other countries use different divisions and names entirely, such as the French college and lycee or the German Gymnasium and Realschule. Secondary schooling is meant to prepare students for either vocational training or further tertiary education, and in most high and middle income countries attendance is compulsory at least until age sixteen. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/