Preparatory School

Preparatory school or prep school may refer to:

  • University-preparatory school, a school in North America that is a private secondary school, typically charging high fees, designed to prepare students aged 14–18 for higher education at a university or college
  • Preparatory school (United Kingdom), an independent school preparing children up to the age of 11 or 13 for entry into fee-paying secondary independent schools
  • Gymnasium (school), the European equivalent of a North American university-preparatory school
  • Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles

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