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junior high

jun·ior high (plural jun·ior highs) or jun·ior high school (plural jun·ior high schools)


noun 
Definition:
 
school between elementary and high: a school that is intermediate between elementary school and high school, embracing grades six or seven through eight or nine. School districts often replace junior high schools with middle schools when demographic factors increase the number of younger students.
See also  middle school


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