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A school is an institution that provides education below the tertiary level, including preschools, primary, and secondary schools.

Note: The term college used in this definition refers to institution of higher learning that grants bachelor’s degrees.

• Schools offering all or part of primary to secondary education.

• Preschools and kindergarten (e.g. House Learning Center, Ivy Montessori Preschool Kitsilano)

• Primary or elementary schools (e.g. Oxford Elementary School, Eden Hills Primary School)

• Middle schools (e.g. Bettendorf Middle School, Rosa Parks Middle School)

• High schools whether independent or constituent schools of larger educational institutions (e.g. Berkeley High School, Hunter College High School)

• Preparatory schools (e.g. Bellarmine College Preparatory, Devon Preparatory School)

• Vocational and technical high schools (e.g. Upper Cape Cod Technical High School, Bergen County Technical High School)

• Primary and secondary schools for adults (e.g. Adult High School, St. Patricks Adult School)

• Specialty secondary schools (e.g. Conservatorium High School, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Hurlstone Agricultural High School)

• Schools offering special education to children (e.g. Furze Down School, Kohai Educational Centre)

• Online high schools (e.g. Primavera Online High School, EPGY Online High School (OHS))

• Colleges not pertaining to tertiary institutions such as Sixth form, Junior colleges, and other colleges that refer to primary and/or secondary schools (region specific such as in India, Singapore and New Zealand) (e.g. Strodes College, Anderson Junior College, Wellesley College)

• Colleges and universities that also offer primary and/or secondary education as part of the same institution (e.g. Ateneo de Manila University, Don Bosco Technical College, New World School of the Arts)

• Use both the School and College/University types.

• Note: If the institution offers primary or secondary education through a subsidiary school, the subsidiary should have a separate topic which should be typed as a School.

• Colleges and universities, including vocational and technical colleges, that don’t offer primary and/or secondary education (e.g. Brown University, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Western Technical College)

• Use College/University type for these.

• Colleges and universities that offer primary or secondary education as part of a separate institution (such as a subsidiary or constituent school) (e.g. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the parent institution of University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois; The University of the Philippines has University of the Philippines Integrated School as a subsidiary school.

• Use College/University type for these.

• School districts (e.g. Las Virgenes Unified School District, Freehold Regional High School District)

• Use the School district type for these.

• Institutions that provide only review and tutorial instructions such as those dedicated for entrance tests, board and bar exams, etc. (e.g. Sylvan Learning, Score! Education Centers)

• Use the Business operation type for these.

• Orphanages, rehabilitation and correctional facilities that do not offer formal schooling (e.g. SOS Children's Villages, Camp Recovery Centers LP)

• Use Non-profit organization or Business operation types for these.

• Educational institutions that exists only in fiction (e.g. Hogwarts, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters).

• Use the School in fiction type for these.