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  2. Public school - Wikipedia

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    Public school may refer to: State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government. Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging private schools in England and Wales. Great Public Schools, independent non-government fee-charging (mainly boys') elite schools in New ...

  3. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational standards, often mandate standardized tests for K–12 public school systems and supervise, usually through a board of regents, state colleges, and universities.

  4. Public school (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Public school (United Kingdom) The playing fields of Rugby School, 1567, reestablished 1828. The rules of rugby football were codified here in 1845. In the England and Wales and parts of the British Commonwealth, a public school is a type of fee-charging private school [1] originally for older boys.

  5. Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, [5] in Chicago, Illinois, is the fourth-largest [6] school district in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, and Miami-Dade County. For the 2023–24 school year, CPS reported overseeing 634 schools ...

  6. Boston Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Average. SAT scores. 496 verbal. 513 math. 1009 total (2017-2018) [6] Website. Boston Public Schools. Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts.

  7. Seattle Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Seattle Public Schools is the largest public school district in the state of Washington. The school district serves almost all of Seattle. Additionally it includes sections of Boulevard Park and Tukwila. [7] As of the 2021-2022 academic year, 106 schools are operated by the district, which serve 51,650 students throughout the city.

  8. List of schools in Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    The former Florence B. Price Elementary School, North Kenwood, Chicago. R.S. Abbott Elementary School - located at 3630 S. Wells; opened in 1881 and closed in 2008; the building currently houses Air Force Academy High School. John P. Altgeld Elementary School - located at 1340 W 71st St.; closed in 2014.

  9. Elementary schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the United States, elementary schools are the main point of delivery of primary education, for children between the ages of 4–11 (sometimes 4-10 or 4-12) and coming between pre-kindergarten and secondary education. [1] In 2017, there were 106,147 elementary schools (73,686 public, 32,461 private) in the United States, a figure which ...