Nomenclature
The names used to describe the institutions used for secondary education vary from country to country. Sometimes, the same terminology is used in different countries but with very different meanings.
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- Academy (both private and state schools in Scotland, with no special status)
- Bachillerato (in Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador, Dominican Republic and Spain)
- Beit-sefer ticon (in Israel)
- Catholic Secondary School
- City academy
- City technology college
- Coláiste (in Ireland)
- Collège (in France)
- College
- College preparatory school
- Collegiate
- Collegiate institute
- Community college
- Community school (Ireland)
- Comprehensive school
- Comprehensive high school
- École d'enseignement secondaire (in Canada)
- École secondaire
- Enseñanza Media (in Chile)
- Ensino Médio (in Brazil)
- Escola secundária (in Portugal)
- Escuela secundaria (in Argentina)
- Framhaldsskóli (in Iceland)
- Framhaldsdeild (in The Faroe Islands)
- Grammar school
- Gymnasium (actually upper secondary school)
- Gymnasium (in Sweden)
- Gesamtschule (in Germany)
- Gymnasium (in Austria)
- Gymnasium (in The Czech Republic)
- High school
- Istituto tecnico (in Italy)
- Independent school
- Junior High School
- 중학교,고등학교 (in South Korea)
- 高等学校（こうとうがっこう）often shortened to 高校（こうこう）(in Japan)
- Liceo (in Italy, Venezuela and Chile)
- Lise (in Turkey)
- Lycée (in France)
- Liceu (in Romania and Republic of Moldova)
- Liceum (3-year secondary school focused in general education and preparation for a university in Poland)
- Lukio (in Finland)
- Lyceum
- มัธยมศึกษา(Matthayomsuksa) (in Thailand)
- Meánscoil (in Ireland (Irish), in English the term "secondary school" is most common)
- Menntaskóli (in Iceland)
- Middelbare school (in the Netherlands)
- Middle school
- Polyvalente (in Quebec)
- Preparatoria (in Mexico)
- Private school
- Public school (government funded) – see also public school (disambiguation)
- Realschule
- Scuola Media Superiore (in Italy)
- Secondary college
- Secondary modern school
- Secondary school in the Soviet Union
- Secondary technical school
- Secundair onderwijs (in Belgium)
- Secundaria (in Peru)
- Segundo Grau (in Brazil)
- Sekolah Menengah (in Malaysia)
- Sekolah Menengah Atas (in Indonesia)
- Sixth form college (in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong and Malta)
- Střední škola (in The Czech Republic)
- Stredná škola (in Slovakia)
- Srednja šola (in Slovenia)
- Srednja škola (in Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia)
- Szkoła średnia (a general name for Liceum and Technikum in Poland)
- Technical High School (in Jamaica)
- Technikum (4-year secondary school of a more vocational and usually more technical type in Poland)
- Upper school
- Ungdomsskole in Norway, Normally attended at the ages of 13-16. Word meaning "youth school".
- Videregående skole (in Norway)
- Vidusskola (in Latvia)
- Vocational school
- Voluntary secondary school
- Voortgezet onderwijs or Middelbaar onderwijs(in the Netherlands)
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